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Well done worker bee!!!

Worker Bee, my my, what good eyes you have. Nice work. Congratulations. Rhodes looks very interesting, even in brrrrr February. Thanks, PHeymont, for showing us this.

I can't say it's always so for February, but we were in sweatshirts rather than coats. Of course, that's probably more attractive to us New Yorkers than to Californians...

Our growing gang of Gumbo guessers had a good time with this this week's extra puzzle, WITW #5.5: And it was nailed, by WorkerBee, who correctly placed it on the island of Rhodes. It's a view looking north on Pythagora Street, toward the main street,...

Salvation Monument, created by the late Leonard Knight, is a tribute to God located deep in the Southern California desert.

Great piece EmilyLW and welcome to TravelGumbo! I've been wanting to visit Salvation Mountain and now it's definitely high on my list the next time I visit Southern California.

I didn't even know about the place. Will definitely have to look it up when I'm in the southwestern desert next time. Thanks for sharing this piece with us!

DrFumblefinger visits the city of Tomar, located in central Portugal northeast of Lisbon. The city has a fine historic core, often overlooked by tourists which flock to its famous castle.

When we were planning our summer 2014 trip to France, we decided to start with a week in the south before our two weeks in Paris, and one of the planned items on our "bucket list" was a long drive through the picturesque villages of the Luberon region.

Castelo dos Templarios, in the town of Tomar, is an important 12th century Portuguese military construct. Inside it houses the Convent of Christ, including a most unusual church. The complex is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.

Jonathan L finds a swing with an amazing view in Tomar, Portugal