https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/09/castle-hunting-le-rocher-de-monaco.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Castle Hunting: Le Rocher de Monaco
Le Rocher, or "The Rock," is the historic and current heart of Monaco - really, the reason for its existence. Jutting up from the sea, it i...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/11/crf-italy.html
Merlin and Rebecca: CRF: Italy
"CRF" is not a crime show you've never heard of, it stands for "Cutting Room Floor." Below are some of our favorite pics that never made the...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2012/01/in-land-far-far-away.html
Merlin and Rebecca: In a Land Far, Far Away...
Some places are hard to get to and, once there, even harder to really get at. Winter makes both attempts more difficult with snow obscuring...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/12/
Merlin and Rebecca: 12/01/2011 - 01/01/2012
There are 50 countries in Europe. We're spending two weeks in each. Follow us.
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/09/gypsy-kitchens-foraging-for-galettes.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Gypsy Kitchens: Foraging for Galettes
Creperies outnumber cafes, bistrots or brasseries in Bretagne. This is their place of origin and the galette has been a staple food for cen...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/02/ukrainian-food.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Ukrainian Food
Merlin: Ukrainian food is heavy and interesting - it's fun to see the Russian and Romanian influences mix together here in the mountains. T...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/06/things-czech-people-like.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Things Czech People Like
City strolls on waterways. There seemed to be a river running through every town or city on which people in rented kayaks, rowboats and pa...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2014/05/castle-hunting-ones-that-got-away.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Castle Hunting: The Ones That Got Away
We visited, by my informal calculations, about seventy-five or eighty castles on the trip, and all of them were memorable in some way. ...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/03/gypsy-kitchens-squash-blossom-dessert.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Gypsy Kitchens: Squash Blossom Dessert
I will warn you now that this is a very untraditional dessert recipe. Not only because the ingredients are mostly savory, but because its a...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2010/05/
Merlin and Rebecca: 05/01/2010 - 06/01/2010
There are 50 countries in Europe. We're spending two weeks in each. Follow us.
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2010/09/vianden.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Vianden
We are in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which is tiny. Yesterday afternoon, we went to the national military museum, in Diekirch, which w...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2012/11/edinburgh-in-rain.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Edinburgh in the Rain
What is it about the rain that makes a European city feel more otherworldly? I think that maybe it has something to do with drainage. I...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-hanukkah.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Happy Hanukkah!
So, no one in Latvia celebrates Hanukkah. I know, shocking. But it still struck me as sort of sad not to see any blue incorporated into town...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2012/02/cihangir.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Cihangir
Here's something that might surprise you: Istanbul is the third most populous city on earth and has the largest population in Europe. It's ...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2012/01/david-gareja-treasure-in-isolation.html
Merlin and Rebecca: David Gareja - A Treasure in Isolation
In the summer of 1987, a group of Tbilisi students began protesting Russian troop movements that were happening far away in the deserted Kak...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2012/02/eceabat-beyond-sights-to-see-life-by.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Eceabat: Beyond the Sights to See, A Life by the Sea
Most people visit the Gallipoli Peninsula because they're interested in the lives lost. They come to pay tribute to the fallen. They see t...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-loftiest-berry.html
Merlin and Rebecca: The Loftiest Berry
"We're cooking cloudberry jam today!" the woman behind the counter at Syltkrukan , ("Jam Pot,") announced. We'd just been served our li...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-two-travel-companions_11.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Our Two Travel Companions
Two friends from home have arrived and will be spending at least the next year with us. Meet Nilla (short for 'Vanilla). She got her name wh...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/02/horses-in-ukraine.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Horses In Ukraine
More than any other place we've ever been, the Ukrainian countryside is full of working horses. They use the roads, they inhabit the barns,...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2011/02/monastary-at-orheiul-vechi.html
Merlin and Rebecca: The Monastary at Orheiul Vechi
We found ourselves in a very remote part of the world the other day, walking along the spine of this long ridge above the Raut tributary to ...
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https://merlinandrebecca.blogspot.com/2012/06/veliko-tarnovo.html
Merlin and Rebecca: Veliko Tarnovo
As we passed through town (eating salads and ice-cream, drinking lemonades, trying to stay out of the heat) we saw the sights and felt t...
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