Riga, the capital of Latvia is a beautiful and historic city that has about 4000 years of recorded habitation, though most historians consider its founding to be when German traders arrived in the 12th century, and a long and trying past, as Latvia has had only about half a century of independence total in all [...]
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Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg is on the Elbe River and is one of Europe’s largest ports, but it is also a great city to visit and go just this side of wild in. The Beatles made their name here in the smoky cellar bars in the St. Pauli district near the famed Reeperbahn, Germany’s and maybe Europe’s [...]
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Grapelive: Oregon Trip Report
THURSDAY, 9/11/08:
Dundee Hills
I new it was going to be tough to pack this adventure into two days, so I tried to be careful not to do too much or schedule myself silly, as I wanted to relax a bit and really see the Willamette Valley in the best [...]
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New! Beer Cities: Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia: First Impressions of the Capital
Landing in Moscow at the Sheremetevo 2 airport, what a mix of emotions, fear excitement and expectations of this land, Russia. Growing up when I did, Russia was the bad nuclear enemy and a dark and tragic place that held a certain fascination and until [...]
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