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Seville Spain was built on stolen gold and, from the looks of the place, a shipload of it.
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Seville Spain was built on stolen gold and, from the looks of the place, a shipload of it.

05/15/201503/01/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

Seville was a dumping ground for all the gold Conquistadors pillaged from Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, and anyone else in South America who wasn’t Catholic.

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Afraid of heights? Ronda Spain will give you lots to talk about with your therapist.
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Afraid of heights? Ronda Spain will give you lots to talk about with your therapist.

05/14/201501/31/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

Do you get nervous on elevators and balconies? Then you’re not going to love Ronda Spain.

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Of Spain’s many exceptional towns and cities, Madrid is the most tragically ordinary.
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Of Spain’s many exceptional towns and cities, Madrid is the most tragically ordinary.

05/10/201512/18/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

In any other country, Madrid would be a must-see city. But in Spain, it’s just a meh one.

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Prague: Where people hate expensive beer almost as much as Communism.
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Prague: Where people hate expensive beer almost as much as Communism.

08/19/201412/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

Since throwing off the yolk of authoritarianism, the Czechs have been disinclined to pass restrictive laws so what more reason do you need to go?

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Vienna Austria: Birthplace of Sigmund Freud and penis—wait…I mean, psychoanalysis!
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Vienna Austria: Birthplace of Sigmund Freud and penis—wait…I mean, psychoanalysis!

08/18/201403/30/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

That was just a slip of the tongue, I swear, Mom! I mean, MAN! No, wait! Can I start over?!?

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Budapest Hungary: The place to party in 2896 (mark your calendar now).
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Budapest Hungary: The place to party in 2896 (mark your calendar now).

08/18/201412/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

When a nation spends almost its entire GNP on a single soiree, you really want to get on that invitation list.

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Munich, Germany is home to high-tech business and high-octane beer.
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Munich, Germany is home to high-tech business and high-octane beer.

05/23/201412/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

When you think of Germany, you probably think of Hitler. But guess where he got his start?

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Edinburgh, Scotland: A city of culture, arts, science, and god&@#^! bagpipes.
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Edinburgh, Scotland: A city of culture, arts, science, and god&@#^! bagpipes.

09/25/201212/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

Seriously, what the hell were the Scottish thinking when they invented that damn noise-maker?

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Reading, England: It’s close to a lot of other, better places to visit.
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Reading, England: It’s close to a lot of other, better places to visit.

03/02/201012/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

Not to be confused with Reading, California where I have also been and which is not great, either.

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