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Haunted Dinant
Dinant is a small town centered on the banks of the River Meuse in the Namur region of Belgium. The town dates back to the 7th century, and it has since had a long and often bloody history. Due to its prime location on the river, it has been caught in the middle of many…
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Forest School
I survived. I survived three days, and two nights with my fifth-graders. Three days with five wild boys, four girls with attitudes, and approximately four Rambo knives, two bows and arrows, one sneaky box of matches, and worst of all, a can of Axe body spray. About a month ago, I learned that I had…
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City of the Gods
Last weekend, from June 5th-7th, I went back to the Classic City. No, Georgia. Not that Classic City. I explored Athens, Greece. This is the city that gave birth to philosophy, and inspired tremendous works of art. It is a city that represents Greek culture, and the very roots of civilization. In an ode to…
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In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In…
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Ghent: Canal Rides and Too Many Fries
On the third day in Belgium, the morning was bathed in sunlight, and the sky was deep blue. Justin had already left early in the morning to embark on a tour of the WWI battlefields. Since we had booked that tour for the next day, Meret and I decided to take a short train ride…
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In Bruges: A Fairytale Town
It’s a fairytale town, isn’t it? How’s a fairytale town not somebody’s fucking thing?How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody’s fucking thing, eh?-In Bruges I distinctly remember watching the dark comedy In Bruges about a year ago.…
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