Note: This is a guest post by one of my best friends, Beata Rak. After graduation, Beata moved to London, got a job as a tour guide and bartender at her local pub and has traveled around Europe and the Middle East. After living in London, Beata is moving to Australia to continue her adventure. [...]
Travelogue: Beata’s Trip
September 17th, 2009 · View Comments · Travel
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August Book Reviews
September 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Books
I read three very different, but interesting books in August. All were non-fiction, but had to do with completely different areas. Soccer Against the Enemy- Simon Kuper. Kuper is an English journalist who covered soccer at the start of his career, moved to finance and economics but got bored and moved back to soccer. This [...]
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Travelogue: London
August 17th, 2009 · View Comments · Travel
Note: I took a two week trip to Ireland, the Netherlands and England. This is the third and final post in a short series about where I went, along with observations about how Europe and the UK compare to the US. The first post is here and the second is here. One of the main [...]
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Travelogue: Amsterdam
August 9th, 2009 · View Comments · Travel
Note: I took a two week trip to Ireland, the Netherlands and England. This post is the second in a short series about where I went, along with observations about how Europe and the UK compare to the US. You can find the first here. Amsterdam is an amazing city that gets a crazy reputation [...]
Travelogue: Ireland
August 5th, 2009 · View Comments · Travel
Note: I took a two week trip to Ireland, the Netherlands and England. This post is the first in a short series about where I went, along with observations about how Europe and the UK compare to the US. My friend Pat and I left from Chicago and flew into Shannon, a town that is [...]