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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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Where Gumbo Was #24: The National Garden, Athens

  Athens’ National Garden, is a 38-acre park behind the old Royal Palace, and just off Syntagma Square, one of the city’s central points. It’s got a bit of everything: remnants of ancient temples and colonnades, quiet corners with water, formal…

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St. Helens, Bishopsgate: Where Gumbo Was (#23)

In time for the weekend, if you are looking to attend church in London, Dr. Fumblefinger correctly identified the church in Puzzle #23 as Saint Helen’s Bishopsgate in the City of London, the famed square-mile heart of Greater London. The building…

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Where Gumbo Watched the Sun Rise (Puzzle #20)

Its promoters claim Mt. Cadillac, in Acadia National Park, sees the first sunrise in the U.S. from its perch on Maine’s Mt. Desert Island—and while that’s true only in fall and winter (other parts of Maine get the rest of the year) climbing or…

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Where was Gumbo #18 – Olana, Hudson NY

We have gotten to Tuesday and no one has guessed Where Gumbo went this week. So here is the answer:   Gumbo traveled to the New York state town of Hudson, where Frederic Church built a house over looking the Hudson River so that he could paint….

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Where Gumbo Was #17: Death Valley, USA

Desert flowers after a wet spring   No one claimed bragging rights this week, although Travel Luver named the place…but along with a few other places it reminded him of. But it is Death Valley, home of Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner; of the…

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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…

Read More

Where Gumbo Was #24: The National Garden, Athens

  Athens’ National Garden, is a 38-acre park behind the old Royal Palace, and just off Syntagma Square, one of the city’s central points. It’s got a bit of everything: remnants of ancient temples and colonnades, quiet corners with water, formal…

Read More

St. Helens, Bishopsgate: Where Gumbo Was (#23)

In time for the weekend, if you are looking to attend church in London, Dr. Fumblefinger correctly identified the church in Puzzle #23 as Saint Helen’s Bishopsgate in the City of London, the famed square-mile heart of Greater London. The building…

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Where Gumbo Watched the Sun Rise (Puzzle #20)

Its promoters claim Mt. Cadillac, in Acadia National Park, sees the first sunrise in the U.S. from its perch on Maine’s Mt. Desert Island—and while that’s true only in fall and winter (other parts of Maine get the rest of the year) climbing or…

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Where was Gumbo #18 – Olana, Hudson NY

We have gotten to Tuesday and no one has guessed Where Gumbo went this week. So here is the answer:   Gumbo traveled to the New York state town of Hudson, where Frederic Church built a house over looking the Hudson River so that he could paint….

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Where Gumbo Was #17: Death Valley, USA

Desert flowers after a wet spring   No one claimed bragging rights this week, although Travel Luver named the place…but along with a few other places it reminded him of. But it is Death Valley, home of Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner; of the…

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