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Things I've Kept: Funny Student Papers

Things I've Kept: Funny Student Papers

By on April 9, 2010 in Soviet Travel, Things I've Kept, Ukraine

I was sitting in my room in Ukraine when I started hearing my flatmate laughing pretty loudly. After it didn’t stop, I had to ask what was going on because who likes to be left out of a funny moment?
It turns out she was grading papers from her English students, and one student in particular was giving her quite… Read more

April 9, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 8 }
Australia & Italia Cultural Overlap Part 2: Aussie Space Invaders

Australia & Italia Cultural Overlap Part 2: Aussie Space Invaders

By on April 2, 2010 in Australia, Italy

When we travel, we may not realize how moments will affect us in the future. This is Part 2 of a 2 part series on the overlap between my Australian and Italian cultural experiences. Be sure to read Part 1 first. If you like what you see, why not subscribe to my feed?
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Australia — It doesn’t get much closer

April 2, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 9 }
Australia & Italia Cultural Overlap Part 1: Never Accept a Gift From an Italian Boy

Australia & Italia Cultural Overlap Part 1: Never Accept a Gift From an Italian Boy

By on March 26, 2010 in Australia, Italy

Italy is, and will always be, my first love. There was actually a period of time that I thought I wanted nothing more than to move to Sicily and eat cannoli and gelato on a daily basis. After getting to spend a semester of my college years in the beautiful city of Verona, I was lucky enough to learn a couple of key life lessons to factor into my life plan…

March 26, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 30 }
Vegemite: The Aussie Version of Peanut Butter

Vegemite: The Aussie Version of Peanut Butter

By on March 18, 2010 in Australia

… Read moreSo many Aussies love vegemite that you are basically outcasted if you are one of the few that are repulsed by it. They eat it on toast; they eat it on sandwiches. It’s a breakfast, lunch or snack food requested by the masses down under, so much that it could be the equivalent of peanut butter in America.
For travelers,

March 18, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 17 }
My 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets

My 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets

By on February 11, 2010 in Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Soviet Travel, Spain

I have recently been nominated by Linda Fairbairn of Journey Jottings to participate in the “3 Best Kept Travel Secrets” project. I’m happy to finally get to take my turn, and if you like what I have to say, why not subscribe to my feed?
 
1.) Overnight in a Yurt on Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
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Get an

February 11, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 14 }
Taking the Blame for McDonald's in a Hostel for Adults

Taking the Blame for McDonald's in a Hostel for Adults

By on February 8, 2010 in Australia

I realized just as I started writing this that I might have a weird obsession with things that are underground. Another stop-off on the outback road trip was to White Cliffs, an old opal mining town where the few inhabitants actually live underground.
It also happens to be the location of the world’s LARGEST underground motel!
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With a distinction like

February 8, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 9 }
Menindee – The Place Where Dreams Dry Up & Die

Menindee – The Place Where Dreams Dry Up & Die

By on February 5, 2010 in Australia

It seemed almost magical. I finally had a way to coax Patrick into wanting to go on a random outback adventure, and it came in the form of a fisherman’s paradise.
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At least that’s what the booklet said. “Menindee – Photographers and fishermen take note!” (or something along those lines).
It wasn’t a very long drive from Broken Hill, so

February 5, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 4 }
Silverton Cafe Sells S#!t

Silverton Cafe Sells S#!t

By on January 24, 2010 in Australia

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You might not expect it but this Silverton Cafe actually sells shit.
No, it’s not listed on the menu when you walk inside, but it is there. It’s not baked shit, or fried shit, or even toasted shit. They don’t put it on the grill or in the microwave; they don’t put it in the refrigerator.
The friendly woman that

January 24, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 13 }
grapes aren't ripe

Broken Hill Road Trip – A Taste of the Outback

By on January 9, 2010 in Australia

For part of my recent holiday, I decided to go the non-traditional route here and avoid the beaches in hopes of getting a little taste of the Australian Outback.
… Read moreSo, I went on a road trip with Patrick all the way out to the farthest Western reaches of New South Wales in order to visit an oasis in the middle

January 9, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 7 }
Shoe Shortage in Australia

Shoe Shortage in Australia

By on December 7, 2009 in Australia

Thousands of Australians are going without proper footwear all across the country.
From a random sampling, an estimated 10% of the population performs daily activities, such as grocery shopping or walking to work, without any form of shoe on whatsoever.
The cause of this strange behavior was initially said to be from a widespread shoe shortage in Australia, but after… Read more

December 7, 2009 · Read full story · Comments { 14 }