Pickle Deli Square

Sep 8

Sep 8 Nowa Huta

One of the best sights I saw on my Krakow visit was an afternoon trip to Nowa Huta, apparently one of only two Socialist Realism master-planned towns in the world...

Sep 5

Sep 5 Sign Language: Krakow

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Sign Language

I loved the signs I came across in Krakow...

Sep 5

Sep 5 10th Annual Pierogi Festival in Krakow!

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Festivals

Pierogi and Poland go together, and after stuffing myself full of both savory and sweet ones, I think it's a connection Polish people can be proud of...

Sep 4

Sep 4 Lodging Review: Hilton Warsaw

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Lodging

This is one of the nicest hotels I've ever stayed in worldwide, and definitely the best Hilton I've experienced...

Sep 3

Sep 3 Warsaw Eats

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Food

I ate so much for breakfast in the hotel each morning that I ended up having only one meal a day out...

Sep 3

Sep 3 First Impressions: Warsaw and More Bubble Tea

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Travel

Warsaw! Before coming to Poland, I watched Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog (Decalogue) series, and was expecting a city of concrete apartment blocks...

Sep 3

Sep 3 McDecor: Self-Service Sustainability in France

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Food

A McDonald's using produce sourced from the local area...

Sep 3

Sep 3 McDecor: Fitness and Art in Germany

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Vernacular Design

Gyms and art museums in German McDonald's...

Sep 3

Sep 3 Trip Report: CDG-VIE-WAW

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Trip Report

Flying from Paris to Warsaw via Vienna, on Austrian Airlines and LOT Polish business class...

Sep 3

Sep 3 Trip Report: ICE and TGV Frankfurt-Paris-Poitiers high speed train

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Trip Report

I bought my train ticket from Frankfurt to Paris/Est connecting to Paris/Montparnasse to Poitiers a few weeks in advance, so the first class ticket was the same price or less than the second class ticket...

Aug 6

Aug 6 Documenta 13 Highlights

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Art

This was my first time to Documenta, and it certainly was as overwhelming as people said it was...

Aug 6

Aug 6 Boba at McDonald's!

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Food

Rather unfair that the McDonald's in Germany has bubble tea...

Aug 5

Aug 5 Trip Report SFO-FRA

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Trip Report

San Francisco to Frankfurt on (old) United's re-branded BusinessFirst class...

Jun 10

Jun 10 Trip Report: SFO-ORD

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Trip Report

Flying from San Francisco to Chicago in Economy, with my first experience buying food onboard on United...

May 28

May 28 Lodging Review: Hampton Inn Manhattan/Times Square South

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Lodging

The interesting thing about this hotel is that it's one of a "3-pack," that is, it's in the same building as a Holiday Inn Express and Candlewood Suites, with each brand maintaining a separate entrance and a nominally differentiated facade...