With the World Cup final a little over a month old, the most watched soccer league in the world opened up its season on Saturday, August 14. The Barclays Premiere League is the top ranked league in England and employs the best players from around the world. Some of the many stars that call the Premiere League home include England’s Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard, Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, Argentina’s Carlos Tevez and Spain’s Fernando Torres and Cesc F
We're in Ireland, and loving it (needless to say). And yes, the rain is ubiquitous.
I’m embarrassed to admit it. Before I traveled to Philadelphia, I had no idea how absolutely wonderful a place it is to explore. I had an image of a city with a few historical sites, a mediocre downtown with crumbling, old buildings and greasy spoons selling cheesesteak sandwiches.
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Summer in the City - Coney Island, New York
Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer for America. How time flies when you are having fun! It feels like just yesterday when I was at Coney Island kicking off the summer on Memorial day. A 50 minute subway trip to the end of the line in Brooklyn deposits you on one of the most famous boardwalks of them all. This 2010 Memorial Day weekend the weather enticed thousands of colorful sunbathers from their small NYC apartments to the beach; you can hardly find a free space to place your towel!
Dawn had not yet gotten underway when I walked into the dirt lot of the bus station in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. I was tired, and I was entering "the ring" when I'd rather be readjusting my pillow. But I had only a month in which to see this country, Africa's second most populous, and so I needed to catch the first minibus to Konso.