Happy birthday, johnluke ! [ANSWER]

blue dots appearing like blue paths = "SV"

...monument dedicated to Lego?!?

how a birthday puzzle works?! see here

Un joyeux anniversaire, johnluke!

(This is SV, not BD)

Oct 4, 2022 5:32:55 GMT Walter_V_R said:

This is SV, not BD

ah yes, those are blue dots modified in blue paths, thanks

we can see the name of the photographer indeed, Alexis something...

Happy Birthday johnluke, enjoy your day.

Happy birthday JL

Thank you krenek , Walter_V_R , CuriousJM and lockhopper .

You had me stumped for a while here Krenek, I didn't recognize the place because of the angle and because I haven't been to that area in years (and I haven't been there that often anyway) Yes, I could get lost in my own town I suppose.

Also best wishes from me ! (Not yet found the blocks ...)

Oct 4, 2022 13:23:13 GMT willi1 said:

Also best wishes from me ! (Not yet found the blocks ...)

Thank you willi1 ! 

I'd give you a clue, but this is krenek 's puzzle.

Oct 4, 2022 14:40:06 GMT johnluke said:

Oct 4, 2022 13:23:13 GMT willi1 said:

Also best wishes from me ! (Not yet found the blocks ...)

Thank you willi1 ! 

I'd give you a clue, but this is krenek 's puzzle.

Guess I'll have to wait for a tip. I've searched the whole city.

And with a little help from my friends ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ..... JOHNLUKE, You Crazy Frenchman !!

Oct 4, 2022 23:21:12 GMT dagger66 said:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ..... JOHNLUKE, You Crazy Frenchman !!

Thank you, dagger66 ! 

Crazy ? Me ? Flattery will get you nowhere. 

I have two questions :

1) Do all Americans really think that's what a Frenchman looks like ? And
2) Where did you get that photo of me ? 

I lived in Europe 18 years and visited France many times.  No, we don't think French men look like this, but I think it is an old version of Frenchmen in the vintage American movies and old cartoons.  I meant crazy in a good flattering way.  You are uncanny, enthusiastic and passionate about F&G.  I found the image when searching French birthday images.

Oct 5, 2022 22:19:11 GMT dagger66 said:

I lived in Europe 18 years and visited France many times.  No, we don't think French men look like this, but I think it is an old version of Frenchmen in the vintage American movies and old cartoons.  I meant crazy in a good flattering way.  You are uncanny, enthusiastic and passionate about F&G.  I found the image when searching French birthday images.

I was only joking, Dagger, as my second question suggested. I knew you spent a long time in Europe, and even have been to Dijon!

I get the baguette, wine, béret and even the scarf (I have a couple of scarves ), and what's missing here is the onions. But for a long time I wondered about that striped shirt. What does it have to do with the French ? And I learned only recently that the striped shirt look and the onions come from breton sailors who crossed the English Channel to England in the old days and went door to door in english towns and villages to sell onions. I'm not quite sure if this is true or an urban legend, but I like it.

time for a klue?

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{KLUE          }good, this time our dear friend johnluke aka john-klue did not need any klue!

klue for the other players:

of course you are looking for the monument (a pretty odd one) not for those "legos"

in GI, just search for monument name-of-the-village-where-john-lives (see his profile)

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(belated) Happy birthday Johnluke

Oct 6, 2022 11:41:41 GMT hhgygy said:

(belated) Happy birthday Johnluke

I'll take it. Thank you, hhgygy. 😊

Walter_V_R, CuriousJM, lockhopper, johnluke, willi1, dagger66, hhgygy, well done!

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{ANSWER          }Monument to Carrier Pigeons, avenue Mathias Delobel, Lille, France, 50.6384375 3.0504288,

please read this great story: Monument to Carrier Pigeons (atlasobscura.com) ... This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I

OP blue dot/street view credit: Alexis Marque - Street View - Mar 2018

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