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Czech Republic, Travel Advice Sep 28, 2017 By Jagabond
Olomouc is missing the shiny object that sucks in the tourist mobs…is that a bad thing? Side trips from a major city are one of [...]
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Czech Republic, Travel Advice Sep 21, 2017 By Jagabond
I’m still searching for that undiscovered wine country. Many hidden gems emerged over the years to challenge the dominance of French and Italian wine. Spain’s [...]
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Prague, Czech Republic, Music Sep 17, 2017 By Jagabond
Do you know the origins of the ‘one-man band’? I didn’t either. It turns out there isn’t much history to this phenomenon. Wikipedia only cites [...]
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Czech Republic, Travel Advice Sep 14, 2017 By Jagabond
In the 1800’s there were roving fly-by-night circuses that swept into towns suckering people out of money. To save on business costs they often had [...]
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history, Italy Sep 7, 2017 By Jagabond
My first question was – what in the name of the Lord is this ginormous church doing here? Orvieto is a small hilltop town north [...]
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festival, Italy Aug 31, 2017 By Jagabond
I’ve been to medieval events before. I watched the grandiose show at Medieval Times in Anaheim, and played the slots at the Excalibur hotel in [...]
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food, Italy, restaurant Aug 24, 2017 By Jagabond
The Amalfi Coast sirens were singing, and I was finally listening. My lack of coastal excursions this summer is primarily for three reasons: 1) I [...]
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Croatia, road trip Aug 18, 2017 By Jagabond
I recently wrote about the hill towns of the Istrian Peninsula. That is the inland experience, but the coast has a different feel altogether. What [...]
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