Answer the following question to the best of your ability: Q)    Europe is best known for: a.)    Being really old b.)    Bidets c.)    Hygiene – or lack thereof d.)    Great rail service e.)    All the above The correct answer is: D (though you could make an argument for E). Nobody gives better train than Europe. They’ve been at it for a long...
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Investigators are still trying to figure out how two commuter trains hit each other in Belgium today, which may have left 20 people dead, according to Times Online. Rescue workers were still cutting through the wreckage to pull passengers out of the trains that hit each other at a suburb about eight miles outside of...
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The British have a long and storied history -- once, the sun never set on their Empire. But today, it does. So watch out, Americans...the British are coming.
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A morning at Anne Frank's house can change the way you see Amsterdam. It may be an old story now, but to not spend an hour seeing, and sometimes touching, the same ground as this famous one-time author would be a tragedy.
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A night out in Prague usually ends with a sunrise breakfast -- and if you play your cards right, it might be lunch. Here are a few places to check out next time you're there.
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It's only taken 17 years, but now the borders are finally open and Serbs are flooding into Western Europe. The last time this happened, historians called it World War I.
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Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the ride. England now enters the high-speed world or bullet trains, though, since the country doesn't allow guns, they're calling it just a really, really fast one.
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Here's a waterbed you just might enjoy -- the Blue Wave Bed & Breakfast, where you can sleep on one of Amsterdam's canals and still be minutes from the city's center.
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French museum workers have decided to switch tactics on the government, according to the Los Angeles Times. Now striking workers, who are upset over the government’s desire to downsize museum staffs around the country, are blocking the cash register instead of the entrance doors allow people to visit many of the museums free. For the past...
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This coming week marks the beginning to the Global Summit on Climate Change and the world will be watching. What they're watching, we're not so sure, but at least it's in a very cool city.
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