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On-the-Go: Germany Via Railroad With a Splash of Prague
I’m currently writing from 30,000 ft in route from Chicago to London. From there, I’ll connect to Munich and arrive around noon, just in time to head off for a half-day of delirious wandering. The...
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On-the-Go: Drinking Altbier Till Dawn in Dusseldorf
One beer turned into another, and before we knew it the sun was coming up over Dusseldorf, the sky brightening to the egg-white color that happens just before the dawn of a new day. Earlier, we had...
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Pretty, Pretty Prague: Bird’s Eye View of Old Town Square
One of the things I consistently do in every destination I visit is try to find a high peak and gain perspective, whether it’s at the top of a tall building or a lookout at the summit of a hike. I get...
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More Beer: Wake Returns to Germany for Frankfurt Visit
On my first and recent adventure through Germany in mid-July, I drank my way through the Altbier scene in Dusseldorf and the beer gardens of Munich. I also checked out the world’s largest panometer in...
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Frankfurt: The German City That Doesn’t Drink Beer
Frankfurt’s skyline is the largest in Europe. Photo by Wake and Wander. The city of Frankfurt boasts the largest skyline in Europe (shown above in all its modesty), but that’s not why it stands out...
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Boarding for Belgium and Other Ways to Have No Life
Tomorrow, I’m heading back to Europe to Belgium, where I’ll be on assignment covering the opening of the Red Star Line Museum. It’s basically a reverse Ellis Island story — lots of people left from...
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Forget French Fries! How About Double-Fried Flemish Fries?
There are a few theories about how fried potato strips became known as “French fries,” some dating the term back to Thomas Jefferson and others attributing it to a French solider named Parmentier who...
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On-the-Go: That Time We Stayed Up Till Dawn in Sagres
One of the guys had hopes of moving to Vietnam, the other to Amsterdam. The women were good looking, the kind you wanted to be around, and the tall one with the beachy hair owned a house on the coast,...
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Why Do Americans Continue to Ignore Portugal?
Scenery near Sagres in South Portugal. Photo by Ryan Dearth. Yesterday, when I told you about a rock ‘n’ roll jeep tour that takes you along Portugal’s south and west coasts near Sagres, I mentioned...
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A Manic May Approaches With Africa, Berlin, and Switzerland
Well, that sure went by fast. Seems like it was just last week when I stood high above Donner Lake in Tahoe, in route down to Yosemite to cover the park’s 150th anniversary. The story will be published...
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