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Scrambling Though a Spanish Dictionary in Vain in Catalonia, Spain
If you got off the train and had to think twice about what country you were in, don’t fret—that language you’ve been trying to decipher is Catalan, one of Spain’s four official languages and…
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Deciphering Hieroglyphs With the Rosetta Stone in London, England
Much more than a work of art, the trilingual Rosetta Stone transgresses the boundaries of time and promotes human understanding. From 196 BC, this stele relates a decree issued during the reign of Ptolemy…
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Finding That Perfect Cup in Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal
Around these parts the border is porous and exactly where Portuguese villages become Spanish is lost among the cork tree forests (and in today's Europe, so is the point). Sometimes the little white houses…
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Floating the Perfect Toothpick Race in San Martin de Trevejo, Spain
Just when you thought you were getting the hang of the way Spaniards lisp their Cs, they go and change the language on you. More discreet than their more famous Catalan, Basque, and Galician…
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Attempting to Speak Cymraeg With the Locals in Northern Wales
A fortifying homemade breakfast of eggs, ham, beans, tomato, hash, and tea at Tyddyn Bychan Rural Bunkhouse is only available to you if you attempt a bit of Welsh first. Lynda, the housemother at…
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