PhotoEspaña 2014: “In the Memory”

Maggie RossiterJune 16, 2014

MADRID, SPAIN. Photos. The things that fill boxes, albums, Facebook pages and Instagrams, all to help us remember that speck in time that we were scared we woul...

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Top 3 Brunches in Warsaw

Rute MartinsJune 16, 2014

WARSAW, POLAND. Warsaw's tradition in brunches is not new. The trend of the British-style meal was well accepted among the Polish — people who had already disco...

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2014 Summer Portuguese Festivals

Rute MartinsJune 15, 2014

PORTUGAL. Portugal is home to several good music festivals, especially during the the spring and summer. If you're there on Erasmus or just on vacation, conside...

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Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife: Avoiding the Guiris

Lucero SifuentesJune 14, 2014

TENERIFE, SPAIN. Guiris: A word for tourists that come to Spain to soak up the sun and party.  The Canary Islands is notorious for attracting a large number of ...

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Madrid’s Feria del Libro, Revival of a Lost Art

Michelle LeungJune 13, 2014

MADRID, SPAIN. Discovering Madrid’s Feria del Libro, or book fair, took me back to my nostalgic days of elementary school. Book fairs were probably one of the m...

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Lesser-Known Seville

Dani BennettJune 13, 2014

SEVILLE, SPAIN. If you’re planning to spend at least a few months, or even a few weeks in Spain, you are inevitably going to make your Spanish pilgrimage to Sev...

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Cuba: The Island Adrift in Time

Chelsea OliveraJune 13, 2014

HAVANA, CUBA.  The words “patriotism is humanity” are displayed on the façade of Cuba’s Jose Martí International Airport in Havana, quickly and brazenly setting...

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Foreign Language Bookstores Flourish at Madrid’s Feria del Libro

Jennifer CockinJune 13, 2014

MADRID, SPAIN. Dotted along the row of stalls at this year’s Fería del Libro is an assortment of foreign-language bookstores. From Dickens to Rowling and from M...

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“If There Is To be a Revolution, There Must Be a… Party”

Jennifer CockinJune 12, 2014

MADRID, SPAIN. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, more commonly known as the Little Red Book, is the second most published book in history, after the Bible....

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Expat Interviews | “I Hope To Inspire Others So That They Can Do It, Too”

Michelle LeungJune 12, 2014

MADRID, SPAIN. As a continuation of our expat series, ROOSTERGNN conducts a second interview with San Diego native Jessica Wray, travel blogger and connoisseur....

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Three Days in Vilnius: Things To Do

Rute MartinsJune 12, 2014

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA. If it's true that Vilnius looks like a crisp white frame during winter, it's also true that the streets filled with people, happiness, and f...

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Postcard from … Boston

ROOSTERGNN StaffJune 10, 2014

Do you have a photograph that could be published in our POSTCARD FROM … series? Register at rgnn.org/register and upload your own!...

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My Backyard: Milton, Vermont

ROOSTERGNN StaffJune 8, 2014

MILTON, VERMONT, UNITED STATES. My neighborhood sits in the center of Milton, Vermont: a rural-seeming suburb of Burlington (the closest we have to a “city” aro...

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Vintage Clothes Shops and Plaza Dos de Mayo

Sherie AjayiJune 6, 2014

MADRID, SPAIN. As I was walking through Plaza Dos de Mayo a few weekends ago, I came across Calle Velarde. On this street there is a collage of colorful graffit...

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Happy Holi Festival Goes to Portugal

Rute MartinsJune 6, 2014

PORTUGAL. One of the most fun festivals in the world returns to Portugal after its debut last year. Five different cities in Portugal will receive the Happy Hol...

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Ecotourism — Friend or Foe?

Sara HornbergerJune 4, 2014

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, ECUADOR. In January 2014, a group of students from Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) in Birmingham, Alabama in the southeastern United States...

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