Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 31st, 2008
Bonfire is an understatement at Lewes. Semi-controlled wildfire is perhaps more accurate. Either way, it’s the best place in England to celebrate this national holiday commemorating the day when the British parliament wasn’t blown up, and the subsequent death of a Catholic terrorist named Guy Fawkes for planning to do it. What’s ironic is that [...]
Posted in Site Features, Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 22nd, 2008
Right now there are animals of all shapes and sizes gorging themselves on food to fatten up for the lean winter months. I started thinking about my own diet and realized that it doesn’t change much throughout the year with the exception of a few seasonal fruits. But what if there weren’t Tescos in every [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 16th, 2008
Chocolate lovers will think they’ve died and gone to heaven in the gorgeous Italian city of Perugia during the week-long Eurochocolate festival. The city is known locally as the “Costruttori di dolcezze, or a designer of sweet things. Entering Eurochocolate you’ll agree the reputation is well deserved. Feast upon chocolate sculptures, cakes, bars and fountains, [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 9th, 2008
It’s 4 a.m. You’ve been to five cool clubs, seen ten great bands, made 15 new friends and fallen in love 20 times. You’re tired. You’re wired. You’re ready to find a bed. You’re ready to find the after-party. You can’t believe you’re here. You’re already making plans to come back next year. And guess [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Oct 3rd, 2008
When the crumbling and contentious Berlin Wall was toppled on November 9, 1989, a regime and world system came crashing down with it. However, it wasn’t until the following October that Germany formally reunited, and October 3 was chosen as the official national celebration of German unity. So celebrate German national unity…wait, or is it the EU we are celebrating? [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, Where I'd Rather Be on Sep 26th, 2008
Author Jonathan Swift once noted, “He was a bold man that did first eat an oyster”. Since 1957, the Irish hometown of the world-famous Ostrea Edulis oyster has celebrated its delicious crop with the four-day Galway International Oyster Festival. The mainstay is Ireland’s best-known beer, Guinness, paired with the plump, salty European flat oyster grown [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Sep 19th, 2008
Fire up the Oom-pah band, bang the wooden tables with your new best friends and swing your stein to the tune of German drinking songs. Oktoberfest starts tomorrow, and over the next two weeks there will be seven million foreigners and locals eating sausage and and drinking beer for breakfast. Even if you’re not a beer guy (like [...]
