Here is the Europe Gibson Puzzle which I received on December 24th 2021 and completed by January 7th 2022.
The 1000 piece puzzle was a real challenge as the little icons depicting scenes across Europe from the Iberian peninsula to the Urals was very confusing with many of the items shown being still difficult to decipher after the individual pieces had been fitted.
The UK for instance included the Big Ben, the Ferris Wheel, the Shard the Gherkin, York Minster, a couple of kilns for Kent, the Angel of the North, the modern Clyde Auditorium and an unrecognised building in Northern Scotland, and also a red double decker bus, a policeman, a traditional telephone kiosk, a Cornish Pasty, fish and chips, Stonehenge, the Beatles in Sergeant Pepper gear, bowlers, a golfer, a daffodil in Wales, a sunbather in the Scilly Isles, Nessie, a red motor car, a kilted bagpipe player, a Scottish lady dance,r a number of sheep and goats, a puffin and a couple of strategic lighthouses. These items, and a few others which are also unrecognisable, are the eccentric mishmash that covers the area of Great Britain.
Each country has the same kitschy eclectic images crisscrossing and confusing each other, comprising the popular landmarks and myrths of each country. Spain, for instance, includes the Escorial, the church at Compostela, the Alhambra, a Catalonian human pyramid, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at a windmill, a flamenco dancer, a bullfighter with his bull and a dish of paella. And so it goes on for each country.with borders obliterated by images piled on top of each other.
It was the most challenging crossword I have ever completed.
If you can overcome your fury and frustration, then this is recommended.
