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Children’s Food & Eating Exhibition Ongoing in Bratislava

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For visitors to Bratislava an exhibition now showing at BIBIANA, International House of Art for Children offers a playful take on food and eating. S JEDLOM SA (NE)HRÁME is an unusual conduit to telling kids about cooking, dining history, and traditions that actually help humans maintain a healthy body. Rudding through May 9th, the event is but one in the wonderful venue dedicated to children.

That’s Gúgl to You Slovakians, Google to Enlish Speakers

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A wonderful initiative by Google did not make the headline news like most of the Mountain View Internet giant’s moves. But the “Google on a Slovak note” program will not only help preserve some fantastic Slovakian culture and folklore, it will also help inform people of this magical country’s customs and history.

The Best Europe You’ll Ever See: Courtesy the Blue Danube

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Winter has set in for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere on Mother Earth. And for the traveler, visions of the next great journey away from inherent cabin fever are surely arising now. Discover Europe! Your sixth travel sense may be saying, and what better way than traversing most of it, in comfort, and style. Is this a sales pitch? Well no, we don’t work for Avalon Waterways, we just know travel. Read on, this is good stuff.

Editor’s Pics: The World’s Most Picturesque Places

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Everyone has in their mind’s eye, one heck of a lot of pretty destination pictures. White sandy beaches, panoramic mountain vistas, sunsets and sunrises galore, even a pretty girl strolling down a shopping street, these are but a few variations on a theme. Today we would like to add to your mental (maybe even Pinterest) […]

Košice Update: European Capital of Culture 2013

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As the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) is a European initiative, the Košice project aims to foster though creative cultural and economic initiatives. The Košice staff motto is: “We support creativity.” Košice, a city already known for its rich history and developed industry, plans to “also become the centre of creativity and a new future for young, creative people who wish to live and work in our city, which is their home.” The city established the non-profit organization, Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013.

Wish They All Could Beat Eastern Europe Girls

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Today’s Argo discovery takes us to Facebook and a search for all things beautiful. In today’s case, models and actresses you may have, but probably did not know before. Legendary for many things, Eastern Europe is, if anything marvelous at all, home of some of the world’s most beautiful women. Let’s show off some of them from Facebook’s profiles, shall we?