European Adventure

Norwegian Introduction

7 March 2010

I had arrived in Norway full of hope, but was quickly disconcerted by the language barrier and the poor directions I had from the hostel I had booked. It was a Friday night. I had flown from London and had taken the bus into Oslo from the airport, 2½ hours away. The bus station is […]

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Liverpool: The Emigrant Experience

28 February 2010

Everybody goes to Liverpool to remember the Beatles. It’s appropriate, of course, since they are still the towns most famous export. However, they are probably not the town’s most important legacy — that honor, in my opinion, belongs to its role as the main jumping off point for thousands upon thousands of European immigrants to […]

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Cooking on the Road – and a Reader Request

17 February 2010

One of the things I realized I’ve been missing while traveling is cooking. It’s a little difficult to create any sort of gourmet meal when you don’t have most of the essential ingredients for even a basic meal, let alone a complicated one. Dried pasta and canned marinara, or bags of pre-cut veggies and cans […]

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The Great Irish Road Trip: Part 2

9 February 2010

Day 5 — or 6 or whatever it was — dawned in Doolin, a small village near the Cliffs of Moher. I was loathe to leave the Aille River Hostel, where I had stayed for two nights. It was so cozy, and exactly what I needed for a bit of a respite. It was out […]

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The Great Irish Road Trip: Part 1

3 February 2010

It turned into a beautiful, sunny Irish day when I headed from my Dublin hostel down to the car rental place, near the city’s secondary train station. I figured I’d be spending the rest of the day in the car, so it wouldn’t hurt to walk across town beforehand. I was, however, hurting when I […]

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