The many beautiful, weird, exotic, and historic sights of Barcelona
The power of the Catalonian independence movement
Barcelona is in the Spanish state of Catalonia, which has a very vibrant and growing independence movement. The Catalonia flag has red and yellow stripes on it, while the Catalonia independence movement has the same red and yellow stripes, but also with a blue...
read moreParque del Laberinto de Horta (Horta Labyrinth Park)
Our trip to Parque del Laberinto de Horta (Horta Labyrinth Park) was amazing and fun! OK, except for the 87 times that we thought we were lost! It's located at Passeig dels Castanyers, 1, 08035 Barcelona, Spain. For more information about the park, including price and...
read moreA private, black cab tour of The Troubles – Belfast, Northern Ireland
These are photos from the phenomenal Blackcab political tour of The Troubles with the legendary Billy Scott. This guy is a pro. All of the testimonials on his website are exactly how I experienced his tour. He told me the tour was going to be about 1 ½-2 hours. It...
read moreTraffic circles are a lesson in freedom!
It’s time for me to shout from the rooftops who my one, true love is: I love you, traffic circles! While traveling around the UK for the last four months, whenever I’ve seen a traffic circle (also called a "roundabout"), I can’t help but wish that this was another...
read more…and I care not who makes its laws!
As my time in the UK comes to a close, of all the things I've learned in the four months living here, the most fascinating and intriguing thing is The British Pound Sterling - the currency used in the UK. To the right are pics of some of the money that I used in the...
read moreA year of my life netted four amazing friends
What a great day! A mini-road trip to the The Gower Peninsula with a great, new friend; a productive meeting with the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence; a productive meeting with some Wales friends about a new (secret) liberty-related project; and a nice walk...
read moreWould you rather go to government school in the UK or in the US?
Have you ever played Would You Rather? It’s definitely a controversial, politically incorrect game and not for anybody who gets offended easily. Depending on who you play with, the questions can get quite raunchy and make you squirm if you’re the one being asked, and...
read moreThe smartest, most well-informed Brit I’ve met yet
One day, when I was in Swindon, I was talking to one of the house guests (the same guy I called “Matt” in my haunted house blogs) about current events and other major issues of the world. In the brief time we spoke that day, I realized that he had a better grasp of...
read moreHaunted House: Part Two
My time in the 400-year old haunted house is over. I really didn’t witness anything that I can definitively say was a ghost, but since I first told you about the house a few weeks ago, I’ve heard a bunch more stories and I’d like to share them with you. I’ve met some...
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