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Discover the Monastic Life of Reichenau Island

The Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau Island on Lake Constance was founded in 724. By the 10th century it became one of the leading centers for the production of illuminated manuscripts in Europe. The island is well-equipped with small and free museums ideal for relating its monastic history--and is...

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This Boar Is Not as Wild as the Others: Picture of the Week

Stay at Home Wild Boar from Volterra during New Moon season © 2009 by James Martin, licensed to about.com This Boar Is Not as Wild as the Others: Picture of the Week originally appeared on About.com Europe Travel on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 01:13:27.Permalink | Comment | Email ...

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Doing Your Laundry in Baroque Sicily

Many of us who come frequently to a place do so because the culture fascinates us. Italy is particularly interesting, because compared to the US, it's a fairly "new" country, or at least recently unified. That leaves a lot of room for regional cultural and language differences. Go to a ...

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Truffles and Turkeys: Notes from Travel in Italy

What delights can way-off-season travel bring you? Well, here in Italy we're pretty much into truffle season. That's when you can't resist driving down a windy road to end up at a town whose streets are jammed with truffle stands. The "perfume" as they say here in Italy, is fantastic. O...

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Pink Flamingos in the Camargue

If you like observing the type of wildlife that doesn't involve alcohol consumed in dark bars, there's another reason to head for Europe in the cooler months--mating season (not for pink elephants or humans--that would be wrong--but for pink flamingos). The best time to see flamingos according t...

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Portico of Glory Tours - Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Everyone who's been to Europe laments the incredible percentage of monuments covered in scaffolding. With my tongue firmly in cheek I long ago uncovered the Office of Tourist Distractions which is responsible for such inconveniences. Ok, so here's the bad news: The Cathedral of Santiago de Comp...

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