Another Half-Week Wonder: Member JohnT grabbed the honors on WITW #5.
So, here we go with another puzzle. I hope it lasts until Tuesday morning, when the answer, with details, will be revealed.
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A visit to the Desert View Watchtower on the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Constructed in the 1930s, it offers magnificent canyon views and a tie to the Native American history of the Canyon.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
DrFumblefinger shares photos of the Fitz Roy Massif, one of the most famous and difficult to climb peaks in the world, situated in Patagonia.
Vienna’s Clock Museum, one of the biggest and best of its kind doesn’t really have 10,000 clocks, but you’d never know that as you get lost in its world of time.
The oldest monumental fountain in Paris has a long history of rebuilding, renaming and relocating
This is all the clue there is: Is it enough for you to name the scene of a future TravelGumbo blog? Email answers by Monday midnight to [email protected]
Oh, the trials of being a Late Night Gumbo!
Puzzle #5.5 is, hopefully, quite puzzling…but PortMoresby made that remark without even seeing the picture…because I accidentally posted the puzzle without it.
It is now in place…have at it, friends, and do your best to astound me again!
Worker Bee – This does look a lot like the medieval lanes of Rhodes. Except – Those southern European spots do not usually have tidy postboxes and glossy wooden doors.
The lane is well kept and recently repaired. I agree that it is a proper residential area. While the overall feel is something Spanish or Italian, because of the postbox and tidiness, I am thinking Kilkenny, Lyon, Quimper or even Brighton.
The stone ( is that stone ?) used in that recent doorway lintel is similar to the “honeystone” quarried near and used in Bath, England. What do you make of the thin metal and PVC downspouts ? Do you recognize the fat fendered bicycle ?
Italians like to grow vegetables outside their doors and I think I see salad ingredients growing on the curbs.
So I’ll give small lane in Verona, Italy a shot.
Just so everyone knows: From now on, the puzzle remains, in most cases, open until the Tuesday morning unveiling of the answer.
Gumbo had a pleasant Saturday realizing there’s no reason to call the puzzle before everyone has had a chance to weigh in, even if someone does get the answer. After all, who are we to deprive others of a different opinion?
So, guess on, and your only true clue is: If a hint is given by the puzzler, you’ll know it’s needed. And if no hint is given, it only means that progress is being made. Gee, is everyone ready for a post about the Delphic Oracle?
It might very well be St.-Paul-de-Vence. I’ve never been there so can’t say. However, it doesn’t seem tidy enough for France. At least where I’ve been in France. I think the French are more particular about details in their medieval towns than this picture seems to indicate. I suppose it could be in a very out-of-the-way corner but, still, it just doesn’t seem French to me for that reason.
Waterloo…I can relate…my foot is starting to tremble over an imaginary clutch just thinking about it..
I agree that it looks a little haphazard to be french. I’m thinking peloponnese? Where is that type of smaller white cobblestone used ? And what is that on the facing of the archway?
JohnT, the answer to your question “what is that on the facing of the archway” can be revealed. It is a number of large iron staples apparently used to repair damage to the stonework.
Wow, PHeymont, this one is REALLY hard. I predict no one will guess it!
Silly me, I thought you were just making it even harder! Still quite a challenge though.
Interesting clues here but nothing definitive. The vegetation growing through the cobblestones might indicate a moderate climate throughout the year. This path appears to be residential and not one frequented by tourists. Maybe Mediterranean or a colonial city in the Americas. The cobblestones are on the small side and are more common, I think, in southern Europe. Also the light fixtures are a modern design and not typical of a city trying very hard to preserve the old look and feel of the place. All in all a ‘lived in’ place; not heavily touristed, at least in this part of the city. Maybe somewhere in Spain, France, Italy or, my guess, Greece. Of all the candidate cities there I am going to guess it is in the old walled city of Rhodes.
Fiendishly difficult! By the metal down pipes and the mailbox style, I would say it is France. From the cobbles and arched doors, it has to be one of a hundred medieval towns there…. Ah well, a shot in the dark – Carcasonne would be my guess. Nice one PH, thanks.