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Medjugorje: fervent worship and booming business

When we arrived at Medjugorje, where the virgin Mary has been appearing to 6 visionaries since 1981, we realized that the scary part was well worth it.
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There and Back Again: my trip to Orlando

...airports are brimming with stupid. Making fun of airports is like playing chess with Nicole Ritchie, or arm wrestling a baby turtle, but I am not above any of those things.
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Monaco: for those with massive credit limits!

If you're coming here via the airport in Nice, be aware that the helicopter to Monaco is actually cheaper than a taxi. Yes, this place is that crazy.
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Budapest: good food and good times

Budapest is a romantic city, so I was not surprised to discover on the Buda side a beautiful yellow house where Casanova lived for a few weeks, doing what he did best.
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In Belgrade and in love

Nightclub barges in Splav have different atmospheres, but male exhibitionism is the dominant theme.
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48 hours in Warsaw

My friend told me about his grandmother, who got very lucky during the bombing attack on the Old Town. A entire building fell on top of her, but she was not caught by the walls.
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Birth rank and its privileges

From fairy tales to film, everyone is obsessed with the idea of one's "firstborn." But what about the lastborn? For my part, I've recently discovered that the lastborn child has magical abilities.
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Krakow: from communist chic to copernicus

Three months ago, a brown, communist-style envelope had landed on my doorstep. The invitation announced an “official and obligatory celebration” - a communist chic birthday - at Klub Feniks in Krakow
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Celeb-Watching, Cultured Living, and More – in D.C.

Having spent our glorious university years in Washington D.C., my friends and I recently decided to reconvene in the U.S. capital for a walk down memory lane.
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Holidays in the Carpathians: Bukovel

It seems that everyone with wheels in Kyiv went up the Carpathian mountains to celebrate the New Year.
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