Category: Europe
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Italy: The Feast
A feast in Italian means two things; religion and food. First, I will explain the religion then walk you through the food. So apparently centuries ago someone buried a statue of the Madonna because of an approaching war. She was buried with her hands facing outward and stuck into a pot. Whoever buried her must…
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Italy: Cercemaggorie
In 1928, my great aunt, her 3 brothers and her mother boarded a 2 week long boat ride. They had never left their small town outside of Naples and they definitely did not know English. The braved their way across the Atlantic and into America. They settled in Greensburg, Pennsylvania like many of their old…
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Euro Road Trip: Belgium
Its 10am in London and 5am in New York and I have just landed in Gatwick. Groggy but excited I make my way out of the plane, through the terminal, through customs and out to change my money to euros. Cash in hand and its time to find Enterprise for our getaway. From the North…
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Prague: Christmas Town
We land in Czech Republic and it is a bit dismal. I learn that it is called the Czech stare, they have had such difficult times with all the world wars which brought depression and a low economy. But onward, we jump on the bus, transfer to the subway and head into town. Our hotel,…
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Amsterdam: Clogs and Cheese
We wake up at 1040am, groggy and hung over. We have to be at this bus by 1145am. It takes 40 minutes by tram to get into town. Crunch time again. We throw on clothes, no time to even make coffee and we are out. The tram crawls along as a hold my pounding head.…
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