Thank you to our readers for voting us 1st and 2nd in our respective nominated categories of Best Female Blogger and Best Blog! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Check them out for some wonderful reads. Read more
Thank you to our readers for voting us 1st and 2nd in our respective nominated categories of Best Female Blogger and Best Blog! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Check them out for some wonderful reads. Read more
On the surface, Mark Twain and I have nothing in common. Twain was a cranky Southern gentleman (with occasional bursts of quite ungentlemanly language), the quintessential Mississippian with that very American cockiness that most of our fellow travelers have. In Innocents Abroad and the subsequent A Tramp Abroad, Twain turns an unforgiving and merrily satirical eye on all things foreign, and writes about Europe at the end of the 19th century. He makes fun of customs and linguistic hangups, teasing and exploring,... Read more