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Hey TSA, Let’s Ban CornNuts
I can remember flying from Auckland, New Zealand, to Los Angeles in the smoking section of the airplane. Yes, Virginia, people used to smoke on airplanes. At that time, the entire world was filled with...
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TSOJ: Copenhagen–Terrifying Towers, Nonexistent Museums, and Stealing Coffee
If I were to run away from America, I would run away to Copenhagen. Copenhagen is the city for hippies and hippy wannabes. Copenhagen is Portland on hippy steroids and, I think, the future for most...
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TSOJ: Berlin, like a local (who speaks no German)
When you are in Berlin during the summer you will get a whiff of something unpleasant, something that smells like a sewer and that is because it is the sewer. I don’t know why the sewer smells like it...
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TSOJ: A Vienna Bike Tour with The Terminator
Before most bike tours start there is a tiny tutorial about how to use the bikes, the bike rules in the city, and how to avoid getting killed on the bike tour, but not with Walter (pronounced Valter...
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Final Thoughts on TSOJ
The Summer of Jon lasted 28 days and now that I am back home it seems like it happened a long time ago, or in a dream. It was a trip of a lifetime, but I hope to do a few more trips of a lifetime...
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An American Guide to World Cup
Every four years the world gathers representatives from their countries to kick a little round ball around a big field. This international tournament is called The World Cup because it really does...
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Those Sneaky Canadians
If I could sum up Canadians in one word it would not be polite, it would be sneaky. That’s right, I wrote it: sneaky. I don’t mean sneaky like China trying to sell toys painted with a combination of...
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Oh, Canada: Where’d all the drunks go?
I remember sitting in a college class ( Nonviolent Defense and Conflict Resolution) listening to a guest speaker talk about life as a submarine commander. This was a few years ago, but here is what I...
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TSOJ: Bike Tour of Potsdam
In my humble and important opinion, bike tours are one of the best ways to see most European cities, and my favorite bike tour company (Fat Tire Bike Tours) always manages to do all the things that...
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TSOJ: Prague–Aussies, Bike Rides and Dealing with Being Sick
Twenty minutes before the train was scheduled to arrive from Hamburg I knew there was going to be a problem. Piles and piles of young backpackers with Eurail Passes were already crowding the platform....
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