The 1956 Uprising of Hungary Against Communism
Hungary suffered through a double blow of dictatorship during its recent lifetime. First by the the Nazi regime, which was defeated in WWII, and again with Soviet communism. Communism invaded shortly...
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Memento Park, The Remains of Communism in Budapest, Hungary
It really wasn't all that long ago that communism was alive and well in Eastern Europe. Until 1989, Hungary was a communist country and only after many years of protest and struggle was the country...
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Whisky Tour in Edinburgh
Last week I went to the Scotch Whisky Tour along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was a cold, rainy day and we needed some fun indoor options. I had never given much thought...
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Cuckoo’s Nest Comes to Cork
One night, I was in Cork City picking up a friend from work. Her boyfriend was telling me about The Everyman Palace, the theatre across from her office. One night,...
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Attack of the Flies: Tales from the Farm
So, when I first met my boyfriend, Alistair, we were both studying at University College Cork, in Ireland, of course. Every now and then, I would go home with him on the weekends for a nice relaxing...
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Making The Right Choices
How does spending three weeks of your summer vacation in England and France sound to you? I was fortunate to be a part of the People to People organization and...
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Camping along the French Atlantic Coast: Biarritz
After a very disappointing start to our road trip, which included a pit stop in a La Rochelle truck stop for some much needed shut eye and then a waste of €100 at six o'clock in the morning for the...
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Euphoric Europe
I was honestly dreading the day when I would have go to Europe...
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