Architecture

From Corfe Castle to Kingston Lacy – Part 2

When we last met ” Brave Dame Mary”, (Lady Mary Banks) in 1645, she had just been rudely ejected from her “palatial” apartments in Corfe Castle by a troop of Parliamentarian “Roundhead” soldiers having been betrayed by the foul Colonel Pitman.

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Mystery in Mexico City: Where Gumbo Was (#63)

  A tip of the Gumbo hat to all the guessers who took a shot at this puzzle, and for all the clues you used for your interesting guesses…but Lynn Millar takes the laurels this time, identifying the scene in Mexico City’s very central park, the…

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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: A Town Shaped by Water

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Luberon area of Provence, is a small village with a big distinction. Its name comes from the spring that is the source of the Sorgue River, and that spring is the largest in France and the fifth-largest in the world.

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Cruising down the Nile (part 3)

In the late afternoon we reach the Ombos temple, or the Crocodile Temple, on the Nile’s east bank – that of “life”. This is a really beautiful temple with the frieze of the Pharaoh being anointed by Gods with the life giving waters of the Nile. Around…

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The Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Once known as the “Pearl of Asia,” it was considered one of the loveliest French-built cities in Indochina in the 1920s. Phnom Penh, along with Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, are significant global and domestic tourist destinations for Cambodia.

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From Corfe Castle to Kingston Lacy – Part 2

When we last met ” Brave Dame Mary”, (Lady Mary Banks) in 1645, she had just been rudely ejected from her “palatial” apartments in Corfe Castle by a troop of Parliamentarian “Roundhead” soldiers having been betrayed by the foul Colonel Pitman.

Read More

Mystery in Mexico City: Where Gumbo Was (#63)

  A tip of the Gumbo hat to all the guessers who took a shot at this puzzle, and for all the clues you used for your interesting guesses…but Lynn Millar takes the laurels this time, identifying the scene in Mexico City’s very central park, the…

Read More

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: A Town Shaped by Water

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Luberon area of Provence, is a small village with a big distinction. Its name comes from the spring that is the source of the Sorgue River, and that spring is the largest in France and the fifth-largest in the world.

Read More

Cruising down the Nile (part 3)

In the late afternoon we reach the Ombos temple, or the Crocodile Temple, on the Nile’s east bank – that of “life”. This is a really beautiful temple with the frieze of the Pharaoh being anointed by Gods with the life giving waters of the Nile. Around…

Read More

The Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Once known as the “Pearl of Asia,” it was considered one of the loveliest French-built cities in Indochina in the 1920s. Phnom Penh, along with Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, are significant global and domestic tourist destinations for Cambodia.

Read More