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Remnants of the 1982 World’s Fair
Who knew the World’s Fair in 1982 was actually in Knoxville, TN??? Well, I know now that I am here. The site is dominated by the sunsphere (Figure 1) that is now a trademark of the city. You can go …...
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An afternoon in the Royal Gardens: My 100th Post
My flight was delayed 3 hours from Chicago, not to mention the rude flight attendants throughout the flight. I even tweeted the issues to United but received no reply… This was not my idea of a smooth...
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Day tripping to the Prime Meridian in Greenwich
This is a bit delayed… but I had a full day free on the weekend in London, and I decided to take a day trip to Greenwich to check out the town on the Thames River. And it started out … Continue reading →
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A park you’ll want to take a bite out of
Walking uphill to Park Güell, Antoni Gaudí’s failed masterpiece, is a bit of a feat on a boiling, humid day in Barcelona, but once you see the grand entrance, the hike is absolutely worth it. Two...
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Olbrich Botanical Gardens
I’ve been caught up with research the last couple weeks, but for Labor Day weekend, Andrew and I went up to Madison to visit some friends. It’s a cute city with just a handful of touristy things to do...
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A room of butterflies
Recently, I got engaged!!! So naturally, we started looking at potential wedding venues, one of which is also a fun place to visit: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. I’ve been living in the Chicagoland...
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Day trip to Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is where the Queen stays on most weekends and impresses foreign dignitaries. Well, impress it does. Outside, it looks like a typical medieval castle to a non-historian, but the inside...
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A sweaty MacRitchie Nature Trail and a prawn noodles reward
In the bustling city of Singapore, there are a number of nature sanctuaries, of which the MacRitchie Reservoir is the oldest. Around the reservoir is over 1 square km of primary and secondary forest...
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An outing to Lake Louise
I’m in Calgary for the American Association of Physical Anthropologists annual meeting, and the biggest impression I’ve had of Alberta so far isn’t this oil-money city but rather Lake Louise, which is...
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Singapore Botanic Gardens
Today is Thursday so I’m going to throwback to some months ago when I was still in Singapore. One day, I just wandered around the city with a friend who currently lives in the city, and we ended up...
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