STEEM ATLAS : The Atlas Quiz 03 - On the Road Again [08 Jan '25]
Thank you to everyone who took part in the second Atlas Quiz.
I am now off on my adventures across Europe and beyond.
Thank you to @hotspotitaly, @soulfuldreamer and @event-horizon particularly for helping track my journey so far.
After flying out from Cardiff Airport I had a couple of interesting days exploring Malaga in Spain.
Then I set off on the next stage of my trip. Follow along and see if you can trace my steps...
The Atlas Quiz #3 - On the Road Again
After a couple of nights in Malaga I took a bus.
I was aiming for an early start with the 7.30am bus but the bed in the hotel was so comfy I overslept.
It was no problem as it gave my another few hours to explore the street art of Malaga before I caught the next bus at 1.30pm.
Question #1 - Breaking Down...
The journey was supposed to be two and half hours in total, but the bus got a puncture along the way.
Luckily a local garage was able to bring out a new tyre quite quickly but it gave me some time to explore the place we stopped in.
It was a quaint little area with beautiful views of the mountains in one direction...
And the sea in other direction...
I didn't catch the name of the place but there was a posh horsey place there, and I think a local station, Radio08, was playing in one of the shops.
Where did we break down, and who wrote about this place on Steem Atlas?
Question #2 - The Wheels on the Bus
Fixing the bus took a couple of hours in the end as the mechanic found that wheel had a couple of nuts missing. For obvious safety reasons the mechanic insisted that the nuts should be replaced so he had to go back to his garage to get replacements.
Some of the passengers started complaining about the delay, but I didn't mind as I really didn't fancy the wheel falling off.
Once the new tyre and the wheel was all fixed, the driver hooted a few times to make sure all the passengers were back on board then we were off again.
I was strongly tempted to break into song, but wasn't sure it would go down well...
[Brief musical interlude for @the-gorilla youngsters 👶👶]
The remainder of the journey was quite uneventful - although I did have a pleasant, and very interesting, conversation with an elderly lady who somehow got on the bus when we had our unplanned stop. I think she knew the driver.
She was an ex-pat from Shrewsbury who had been living in Spain for nearly fifty years.
Mary's story was a classic tale. She was on holiday with her parents in the 1970s.
Impressionable 17 year old falls madly in love with handsome young Spanish waiter at the hotel.
Against her parents' wishes Mary keeps in touch with Miguel Ángel.
The following year shortly after her 18th birthday, Mary uses the money she has earnt from her Saturday job at Freeman, Hardy & Willis to go on a week's holiday to Spain with the other girls working in the shoe shop.
Mary meets up with Miguel Ángel during the holiday.
Returns home. Starts at Teacher Training College. Discovers she is pregnant.
Argues with parents. Flies to Spain. Marries Miguel Ángel.
A tough but happy life ensues until tragedy strikes.
Miguel Ángel is stabbed in a late night robbery that goes bad when he refuses to hand over the night's takings at the bar.
Heartbroken after her Angel of 30 years passes on.
But life goes on with four children and eight grandchildren to keep her busy.
Mary insists I stay the night at their hotel near the beachfront.
Her grandson Jesús who runs the bar makes the best Sundowner in town.
I can't refuse.
And I totally agree. The Sundowner is very good...
Where am I now and which Steem Atlas post am I having a drink with?
What next?
Tomorrow, or the next day, I am going to hit the waves.
A whole new world awaits me.
More types of transportation.
New countries and more...
Prizes
As well as a good sprinkling of votes, there is 10 STEEM in the prize pool for this one.
5 STEEM each for the solvers of Questions 1 & 2.
Also bonus votes for feedback on the quiz.
Is it working? Are you enjoying the format?
Ideas, suggestions welcome...
I hope you will enjoy this third quiz.
It took a little storytelling diversion on the bus journey, but I enjoyed writing it 😀
If people like this type of quiz I will keep on making them until I run out of ideas.
Happy quizzical travels...
It's cool that you're promoting Steem Atlas again!
I'm just going to take a flying leap at Question 1, since I used to live in the area and my parents lived there in retirement — even though my time there was 40 years ago as a teenager.
2 1/2 hour bus trip from Malaga is likely the "Portillo" from Malaga to Algeciras or Cadiz; a "posh horsey place" on that stretch is almost certainly Sotogrande, if you want a town name, it would be Guadiaro. Now I just have to investigate the "Steem Atlas" bit... almost certain it's don-t (whom I'm currently having a conversation with about this very area), or his alter-ego @don-thomas.
Sweet story about Mary... more common than you might think; the Costa del Sol is home to hundreds of "Mary's" who were actually a significant part of the early (1960s-70s) expat population.
For question 2, you're having a drink in Tarifa with @savetheday. That one I had to look up.
https://steemit.com/photography/@savetheday/spanienfotos-photos-of-spain-fotos-de-espaa-210-1556354512
That was fun! I'll remember to add some posts to the atlas next time we go back to Denmark!
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Congratulations @denmarkguy on getting the answers so quickly.
I hadn't accounted for anyone having lived in the area 😀
Good to hear the Mary story fitted in with the area well.
10 STEEM on its way to you shortly.
Q1
Location: Guadiaro
Link to post
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Yes, that's the one.
2 STEEM on its way to you (as @denmarkguy had already named the author)
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Yeah. Thank you.
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for question 1 I still have to get there, but question 2 for sure is Tarifa and I'm attaching the post on steematlas
https://steemit.com/photography/@savetheday/spanienfotos-photos-of-spain-fotos-de-espaa-210-1556354512
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That is the post.
@denmarkguy got there a bit before you.
Definitivamente caminé todo Málaga jajaja, aunque creo que no me tomo mucho tiempo porque me fui directo a la costa solo calculando que el lugar realmente tuviera ''vista a la playa'' y ''a las montañas ''
La respuesta 1 es que se derrumbaron en Andalucía y el autor es @don-thomas en Steem Atlas. Creo que la confusión del nombre es que el autor menciona ''Vistas Andaluzas'' primero, pero luego dice el nombre del lugar
La respuesta de la pregunta 2, defiinitivamente estas tomando un coctel en Tarifa, lo puedo ver en la publicación de @savetheday
Ten cuidado y no consumas mucho alcohol por favor! Hice lo posible por responder sin ver las respuestas de los demás, igual es una practica para calentar mi cerebro y ponerlo a trabajar jajajaja
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Thank you for taking part in the quiz, and congratulations on finding both posts.
Intentaré ser más rapida la siguiente oportunidad 😂 gracias!
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I was late to the show today :(
But I am sure both questions have been answered correctly.
I'm thoroughly enjoying this format. I don't have any suggestions right now. The story twist you added in the previous quiz and this one is fantastic. I just hope you don't run out of ideas anytime soon. 🤞
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Glad you are enjoying the twists and turns of the quiz.
Thank you.
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Question #1 i think @heriadi wrote it in steem-atlas from Indonesia
Question #2 I think the wheels are good now to go around the town.
Whats Next? If you are feeling the waves, surfing is good for the great waves and you will be surfing tomorrow!
It's very hard for me to understand the story due to lack of english but i tried my best hahaha😅😅
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Thank you for having a go.
See above the correct answers.
Yes sir i saw it yesterday i am hardheaded in english 😅😅🙏🙏
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for answer 1 I think Benalmadena but I can't find the post referring to the image
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Not quite.
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