The Monastery of Santa Maria, Batalha, Portugal
My wife and I enjoyed our week exploring rural Portugal. There are many interesting small towns with historic castles, churches and monasteries you can visit.
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My wife and I enjoyed our week exploring rural Portugal. There are many interesting small towns with historic castles, churches and monasteries you can visit.
Gumbo was visiting Barcelona’s historic Cathedral. Congratulations to ProfessorAbe, Ron B, George G, Roderick Simpson, PortMoresby and GarryRF, all of whom recognized where Gumbo was.
Samantha and her husband checked out the Czechoslovak Hussite Church of Our Lady in Old Town, Prague.
Dijon, a mid-sized city that makes a nice stop-off between Paris and Lyon, has several claims to fame, including the mustard that bears its name
Gumbo was visiting the magnificent Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. The puzzle destination was recognized rather quickly by Roderick Simpson — congratulations Roddy! I first saw Cologne’s Cathedral on a…
Not nearly as large, well-known or frequently visited as its big sister just a few blocks away (the famous and ancient Notre-Dame Basilica), Sainte-Chapelle was hands down my favorite church in Paris. Sainte-Chapelle (sant-shah-pel) is…
Most people seeing this picture of the Old Cathedral in Kaliningrad, Russia, assume they’re looking at the 19th-century because of the red-brick construction. But they’re wrong! The cathedral was begun in 1333 and nearly finished by 1380,…
My wife and I enjoyed our week exploring rural Portugal. There are many interesting small towns with historic castles, churches
Gumbo was visiting Barcelona’s historic Cathedral. Congratulations to ProfessorAbe, Ron B, George G, Roderick Simpson, PortMoresby and GarryRF, all of
Samantha and her husband checked out the Czechoslovak Hussite Church of Our Lady in Old Town, Prague.
Dijon, a mid-sized city that makes a nice stop-off between Paris and Lyon, has several claims to fame, including the
Gumbo was visiting the magnificent Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. The puzzle destination was recognized rather quickly by Roderick Simpson — congratulations Roddy! I first saw Cologne’s Cathedral on a…
Not nearly as large, well-known or frequently visited as its big sister just a few blocks away (the famous and ancient Notre-Dame Basilica), Sainte-Chapelle was hands down my favorite church in Paris. Sainte-Chapelle (sant-shah-pel) is…
Most people seeing this picture of the Old Cathedral in Kaliningrad, Russia, assume they’re looking at the 19th-century because of the red-brick construction. But they’re wrong! The cathedral was begun in 1333 and nearly finished by 1380,…