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…
No hints on this one. It should be easy for a seasoned traveler. Share your suggestions, hints and discussions with others by posting them here as comments…but if you absolutely know where it is….please give others a couple of days…
Tokyo is a wonderful city and doesn’t have to be expensive for travelers, especially since Japan has succeeded in their goal of weakening the Yen. As of this writing, it’s 98 Yen to the US Dollar. A few tips I like to point out as sort of…
About 35 years ago, William Least Heat-Moon published “Blue Highways,” a journal of an extended road trip across America on the lesser roads, the ones that Rand McNally represented with a skinny blue line, visiting “those little towns that get…
Our journey around Ireland next took us north to the Cliffs of Moher . From Dingle we headed through Tralee then to the Tarbert ferry over the River Shannon. The ferry ride can save you considerable time (the other…
Gumbo is a little confused today. He’s standing across the street from a building that looks like it’s been smashed by some giant, or perhaps created in the imagination of Dr. Seuss. These are the rules. The answer will be…
Today Gumbo decided to look at a nice sunset. Gaining a high vantage point, Gumbo took this photo called “Sailing into the Sunset”. I tried to disagree with Gumbo, pointing out there’s no sails out there anywhere, but Gumbo held firm…
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.
Gumbo has come down from the mountain and back into the heart of urban life…but where is that heart beating? No fortune awaits the successful guesser, and only a fleeting measure of fame—but have fun sharing clues with your fellow Gumbo…
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…
No hints on this one. It should be easy for a seasoned traveler. Share your suggestions, hints and discussions with others by posting them here as comments…but if you absolutely know where it is….please give others a couple of days…
Tokyo is a wonderful city and doesn’t have to be expensive for travelers, especially since Japan has succeeded in their goal of weakening the Yen. As of this writing, it’s 98 Yen to the US Dollar. A few tips I like to point out as sort of…
About 35 years ago, William Least Heat-Moon published “Blue Highways,” a journal of an extended road trip across America on the lesser roads, the ones that Rand McNally represented with a skinny blue line, visiting “those little towns that get…
Our journey around Ireland next took us north to the Cliffs of Moher . From Dingle we headed through Tralee then to the Tarbert ferry over the River Shannon. The ferry ride can save you considerable time (the other…
Gumbo is a little confused today. He’s standing across the street from a building that looks like it’s been smashed by some giant, or perhaps created in the imagination of Dr. Seuss. These are the rules. The answer will be…
Today Gumbo decided to look at a nice sunset. Gaining a high vantage point, Gumbo took this photo called “Sailing into the Sunset”. I tried to disagree with Gumbo, pointing out there’s no sails out there anywhere, but Gumbo held firm…
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.
Gumbo has come down from the mountain and back into the heart of urban life…but where is that heart beating? No fortune awaits the successful guesser, and only a fleeting measure of fame—but have fun sharing clues with your fellow Gumbo…