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A quick overview of Paris’s top sites.

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In addition to my post yesterday about the Starkbierfest, Tavern Day was celebrated all around the b5 Travel Channel. Here’s a round up:
…around the US

Happy Tavern Day at The San Diego Traveler
Cheers!!! National Tavern Day at The DC Traveler
Celebrate Tavern Day at Walt Disney World at The Disney Traveler
“Be Good or Be Gone” at McSorley’s Old Ale House at The New York City Traveler
Nine Fine Irishmen at The Las Vegas Adventurer

…and around the world

Find pubs & inns in England and Wales at The Geeky Traveller
Where Everyone Knows Your Name at The Paris Traveler
European Bars, Sydney Style at The Sydney Traveler

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In honor of Tavern Day, here’s a little post about drinking in Munich. (I know what you’re thinking… “There’s drinking in Munich ?” I was shocked, too.)
This weekend we partook of the annual Munich Strong Beer Festival (or Starkbierfest), a fabulous Bavarian tradition. Each year for a few weeks during Lent, the local breweries open their banquet halls and cellars for this festival celebrating Starkbier – a heavy, sweet, dark brew thought up by fasting monks who wanted some nourishment (but weren’t so interested in sobriety). These days each brewery produces its own brand of Starkbier, with names that usually …read more

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The travel blog carnivals are multiplying these days, with several out there covering topics of interest to the traveler interested in Europe on a budget.
Europe A La Carte is hosting the Europe Travel Blog Carnival. This carnival features stories from a variety of destinations, including Rome, Stockholm, and Cornwall. You’ll also notice my post about combination tourist passes in there, too.
Also out this week, Less Than a Shoestring has a Europe-themed carnival called, naturally, the Travel on a Shoestring Carnival. This carnival features my post about seeing Berlin by bus as well as posts about Malta, Berlin, and plenty more. …read more

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I think Orbitz was the first online travel site I ever booked through, years and years ago, but recently it has been frustrating me. Not quite enough to keep me away when their fares pop up as the lowest on Kayak or Sidestep, though. I usually end up booking plane tickets through Orbitz at least a few times a year, but I have a real love/hate relationship with the site.
Things I like about Orbitz:

They’ve been around for a while and are well-established, so I can feel safer about giving my money to them than to a new fly-by-night travel website.
Sometimes …read more

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London soon to become a cyclists’ paradise?
Wise Bread suggests how to keep the budget in budget travel.
An overview of what to tip when abroad.
Cheese and Biscuits has a delightfully whiney list of top 10 things I hate about London restaurants.

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