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• Soaking up Siberia - Beer
  on Sep 23, 2014 in beijing china food and drinks health mongolia russia train travel ulan bator
  They always had Baltika somewhere there.Wherever I travel I try to drink mostly local beers. There's nothing like a pint of tasty never-heard-before ale from a local brewery that you're unlikely to find ever again in your home country. I can't even r...
• HR Giger Tourism II - The Bar
  on Sep 8, 2014 in book places to visit before you die switzerland
  Shopping Center MilieuSince we weren't able to visit the Giger Bar at Gruyères back in 2002, because the bar was under construction, I made sure we'd route our next Switzerland trip two years later via the city of Chur. It's the artist's birth town,...
• Penn & Teller - It's What's for Dinner
  on Nov 4, 2013 in food and drinks signs people germany language
  At a restaurant in German city of Aachen I noticed familiar names on the menu. The item number 451 was called Jubi-Pennteller. I'm talking, of course, about Penn Jillette and Teller, entertainers famous for magic and tv shows like Bull...
• Weird Europe - How to Find Unusual Attractions
  on Aug 28, 2013 in gear austria scotland underground india spain travel thoughts germany belgium book
  Frightened tourists on an Edinburgh ghost tour. When I'm traveling, I usually try to find if there's something unusual or exceptional to do or to see in the area. Sometimes even the most common touristy places have totally 'something different' to o...
• Payback
  on Jan 8, 2013 in food and drinks diu wacky authorities india travel thoughts security gujarat
  A camera is one of the most common and distinctive single characteristic of a tourist. Everyone knows the hordes of the Japanese tourists swarming all over the world photographing every silliest detail they can find. But most 'western' tourists also...
• Soaking up Siberia - Vodka (and Wine)
  on Dec 2, 2012 in beijing mongolia food and drinks train travel china russia moscow
  I'm positive it's possible to travel across Russia without having a single drop of vodka, but I have to admit did have a drop or two. We bought a bottle of locally made product from a shop next to Moscow station to be consumed by taking a shot on...
• Habsburgs Rest in Pieces
  on Oct 28, 2012 in austria vienna churches and crypts macabre
  Monarchs and other rulers usually want to make themselves remembered, one way or another. Pyramids, anyone? I'm particularly fond of the way the Habsburg dynasty (the Austrian emperor line, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) has immortalised themselves...
• Pedestrian Roller Coaster
  on Sep 11, 2012 in Ruhr area statues and monuments germany walking tour
  © Guy Gorek If you are really afraid of roller coasters, but still would like to take a ride, you should head to Duisburg, Germany, where you can take a walk on one. It's actually a sculpture that was built about a year ago on a hilltop of landscap...
• Soaking up Siberia - Kvass
  on Sep 2, 2012 in food and drinks wacky authorities train travel health russia moscow
  I made my first acquaintance with popular Russian soft drink kvass in Moscow after the first night spent in the train from Finland. The Trans Siberian trip was about to continue in the evening so we had a good opportunity to sightsee some of the Russ...
• Fine Titz
  on Aug 16, 2012 in vehicle renting traffic germany bureaucracy
  Got a genuine old-skool snail mail letter from Germany couple of days ago. Uh oh, these things have never meant anything good, I thought. It was a speeding ticket from couple of weeks ago from a trip to Ruhr area and Benelux. Looks like it is possibl...

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