Archive for the ‘Quick Facts’ Category
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Everywhere you go in Norway you can find images of trolls.
"Why is this?" I pondered to myself... So I've gone on an Internet quest to find out and now I will enlighten you.
It all began in the Norse/Viking/Scandinavian mythology...
Hold it right there. In high school why did I have to ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Copenhagen seems to be a land of the free thinkers- with places like Christiania, Ungdomshuset, and Istedgade thriving.
Christiania- a self-governing neighborhood covered 85 acres within the city limits of Copenhagen. It started out as sort of a hippie commune and now has turned into an alternative living space where supposedly anyone is ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
-The Royal Palace has 609 rooms- making it the largest palace in Northern Europe.
-Stockholm is made up of 14 main islands
-Sweden has over 96,000 lakes
-The water in Stockholm's harbors is clean enough for swimming
-Lepers and crazy people were sent to an insane asylum far away from the mainland because King ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
The Legend of Krakow's Pigeons
Like every other large city, Krakow is infested with dirty dirty pigeons. Only these pigeons are special and we are supposed to respect them... And so the story goes...
Once upon a time (I kid you not) Poland's King Boleslas had 5 sons and when he ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Mykonos: the name of the last giant Hercules destroyed by crushing him under the island which now bears his name.
The buildings in Mykonos are all white-washed with blue shutters- it's gorgeous but a little creepy at the same time. When you go into the city it is made up of ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
- Bes, god-demon of protection, childbirth and entertainment had the body of a dwarf and the head of a lion. I really liked the story a lot more when Waseem told me he was the god of adultry and thus very important but in searching online I can't verify that.
-According ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
While staying at the Napoleon Hostel I was fortunate enough to meet a guy from Montana who had moved to Russia about 9 months ago. I actually didn't catch his name until he was trying to unscrew my eyebrow ring for me and to be honest I have no idea ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
*Sorry this is a bit late and I know we've moved on to Russia but I had to get this little gem edited for accuracy!*
While in China my friend Will was kind enough to sit down and go over the basics of the Chinese language with me. In turn, I ...
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