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Hullo, English Lovers! Routes Lets You Explore Three Countries in One Day!

By Amanda Kontor
© Florian Albert
I’m not in Ireland; I’m still in Austria, at a stop on Vienna’s annual citywide, city-sponsored walking tour called Routes. But for a moment before a cheery guide snaps me out of my trance — “Time to go to the next station, everyone!” — I’m convinced I’m at an open mic night in a Dublin […]
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Amanda Kontor
Amanda Kontor is a Polish-American transplant in Vienna who writes for work, play, and the defense of the Oxford comma.
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