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The U.K. based online magazine Wide World launched at the beginning of May, and is already building a library of good content for adventure travelers and outdoor enthusiasts. The articles vary greatly in subject matter and include an interview with free diver Sara Campbell, ...Amazing Race 14: Romania is simply gorgeous
Going to Bucharest, Romania from Salzburg, Austria doesn't seem to be that difficult--unless you're Tammy & Victor who were on the first flight out--that plane had engine troubles and returned to the airport--or Brad & Victoria who decided to take a gamble and fly to ...Amazing Race contestants: What does it take exactly?
What does it take to get picked as an Amazing Race contestant team? In this Columbus Dispatch article, there's some insight. Victoria Hunt, the female part of the Columbus-based married couple team--Brad and Victoria, who are competing in Amazing Race 14, tried out for ...New Burger King ad criticized as "culturally tone-deaf"
Advertising is all about generating buzz, and those ad whizzes at Burger King sure do have a knack for that. (See, for example, Burger King's big-headed, stalker-ish "King" character for a prime example.)
Now their newest ad campaign, called "Whopper Virgins," is drawing ...Hangover helpers by country
National Geographic has a nifty little chart showing traditional hangover cures by country. You may have known, for example, that many Americans use tomato juice and eggs to cure the aftermath of a long night out on the town. But did you know that in Romania they use tripe ...Pickpockets in Copenhagen: Gadling blogger's victim story. Part 2. Was it Romanians?
I can still see the pocket of my daypack gaping open right before I got that panicked, sinking feeling. It was a feeling that I couldn't quite believe I was having. Up to that point, my trip to Denmark though Amsterdam had happened without a hitch, and I had yet to do the ...United Nations report: Balkans the safest region in Europe
When I arrived in Montenegro three months ago, one of the things that struck me first was how safe things felt. What was I expecting? Well, not a lot of armed thugs or anything. But I'd traveled enough in the former communist corners of Europe -- including past trips into ...Death of an anachronism: Horse carts banned from Romanian roadways
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There is nothing more bucolic when traveling in far off lands than to share the roadway with a horse and cart. When I first came across this scene somewhere in Romania in the early 1990s, it was as though I had traveled back in time. I had no idea that people in Europe still ...Indie travel guides - pipe dream or way of the future?
With all due respect to my generous client Lonely Planet, without whom I'd still be an obscure, broke, moonshine junkie in a forlorn corner of Romania, guidebook authors wallowing below the Sushi Line are increasingly probing new "Screw the Man" applications for their ...Talking Travel with Eric Nuzum, Author of The Dead Travel Fast
I've never watched a horror movie from start to finish and I'm not a fan of haunted houses. Needless to say, I didn't have high hopes that I would make it through Eric Nuzum's new book about stalking vampires. But the title intrigued me enough to start it, and then, well -- ...Thirteen places in the world to creep you out
Kelly's post on haunted hotels reminded me of when I was a kid. There was an abandoned house on my grandparents' street that was too hard to ignore. One Halloween my cousins and I dared each other to run across the front porch and knock on the front door after dark. Imagine ...GADLING TAKE FIVE: Week of September 29--October 5
How exactly does one pick just five posts to highlight out of a week's worth of post bounty? Impossible, I say. Particularly since we have one more blogger on our team who has been a writing fiend ever since he started posting on Monday. Blogger Grant Martin has an eye and ...My Bloody Romania: A return to the American Dream - minus gainful employment and money
Does anyone else have perma-smell associations for whole countries? One scent that transports your brain to a specific country, drops you on a random street and makes you dreamily reminisce about the life you could have had with the achingly cute girl that worked at the ...My Bloody (Drunk) Romania: Beyond the moonshine
People are often taken off guard when I tell them that I've spent about 17 cumulative months in Romania. Inevitably, wooden stake at the ready, they start digging about what the hell kept me here so long.
Is it the low cost of living? Initially yes, but with the US dollar ...My Bloody Romania: Cabbage never tasted so good
Before you read another word, click over to yellowpages.com and locate the Romanian restaurant nearest to your home (if you are actually in Romania, you are not eligible for this exercise).
So, how far away is the restaurant? Depending on your continent, it's anywhere from ...My Bloody Romania: The Royal (Mud) Treatment
Dateline: A mud puddle the size of Delaware in Southern Bucovina
There's a hardcore subset of people wandering around Southern Bucovina visiting all the monasteries by foot - backpacks piled high with camping gear, all-weather clothing, muesli and vampire bat spray. I'm not ...My Bloody Romania: One serving of Suceava - hold the syndrome
Dateline: Suceava, Romania
Suceava gets a bad rap, primarily from elitist dorks lacking an appreciation for the delicate art of Cement Feng Shui.
OK, there's no exoticizing it, Suceava is largely a butt-fugly series of gray streets, buildings and plazas. The city was one ...My Bloody Romania: The Painted Monasteries of Southern Bucovina
Dateline: Suceava, Romania
First, a quick geography lesson. Don't go looking for 'Southern Bucovina' in the south on your map of Romania. It is, in fact, in the north. Like many parts of Europe, land was grabbed and dealt during WWI and WWII without regard for historical ...My Bloody Romania: First stab at medical tourism
Being a homeless, shameless, godless freelance travel writer isn't all glamour, Nike endorsement deals and Friday nights at the Viper Room canoodling with Natalie Portman. There are innumerable indignities associated with this lifestyle, including the startling, nay ...My Bloody Romania: The hitchhiker's guide to Romania
One of the things that I love about Romania is that there's still a sweet naivety in many aspects of life. The largest peasant society in Europe still thrives in the northern Maramure? region (though EU membership seems destined to squash it), even the die-hardiest urban ...
