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Author: Katrina Stovold

American expat, explorer, & geek, Katrina is the owner and author of TourAbsurd.com and AbsurdReviews.com. She like critters, travel, singing, and many geeky things. Oh, and puns. Can never get enough puns.

There's more on the About page, if you want to know. (It's understandable that you do - she's wildly cool.)

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Schloss Hellbrunn means "Shiny Ornaments" in German. Maybe.

From Vienna to Salzburg: Austrian Christmas Markets!

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Austrian Christmas Markets embody everything that Christmas should be – lovely, welcoming, and delicious.

Getting into hot water at Wolfgangsee.

Sneak peek at the Austrian Christmas markets

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Austria in winter is probably best known for skiing and the après ski culture, but do you know about the Christmas markets?

Passport to all things right and proper!

How2Brit: 9 tips on becoming British

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A passport alone does not a Brit make! I am taking lessons.

Banana Bread Pudding with vanilla rum cream custard somethingorother... GAH! It's just AMAZING, OK?

What to do in Winter?

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With cold descending upon the northern hemisphere, what travel madcappery can one get up to? Hmm, what to do in winter?

Hello, lovely dolphin!

Dolphin Magic in West Cork

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West Cork, Ireland, is always beautiful, but dolphins definitely add to the magic.

Canal dreams

Narrowboats, because I dream on the river

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That tingly feeling you get when you fulfill one of your dreams… Yeah, narrowboats. Who knew?

Big Buddha

The Many Faces of Fukuoka’s Nanzoin Temple

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Buddhas, Buddhas, Buddhas! Large and small! No two faces alike! …All at Fukuoka’s Nanzoin Temple.

RHx2

My Dinner with Robin (Hood)

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Anais Nin said, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” And so it was with Nottingham’s own Robin Hood.

peek-a-boo cathedral

Fun photo essay: a visit to Elizabeth Fort

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Getting a peek into one of the best preserved star forts in Ireland: Elizabeth Fort

Update: …and the big news is?

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Later this year I’m going to a dream destination filled with diversity, color, great food, and oodles of history! And the big news is…?

St. Patrick's Day Parade, Cork, 2013

Photo Essay: St. Patrick’s Day in Cork

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Some snaps of the local St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Cork, Ireland.

Romancing the Stones of Charles Fort

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Charles Fort in Co. Cork, Ireland: historical, brooding, flirtatious, and …romantic.

Ireland: Signs of Spring

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It’s still cold, but there are signs of spring beginning to show in Ireland!

Louvre at night, Paris, France

The Louvre at Night

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“How did it get so late so soon? My goodness how the time has flewn.” The Louvre at night, with commentary by Dr. Seuss.

Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt

Abu Simbel as metaphor for life

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Abu Simbel and a quote from Confucius: they work together surprisingly well.

From the Elephant Nature Park, but Lek Chailert

Postcard from the End of the World

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A postcard from Thailand about the ending of cruelty and the beginning of freedom.

...well, maybe this spoon

Irish Christmas

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My first proper Irish Christmas – packed to the gills with deliciousness!

aka, "Sherman Tank"

General Patton & Ice Cream

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A fortuitously placed Foster’s Freeze leads to a desert discovery and a dip into WWII.

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