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Literary Visit to the Lake District

The Lake District had a great impact on William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. Many sites related to them are open for us to visit today.

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Portuguese Rooster and Peri-Peri Chicken

This rooster is the symbol of Portugal, but it has also been adopted by a chicken restaurant. Let's find out how all this came to be…

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Delft Tulip Vases

These vases originated in Holland in the late 17th century. They're called tulip vases, but other flowers look equally gorgeous in them.

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Celebrate Easter with a Bang in Florence, Italy: The Crazy Exploding Cart

Florence's quirky Easter tradition is called scoppio del carro, and in English that means “the explosion of the cart.” 

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Venice Carnival in Photos

Venice is such a magical place - and especially at Carnival time. There is just so much to see that you don't know where to look...

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Wassailing the Apple Tree Man

The spirit of the orchard - the Apple Tree Man - lives in the oldest tree. So we wassail that tree: We sing to it, and give it a drink of cider...

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What the Dickens Do Ghosts Have to Do with Christmas?

Probably one of our best-known holiday stories is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens… And it’s a ghost story...

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A Puritanical Christmas

Today Christmas is a major time of festivity in England and America, but during the 17th century, people were not allowed to celebrate it...

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Truffles, Truffles Everywhere

Throughout history people have loved truffles. We’ve loved eating them, finding them, and pondering their mysteries.

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A Donkey Race in Italy: What’s Not to Love?

What could be more fun than being in Italy and watching Italian donkeys race around the cathedral in the center of town?

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