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  The (In)Complete Guide to Taking Your Dog to Europe

  December 13, 2012 / luna the traveling pooch

  How to take your dog to Europe and love your life.

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  Europe in Review: Dragons and Spa Days and Kisses, Oh My!

  October 16, 2012 / things i like, travel tales

  Europe, in short. And by “in short,” I mean “holy crap am I a longwinded gasbag.”

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  A Photo Essay: Wandering in Girona

  October 9, 2012 / photo essays, travel tales

  Adorable old town Girona (and my mixed feelings about its region).

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  Dog-Friendly Paris & Catalunya

  October 4, 2012 / luna the traveling pooch

  Paris really, really loves its dogs. And Catalunia, while a little less dog-friendly, is also reasonably easy to travel with your pooch in tow.

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  The Best Laid Plans

  August 15, 2012 / travel tales

  Calling all travelers: I need some tips! Where should I go and what should I do?

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  13% of the World

  October 20, 2011 / travel tales

  I was taking inventory of my photos this week (and when I say taking inventory, holy crap do I mean it. There were something like 30 CDs of photos. And that’s just after I got a digital camera), when I felt a sudden surge of satisfaction. Sometimes I forget…I’ve been a lot of places, seen [...]

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  Contraband

  December 17, 2008 / ridiculous, travel tales

  .One.On Tuesday I went in search of a libraria (not to be confused with library, this is a bookstore) in order to purchase more reading materials, since I am alone for slightly longer than I anticipated. I scoured the streets, entering one and then another. Asking for an English section and being denied that by [...]

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  At Least There´s No Songs to Learn

  December 17, 2008 / ridiculous, travel tales

  Last night was the last night in this hostel for so many of the people I´ve met thus far. It seems that somehow everyone´s arrivals and departures coincided nicely, many of them having been here for several weeks and bonded often over boxed rose wine and saxaphone performances. Thus, to celebrate and comisserate their departures, [...]

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  Do You Speak English?

  December 16, 2008 / ridiculous, travel tales

  There´s a man in the hostel from somewhere in England. One of those parts of England where the accent is so thick that most native English speakers have to pay attention to catch on. He is in his fourties, reminds me of old rockers like Bon Jovi and is a lifelong traveler and hilarious storyteller. [...]

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  The Great Flavor of Small Things

  December 15, 2008 / travel tales

  Hoy, I had lunch in a tiny sandwicheria on a street named Carrier de Gran Gracia (the way of great grace), which I think is a wonderful name for a street. We should, in America, take a lesson and name our streets poetic and wonderful things. The Way of Great Grace, the Way of the [...]

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