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The treasures of travel are often invisible to others

This time, there was the running joke: “Wer ist gestorben?”  (Who died?) Or the Vine that spawned many rounds of “Oooh, you touched my tra-la-la.”   (Somehow this is much funnier and slightly less off-putting when being bantered about by … Continue reading

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A word about dryers

This afternoon I did laundry.  Laundry is not something I generally spend a lot of time talking about (or any time), but it reminded me of one other thing about traveling in Europe. Dryers are in short supply. In theory … Continue reading

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Americans vs. Europeans – the health wars

As a disclaimer, let me say that I have absolutely no scientific evidence for what I am about to write.  None of this has been substantiated by any panel of doctors anywhere in the world. This is just me and … Continue reading

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Europe is great! There’s just one thing….

Ahh Europe! I love the cultures, the languages, the BREAD!  In Germany they have my favorite radio station on the planet (HR3, in case you’re wondering, which stands for “Hessische Rundfunk 3″) and I get to speak my second favorite … Continue reading

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Gearing up as summer winds down

I kind of love the fact that as the rest of the world begins to trickle back home after summer vacations or sleepaway camps; as they begin to think about back to school shopping and test prep, we are thinking … Continue reading

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My dinner party friends

You know that game where you are asked, “If you could invite any 5 people in the world to dinner, who would it be?”    I love that game but always wind up with about 20 people. Who do you … Continue reading

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