Mar 1st, 2009 at 8:30AM: For many, taking the train is still the most wonderful way to travel. It is a romantic throwback to a long gone era, before modern jets linked the world. For some, taking the train is just too slow, but for those that enjoy it, that is one its charms. It affords travelers the opportunity to see the countryside, often from a comfortable car filled with modern amenities. The train system in Europe ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Mar 1st, 2009 at 8:30AM: For many, taking the train is still the most wonderful way to travel. It is a romantic throwback to a long gone era, before modern jets linked the world. For some, taking the train is just too slow, but for those that enjoy it, that is one its charms. It affords travelers the opportunity to see the countryside, often from a comfortable car filled with modern amenities. The train system in Europe ...Russian Town Bans Phrase "I Don't Know"
Sep 6th, 2007 at 10:30AM: Have you ever tried to get anything done -- report theft, start a business, get a driver's license -- in Eastern Europe? If so, you will appreciate what Alexander Kuzmin, the 33-year old mayor of a Siberian oil town of Megion, is trying to do: make bureaucrats more friendly.
He has banned the following phrases among state employees:
I don't know
I can't
What can we do
...Word for the Travel Wise (12/16/06)
Dec 16th, 2006 at 8:00PM: When my plane landed in Budapest I had no idea at the time how much I would fall in love with the city, but over the course of my stay I started to seriously day dream about living in the country. What would it have been like? What could it be like today, tomorrow or in five years? In the event that I went out on a wing and took the big leap into living in eastern Europe I started practicing the ...
