Don't know why, but Naples, Italy leapt into my mind.
Hey, Wally.
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Walter Hinteler
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 12:21 pm
Lettydahling, it's place in a different country to my deepest franciscanian belief :wink:
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Francis
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 12:25 pm
Oh, yeah. A French built it...
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Letty
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 12:26 pm
You really made me laugh, Valter. Love it.
Don't tell me it's France again. Good grief. Hey, George, don't you dare run off again. We want to solve this mystery before Dutchy returns, 'cause it's really his turn.
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George
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 01:08 pm
I'm here.
Frances and Walter are offering good clues.
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Walter Hinteler
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 01:15 pm
Indeed, Dutchy is nearly ante portas.
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Francis
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 01:18 pm
Let's have a drink to this place and a "prost" to Walter's comment!
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Walter Hinteler
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 01:19 pm
That's like a sandman.
[We lead 3:0 :wink: ]
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Letty
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 01:42 pm
Please don't tell me that this place has to do with tennis.
ante Portas-before Portas
Albert Portas-born in Spain
French open. Hmmm. I have no idea about where the French open was held. I suppose that prost is a German toast.
Right so far?
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Francis
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 01:45 pm
Keep trying, Miss Letty...
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Letty
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:04 pm
Well, I recall seeing Agassi cry and thinking how very masculine that was, but I don't think the place has to do with him; nevertheless I shall try London, England.
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Francis
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:09 pm
Well, I think people in England are very fond of that wine, after dinner...
But you don't imagine it's raised in England, do you?
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Walter Hinteler
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:15 pm
But it's not St. Augustine, Florida!
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George
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:18 pm
Not England. It's on the continental mainland.
The wine clues pertain to the fact that a wine is named for this city.
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Letty
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:19 pm
What kind of wine was that? The picture is gone, but it looked as though the glass was a brand snifter.
Spain?
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Walter Hinteler
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:21 pm
The wine became very popular in England after the Methuen Treaty of 1703, when merchants were permitted to import it at a low duty, while war with France deprived English wine drinkers of French wine.
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Letty
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:24 pm
er, make that BRANDY snifter. Well, Walter, I will try Bordeaux, France.
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George
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:36 pm
Letty wrote:
er, make that BRANDY snifter. Well, Walter, I will try Bordeaux, France.
Not Spain or France.
This city is about 500 miles WSW of Bordeaux.
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Letty
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:41 pm
Portugal, George?
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George
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:49 pm
Letty wrote:
Portugal, George?
Yes, it is.
And contrary to what I used to think, the city is not named after the country,
nor the country after the city.
You really made me laugh, Valter. Love it. 
