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Let Me Just Google Map Croatia…
-Brooke Brown In the span of 48 hours I was in Seattle, Frankfurt, and Zagreb, Croatia. Needless to say, the start of my European summer was a zombie-like daze dealing with a serious time zone mix-up. Especially after … Continue reading
HOLYROOD PARK
When making my preparations to go to Edinburgh, I knew that, given the diet of fried foods that defined my trip, I would need to spend all the time that I was not eating being active enough to turn my … Continue reading
Weekend Vagabonds
Once used strictly as a last resort, hitchhiking has become a ticket to adventure for some college students. Continue reading
Dresden
- Truman Capps A few weeks ago, I visited London’s Imperial War Museum, which is basically one giant monument to the fact that if you live in the world, England has tried to kill your ancestors (or maybe even you—holla … Continue reading
Bath
- Truman Capps Pronunciation is a difficult issue over here. The English tend to assume that their pronunciations are inherently more correct than ours, so they’ll laugh at you if you ask for a kebab (pronounced keb-ob) instead of a … Continue reading
The Texas Embassy
- Truman Capps When I first saw the building flying a Lone Star flag with ‘THE TEXAS EMBASSY’ written underneath it only a block away from Trafalgar Square, I thought, “Well, that’s it – London officially sucks now.” Then, I … Continue reading
Tower of London
All national museums in the UK were banned from charging admission more than a decade ago, and they now receive all their funding through government grants and private donations. This is a great thing for tourists, cheapskates, and tourist cheapskates … Continue reading
Beauty and the Bees
- Sam Wotipka In the rainforest, wonder and amazement can give way to complete terror rather quickly. The day had started off well enough. We had hiked along the Rio Zuñac for several hours, encountering the usual surprises offered by … Continue reading