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Archive for January 2008

January 7th, 2008

The end of the holiday season

Three King’s Day tends to signify the end of the winter holidays in Europe. Today kids are back at school, people are back at work, and Christmas trees are being discarded en masse (at least on our street).
For my husband and I, though, this morning felt exactly like Christmas morning: the movers arrived with our […]

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January 6th, 2008

Happy Three King’s Day

The 6th of January is a holiday in many European countries (because, you know, there haven’t been enough holidays recently). It is the celebration of Three King’s Day (or Epiphany), supposedly the day that the three kings made their way to visit Jesus with all those funky gifts. The celebrations vary a bit from country […]

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January 5th, 2008

Home in Germany

Greetings from my new home of Munich! OK, so I’m not actually in my home home, since it’s going to take several weeks before they hook up the internet there… but other than that, this city already has me wrapped around its finger. There’s a bit of snow on the ground here and there, it’s […]

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January 4th, 2008

Photo of the day: Trummelbach Falls

Near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland, Trummelbach Falls are a series of gorgeous waterfalls inside the Alps. The water comes from the melting glaciers above. Definitely worth a visit.

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January 3rd, 2008

5 places I want to travel in 2008

My travel schedule was pretty busy in 2007, and I had some great adventures (many of which you can read about on my personal blog). It’s going to be hard to top, but I’m looking forward to the challenge.
Here are 5 places on my list of destinations for 2008:

London: even though we have several friends […]

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January 2nd, 2008

Charles-de-Gaul bound

I’m headed back to Europe today (yippee!).
I try to book direct flights whenever I can, but sometimes connections are hard to avoid. At times there’s just no direct route; other times adding a stopover will greatly decrease the cost of a ticket. So I cross my fingers and hope for the best.
Unfortunately for me, I […]

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January 1st, 2008

Europe budget travel links for 2-Jan-2008

The budget joys of Paris in the winter.

The NYT presents a practical guide to round-the-world plane tickets.

A long list of advice for avoiding (and surviving) lost luggage.

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January 1st, 2008

Happy New Year from Europe String

I hope you celebrated in style.
Photo: A crowd watches fireworks over the lake in Zurich, Switzerland.

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