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Gnome Reserve, Devon
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A New Orleans institution serving famously exhaustive three-course breakfasts, and practically setting the roof alight with its signature flambéed bananas.
Bern Bear Park, Switzerland
Meet Björk and her bear buddies in Bern’s unique riverside park.
Ceremony of the Keys, London
One of London’s more curious ancient traditions that has survived untouched to the modern day.
Jane’s Place, England
A perfect antidote to the manicured gardens and twee tea shops of the Cotswolds.
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Cow painting festival, Luxembourg
Kaleidoscopic farm animals? Why it’s every summer’s essential.
Easter bottle kicking, England
Need an outlet for your Easter sugar rush? Then join in this peculiar annual melee of bottle kicking in Leicestershire.
Festival of the Steel Phallus, Japan
This traditional Shinto fertility festival comes to a head on the first weekend of April.
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Welcome to Istanbul
Erin Porter on her collegiate run-around-Europe-with-backpack-half-the-size-of-her-body.
By Erin Porter
