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Graz, Austria

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Admin of TBJ

The area of Europe known as Styria is rich with history and natural beauty; this are of the Austro-Hungarian empire and Holy Roman Empire once contained bits of Slovenia and Germany. Now an Austrian state, Styria and its capital, Graz, are wonderful places to stop by when poking around Europe. Graz is Austria’s second biggest [...]

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Maribor, Slovenia

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Admin of TBJ

Nestled in the Pohorje Mountains in the mysterious Styria region of Europe is the charming city of Maribor, Slovenia. It’s becoming a semi-popular European skiing and winter-sports destination, and the city, which is home to a the University of Maribor and thus a large academic and student population, is rife with fun things to do [...]

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Barcelona, Spain

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Admin of TBJ

Two strange things happened to me as soon as I arrived in Barcelona: 1) I saw the city’s old bull fighting ring in Placa Espanya being turned into a mall and 2) three guys attempted to rob me in a crowded Metro station. The juxtaposition was interesting; Barcelona is undoubtedly an interesting experience – it’s [...]

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Great Eat: Cafe Campanilla, Madrid, Spain

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Admin of TBJ

If you have the pleasure of staying outside of Madrid proper and closer to the airport – cheaper prices, harder to get in town – you may also have the pleasant surprise of a really fabulous, tasty dinner at Cafe Campanilla! When circumstances dictated that we stay another night in Madrid (and be up really [...]

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Great Eat: La Bombeta, Barcelona, Spain

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Admin of TBJ

While you’re poking around in the Barceloneta area of Barcelona, you might as well veer off the beaten path (perhaps even with a newly-minted sorta-local, like your Barcelona-dwelling sibling) and take in some tapas, one of the few “Spanish” cultural things the prideful Catalan region of Spain still keeps (along with their lispy Castellano Spanish, [...]

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Montserrat, Spain

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Admin of TBJ

While it was overcast and rainy during the majority of my visit to Barcelona (to see mi hermana, who is studying abroad there this semester), I couldn’t let the weather stop my necessary pilgrimage to the sky-high village and monastery of Montserrat, Spain, and I’d recommend *anyone* traveling near Barcelona to get out of town [...]

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Plymouth, England, UK

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Admin of TBJ

In one of his comedy routines, Eddie Izzard remarks, regarding the pilgrim voyage to America: “They sailed from Plymouth and landed in Plymouth – how lucky is that?” As always, Izzard brings the laughs, but it is kind of cool to stand on the place the pilgrims left from waaaay back in 1620. And you [...]

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Great Eat: De’ Coltelli, Pisa, Italy

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Admin of TBJ

Of course, you’re in Italy and you’re eating gelato. It’s pretty unavoidable, and, when it’s hot, everybody – locals, tourists, etc. – is eating it. While I didn’t get to Pisa (of the Leaning Tower fame) the first time I visited Italy, I have to say it’s an Italian town worth checking out – it’s [...]

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Manchester, UK

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Admin of TBJ

While visions of unibrowed-Oasis singers danced in my head, I got off the bus in downtown Manchester on a chilly and damp November day; I was there by luck – a work trip to London coincided nicely with seeing one of my favorite comedians, Eddie Izzard, at the glossy MEN arena in Manchester, and I [...]

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Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Admin of TBJ

The whole time I was in Stratford Upon Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace (among other things), it rained. The weather added to the quaint charm of this beautiful little city. Everywhere you go there are flowers – boxed in windows, in mini-gardens, on the tables of the pubs (check out some of the pubs near the Stratford-Upon-Avon [...]

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