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World Superstitions – Part Two
Tweet Welcome to World Superstitions – Part Two! Chances are that if you travel around the world and/or live in another country, you’ll probably come across a superstition or two. In World...
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Photo Friday: Inside Sagrada Familia
Tweet Where you enter Sagrada Familia. A trip to Barcelona isn’t complete without going inside the iconic, yet incomplete landmark, the basilica Sagrada Familia. Just seeing it (outside) with your own...
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World Superstitions – Part Three
Tweet Sorry for the delay in posting part three of World Superstitions. I’ve been trekking around Europe and surprisingly, I’ve had a lot of Internet trouble. I wonder if this is a string of bad...
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Photo Friday: Krakow’s Market Square
Tweet Krakow’s Market Square is history heaven. Rynek Główny in Polish, or just Rynek for short, is one of Europe’s biggest medieval town squares. Right in the middle of the Old Town between Wawel...
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Belgian FOOD Tips: Chocolate, Waffles, and Fries
Tweet Naturally, everyone wants to have Belgian chocolate and Belgian waffles IN Belgium. Those are absolute musts. However, like everything else, they vary in price and quality. The same goes for...
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Photo Friday: Outside Petergof (Russia’s Versailles)
Tweet Petergof, which is also known as Peterhof, is a magnificent palace with expansive grounds. Petergof is Dutch for Peter’s court, and the tsar who ordered its construction was Peter I, also known...
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Photo Friday: Gaudi Park
Tweet Gaudi Park, or Parc Güell, is like no other park I’d ever seen, just like Sagrada Familia is like no other church I’ve ever seen. I suppose that’s to be expected from UNESCO World Heritage...
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World Superstitions – Part Four
Tweet Finally, part four of World Superstitions! This time, I wrote a little something for you about a superstition that I learned in Belgium. If you’re superstitious, you can participate if you find...
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MAJOR NEWS – Trekking in 2017 Update
Tweet Major news, fellow trekkers! You might remember my post a few months ago about the trekking to come in 2017, that I wasn’t sure where I was going to be at the end of the year. I know now, and I...
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Photo Friday: Hitler’s Vienna
Tweet About to enjoy Viennese apple strudel for my birthday in Café Central, which was THE hang-out for intellectuals in pre-WWI Vienna. Hitler’s Vienna was unquestionably different from the Vienna we...
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Photo Friday: Tallinn’s Medieval City Wall Walkway
Tweet Trekking Tallinn’s medieval city wall walkway was the highlight of my day-trip there from Helsinki. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the walkway is a small section simply called Tallinn’s City...
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World Superstitions – Part Five
Tweet I’m so happy; not only is this Part Five, but Part Six is in the works! I contributed another superstition that I have learned, but this one came from expat life. For the first time, we’re...
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Photo Friday: Avtovo – The Most Beautiful Subway Station
Tweet Avtovo, in St. Petersburg, is the most beautiful subway station I have ever seen. I never thought that I would use the adjective “beautiful” for a subway station, but when I came to Russia last...
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Photo Friday: Over 1,000 Years of Pozsony Pride
Tweet With history and cultural pride come traditions, and keeping traditions alive is wonderful provided that no one gets hurt. As far as I was able to see, Hungary’s tradition of Pozsony pride fits...
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What I Learned about Nicosia, Cyprus – Europe’s Last Divided City
Tweet My weekend trip to Cyprus on the first weekend of August was totally unexpected and spontaneous, and until I did some research online while on the train to the airport, I’d had no clue that...
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Photo Friday: Tallinn’s Incredible Medieval City Walls and Towers
Tweet A while ago, I did a Photo Friday post about Tallinn’s incredible medieval city wall walkway, and (unsurprisingly) fellow trekkers were bedazzled and wanted to see the other towers and other...
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Photo Friday: Fall in Chisinau, Moldova
Tweet Unlike in Moscow, it was still fall in Chisinau, Moldova, when I went just a little over a year ago. I can’t believe that just a little over a year ago, I spent a long weekend in Chisinau,...
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