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Nice, France is a Pretty Nice Kinda Place

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Tweet France is a place that I slightly have a hate/love relationship with. I do really enjoy parts of France and the scenery can be some of the most spectacular in the entire world. The French people on the other hand…. Let’s just say that old line about France — “France is such a wonderful [...]

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The Absurdity of Monaco

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Tweet I just simply don’t understand Monaco. It is one of the cities in the world, like Beirut or Hong Kong that just sort of mystifies me. It is a city of immense wealth of course. It boasts the highest Gross Domestic Product per capita of any country in the world, at over $150k per [...]

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Street art with meaning

Graffiti and I have a true love/hate relationship. Although I love Italy dearly, each and every time I go back, [...]

Dog Sledding in Finland

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I absolutely love dogs, but I never would have guessed how much I’d immediately take to dog sledding during my [...]

A big day for someone and my serendipity

Resting my feet after an afternoon’s worth of walking the hills of Girona in the middle of one of my [...]

A quick guide to tapas

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If you are headed to Spain, get your taste buds ready to enjoy one of the great culinary treats in [...]

Instagram Favorites, Alex Ogle, a.k.a. @Alex_Ogle

I am thinking about possibly adding a new feature to this site — great Instagram photographers that I like and [...]

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