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Vegetables: CONQUERED! (Veggies #6.10)

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:April 3, 2014
  • Post category:30B430
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I totally eat Brussels Sprouts now.So there.AND I'm better about trying new veggies. But to be perfectly honest, I still don't like most of them.ITEM CHECKED OFF.

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We’re going places, baby!

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:October 11, 2013
  • Post category:30B430/Asia/Bangkok/Chiang Mai/Thailand
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One of the best things about traveling is the different forms of transportation. For example, I rode to this coffee shop on a motorbike taxi! Thailand has SO MANY quirky…

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Setting records in Budapest

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 9, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Budapest
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In Budapest we met up with one of my roommates from college, Rebecca. She's currently teaching English and Spanish in Hungary for the summer before returning to Spain to teach…

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New Europe Tours: Munich

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 7, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Germany/Munich
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In our search for things to discover in all of these new cities, we've come across some excellent tip-based tours (read: advertised as free but you're expected to tip the…

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Hardy and Anka at the Jodlerwirt

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 6, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Germany/Munich
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We realized Munich would be fun when we found the Jodlerwirt and met Hardy & Anka. We had a big day of driving on the autobahn and through castle road…

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Getting lost in a Mercedes is way more fun

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 6, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Germany/Munich
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Everything you've heard about the autobahn is just about true. Things I didn't realize:1 - it's not just one stretch of road, it's Germany's entire highway network2 - some parts…

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Turn off the Internet, turn off exploring?

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 3, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Europe/Germany
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The train rise from Köln (Cologne) to Frankfurt, Germany is so far much more interesting - visually - than other routes we've been on (and awake for) this trip. There…

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Brussels, please; hold the sprouts.

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 3, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Belgium/Brussels/Europe
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The alternate title to this post is, "Things I Learned About Brussels that Might Not Be Entirely Accurate Because I Took the Tour One Day and Two Countries Ago"1. It…

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Yes, I’ll try the European sampler platter, please.

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 3, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Europe
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We know our trip's itinerary it pretty ambitious, but that's what we want to do - see as much as we can and go hard while we're here. When we…

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Paris – maybe it’s me?

  • Post author:Ellen Schwartze
  • Post published:August 3, 2012
  • Post category:30B430/Europe/Paris
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After getting successfully to Paris, We found our hostel tucked back in a corner of the city whose claim is selling 3-piece suits and fancy dresses from their store fronts.…

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