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• Lady and the Little Bear

  Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009

  Last year a small polar bear named Knut was born at the Berlin Zoo. Cute and cuddly, the bear stole the hearts of people all over the world when its mother rejected it and the zoo raised it by hand. Fast forward a year and Knut is no longer the adorable ball of fur that the world knew him to be. He grew up to be a regular polar bear, still cute, but not that cute.

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• Lady at Oktoberfest

  Blog: A Lady in London - 6 October 2009

  My first ever beer wasn't the normal American first-beer experience. It wasn't a light beer in a 12 ounce can that tasted more like water than malt and hops. It wasn't at a high school prom party or a college frat party. No, it wasn't any of those things. In fact, it was quite the opposite. It was a full-flavored Bavarian beer. It was served by a hearty German waitress in a dirndl at the Hofbräuhaus in Munich. And it came in a glass mug that measured a liter in volume. It was a serious beer.

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• Oktoberfest Doesn’t Begin in October

  Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 5 October 2009

  Oktoberfest doesn’t begin in October – that’s when it ends. While bars in the U.S. are just beginning to celebrate autumn with their Samuel Adam’s and Harpoon’s seasonal, Oktoberfest inspired beers, the official celebration in Munich, Germany has already come to a close (running from mid-September to the first Sunday of October). Before coming to Oktoberfest, I had an idyllic image of large Bavarian beers and festive drinking halls as far as the eye could see. However, the moment I approached the outer gate, it felt more like stepping into Disneyland. ...

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