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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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Odd Bits of Travel

August 8, 2014   The title is not my own.  I swiped it off the poster you see here and I’m borrowing it as a ruse to get you to read something you may not have otherwise.       Reading through my emails this morning, there was…

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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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Heidelberg and its Castle: Where Gumbo Was (#26)

Gumbo’s nostalgic journey, in black and white, took him back to high school days living in Heidelberg, Germany as an Army brat. Heidelberg is one of Germany’s most attractive cities, the seat of its oldest university and—by virtue of not having…

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Gallery: Sintra—-One Mountain, Two Histories

Sintra is a town that’s had two “Golden Ages,” nearly a thousand years apart. They have left Sintra with so many things to visit that it is not only one of Portugal’s biggest tourist attractions but also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.   Starting…

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Where Gumbo Was #14: A Sewer Journey

As several Gumbo Guessers quickly realized, Gumbo was visiting the Lower Depths, the sine qua non of modern society, the sewer system. This particular sewer is in Paris, and it runs through the Museum des Egouts—yes, the Sewer Museum.

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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…

Read More

Odd Bits of Travel

August 8, 2014   The title is not my own.  I swiped it off the poster you see here and I’m borrowing it as a ruse to get you to read something you may not have otherwise.       Reading through my emails this morning, there was…

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

Heidelberg and its Castle: Where Gumbo Was (#26)

Gumbo’s nostalgic journey, in black and white, took him back to high school days living in Heidelberg, Germany as an Army brat. Heidelberg is one of Germany’s most attractive cities, the seat of its oldest university and—by virtue of not having…

Read More

Gallery: Sintra—-One Mountain, Two Histories

Sintra is a town that’s had two “Golden Ages,” nearly a thousand years apart. They have left Sintra with so many things to visit that it is not only one of Portugal’s biggest tourist attractions but also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.   Starting…

Read More

Where Gumbo Was #14: A Sewer Journey

As several Gumbo Guessers quickly realized, Gumbo was visiting the Lower Depths, the sine qua non of modern society, the sewer system. This particular sewer is in Paris, and it runs through the Museum des Egouts—yes, the Sewer Museum.

Read More