Summer is here and it is time to travel in Europe - but if you have not made it already there is probably one major decision left - train versus bus versus car/van travel. Personally I love trains and in this post I explain why you should trains over other methods of travel in Europe.

Today's post is an interview with Carlos Lorenzo about his fantastic Barcelona Photoblog. Carlos captures images in Barcelona like no-one else on the web, and if you're not already subscribing to his feeds I highly recommend you do so - even if you have no interest in photography.

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The first thing you should know about Taiwan is that it is not Thailand. Taiwan is, in fact, a small island off the coast of Mainland China that has questionable international statehood, but is nonetheless a lovely place to visit.

Who doesn't remember "Seven" and Brad Pit on his hunt for the mysterious murder killing people after the "Seven Sins" only to find his wifes head in some Fedex box delivered to his doorstep in the end...

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...or in any country, for that matter.

When I moved to Melbourne, two things I struggled with were weights/measures and currency. Today I'm going to focus on currency because getting used to metric isn't something that every traveler to Australia will have to do.

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When people in the States talk about the 'horrors' of having socialized health services, they talk the most about the wait.

"Oh, you have to wait two hours to get seen about a broken leg!"

"Five hours to get my finger sewn back on."

Um, no.

Back in January, I had been debating on posting about some odd artwork that I'd seen in the streets of Barcelona's old town. In fact, I wasn't really sure if you could call it art work or graffiti.