Culture Buzz: Savage Easter
Friday, April 4, 2025
In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary it is an Easter tradition to torment women for the day. This typically includes dousing them with water and/or lightly spanking them. Seriously. Somehow, symbolically the ritual is meant to keep them young and fertile, derived from an old medieval tradition that probably should’ve stayed just that. Though most observe the tradition playfully, there are always a few who ruin it for everyone. So, to be safe, many ladies of Central Europe will justifiably choose to stay in this Sunday.
GO THERE! Easter has an Island?
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Easter Island is named so because Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed there on Easter Sunday in 1722. That’s all. Natives actually call this mysterious and isolated island Rapa Nui. But, we still think it would be a great place to go for an Eater egg hunt!
Viral Marco: Euronerds rule!
Friday, March 28, 2025
More Paris travel tips from Euronerd, Steve Ricks!
History Schmistory, March 27: Diss in Venice
Thursday, March 27, 2025
1309 – Pope Clement V excommunicates Venice and all its population.
VIRAL TEAM MARCO POLO. The Bells of Notre Dame: Horror Movie Version
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
GO THERE! Travel Tips from the Experts!
Friday, March 7, 2025
Hey, if it happens in New York, baby, you know its good. Here are the top travel tips from The New York Times Travel Show!
GO THERE! …or wait until it’s finished.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The Sanctuary of Truth is a temple in Pattaya, Thailand, visualized by Thai businessman Lek Viriyaphant in 1981. The sanctuary is an all-wood building filled with Visionary art carvings based on traditional Buddhist and Hindu motifs. A team of 250 carvers contribute to the project, which is technically not scheduled to be completed until 2025. But at this point we think it’s awesome enough to check out as is.
GO THERE! Chalk it up!
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Everybody knows about the Pyramids in Egypt but there are plenty of natural wonders to explore as well. Twenty-eight miles north of the village of Farafra lies the Sahara el Beyda, or White Desert, with its crazy chalk rock formations throughout, caused by sandstorms and low-level wind erosion.
-and frumpy schoolteachers who maintain stockpiles for their blackboards 🙂
Culture Buzz: Wax Off!
Thursday, February 6, 2025
In the bustling cities of many Asian countries, including China, India and Japan, you are likely to run into an ear cleaning station here and there. Yes, the meticulous ear cleaners of Asia will, for a small fee, use an array of specially crafted instruments to clean the insides of your brain, (at least that’s what it feels like.) Don’t try it at home, you can really mess things up in there! America has not yet caught the street-side-ear-cleaning buzz, probably because they couldn’t hear it, -with all the wax up in there. But, who knows? Someday ear cleaning stands may become as common as taco trucks. Just so long as they never mix the two 😛
