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Category: Cultural Customs

Discovering Dubrovnik: Beginning My Balkan Adventure
Croatia

Discovering Dubrovnik: Beginning My Balkan Adventure

For the last few days, I have been in the hot Croatian city of Dubrovnik. Located on the nation’s southern…

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A Subject to History, Now Making Its Own: Czech Republic
Cuisine

A Subject to History, Now Making Its Own: Czech Republic

Oh, Czech Republic. What am I to do with you? Or, more realistically, what have you been doing to me?…

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European Unlike Any Other: Hungary
Cuisine

European Unlike Any Other: Hungary

Budapest was a spur of the moment decision, more or less. I knew that the Pride festival was coming up…

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Hun-gay-ry: Budapest’s 20th Pride Parade
Cultural Customs

Hun-gay-ry: Budapest’s 20th Pride Parade

It was Budapest Pride! This entire week has been the build up to this Gay Pride Parade, which went off…

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Hun-gay-ry: Shamanistic Dance
Cultural Customs

Hun-gay-ry: Shamanistic Dance

What did I get myself into? As a result of Pride week here in Budapest, there have been multiple special…

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Hungary Fun-gary: Breathtaking Budapest
Budapest

Hungary Fun-gary: Breathtaking Budapest

Despite it being sacrilegiously hot in the Hungarian capital, I made myself go sightseeing and walk around. Again, free walking…

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WWOOF: What to Expect
Cultural Customs

WWOOF: What to Expect

For the last few days or so, I have been working on a farm in the Czech Republic located in…

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Picturing Prague’s Past
Cultural Customs

Picturing Prague’s Past

I love Prague. Who doesn’t? Judging by all us tourists, I think everyone wants to be in the Bohemian capital.…

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Germany is Gay Among Other Things: a March, Monuments, and Stadtfest!
Berlin

Germany is Gay Among Other Things: a March, Monuments, and Stadtfest!

Today was a big day despite the late start. After leaving the hostel in groups at 2 PM, Nina and…

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On the Road: Tot Ziens to Amsterdam
Amsterdam

On the Road: Tot Ziens to Amsterdam

Tot ziens is ‘goodbye’ in Dutch, which you probably will never need to remember since everyone speaks English in this…

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5. A fried egg on top makes any food better!
54. Nothing beats getting a haircut in a foreign country. What is more intimate? A conversation with a nice trim is the best way to get to know a city from a local.
13. You and your host family should try to learn from each other. That means you both have to be open minded.
29. Love is hard when one frequently comes and goes, but love is learning. Though, travel can make relationships hard, always continue to find who and what you love.
91. Never underestimate the lengthiness of a third culture kid’s life story …
60. Pout in the Paris metro system.
105. As a friend once said, rap, everywhere but the US it seems, tends to be protest.
23. Experiencing change when you travel is good, but it comes from within not the influence of others.   
75. If you as a citizen of the United States are often abroad during important national holidays, I recommend doing very American activities to compensate for your utter lack of patriotism. Nothing obnoxious of course, but why not spend a little time at Starbucks on the 4th of July in Prague or buy something online you definitely do not need on Labor Day in Taiwan? Very American.
98. Halloween is sadly not accepted by everyone. It is a very culturally relative holiday.

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Not a winter weenie 🌭❄️😮‍💨 • • Not a winter weenie 🌭❄️😮‍💨
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Gut Yontif! גוט יום־טובֿ‎ Friends an Gut Yontif!
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Friends and family afar …
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Edinburgh dump~~
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A wine bar/nosherai at the door step - SPRY (ft. m A wine bar/nosherai at the door step - SPRY (ft. mackerel, gooseberries, buttermilk)
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