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03 February 2012 ~ 4 Comments

Dating down under: tips for expats

Often the biggest difficulty for people from different countries living in Australia is not getting dates. Australians are generally comfortable with inter-cultural relationships, but there are different customs that apply to different countries. Dating etiquette The famous laid-back attitude of Australians means they don’t tend to like to be over-affectionate in public. This is important, [...]

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02 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

East Coast Valhalla (For Children)

As an American child growing up in East coast suburbs, Orlando, Florida was always magical and mythic Valhalla of fun and wonder. I remember realizing that Disney World was in the same city as Universal Studios, which I realized from watching Double Dare on Nickelodeon and hearing at the end of every episode that Marc [...]

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01 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Get to grips with Germany’s gastronomic pleasures

    Typical ingredients The average person in Germany will consume 61kg of meat in a year. The diet is heavy on pork, and meat is often pot-roasted – sour roasts, where the meat is marinated in vinegar, are traditional. Sausage is a staple ingredient in German cuisine, and there are many variations of wurst, [...]

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23 January 2012 ~ 1 Comment

Held Hostage By Timeshares

I remember when I was a kid my parents got a timeshare. It was on the northeast coast of America, at a pretty little resort with an Indian name that looked over the water and had an amazing golf course. I was real young when they got it, but I remember my siblings and I [...]

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18 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Getting the Gift of Gab in Southern Ireland via Railtours Ireland

Getting the Gift of Gab in Southern Ireland via Railtours Ireland

After imbibing the freshest nectar of the barley goddesses in public houses filled with red faced and blurry eyed practitioners of daily routine,  I sashayed up and down the emerald city's moonlit and star splashed streets, my spirits high with the warm breath of liquid decadence, my soles light across cobbled stone with the knowledge [...]

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16 January 2012 ~ 1 Comment

London’s Limited Service Hotel Model

London’s Limited Service Hotel Model

Limited service hotels make the most sense in expensive cities like London. These are hotels like the new Tune Hotel: Liverpool Street, London. This type of hotel follows the new budget airline business model by offering the main service at a base price of £35 a night. In the case of the hotel that means [...]

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