Europe

Coolest places to stay in Europe

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I’ve stayed in my share of places while traveling: hotels, hostels, apartments, guest bedrooms, a friend’s couch, a stranger’s couch. I’ve had good experiences and I’ve had bad experiences. Most of the time I’m just looking for reasonably clean, sometimes quiet, hopefully comfortable spot to rest my head and store my stuff. There’s times I’m [...]

December 30, 2010 Continue reading…

The cultural mixup of being American

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At home, you often get asked “what” you are. For me, the answer was long but easy: one quarter German, one quarter Polish, one quarter Italian and one quarter Irish. I identify most with being German, since I studied the language (briefly), am closest with my German grandmother and I still have relatives (however distant) [...]

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Here’s an alert: life is dangerous, so live it

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The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert last week for all U.S. citizens traveling in Europe. As soon as I heard about it, I was shocked–mostly by the giant waste of time and energy by the government and media in issuing and promoting this alert. The alert is remarkably vague. Basically, there’s a possibility [...]

October 11, 2010 Continue reading…

Oh, the places you’ll go!

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I’m a little bit torn about traveling in Europe while I’m in Nice. On one hand, I want to completely immerse myself in the French Riviera and create a life there (read: I have to make limited funds stretch for six months). I want to spend my free time exploring the area around me: Cannes, [...]

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