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I was surprised to discover that most of the fruits that I eat did not originate here in the United States.

City breaks in Europe are increasing in popularity but often the hunt for that memento to take back home with you can be frustrating. Here are a number of suggestions – some of Europe’s most delightful design emporium that will leave you with more choice than you bargained for.

The Palm Pre might be available in the store on the 30th of April. That’s what the CEO of an American IT-company reckons. He is currently doing beta tests with the device. Palm always said that a new smartphone will come out “in the first part of 2009″.

European Cheese Rolling.

Early 20th Century photographs put together in the format of a Grand Tour.

About a change agent, Galileo.

Lithuania borders Russia and Bilarus and offers some of the richest, hippest, funkiest art in Europe nestled in a tiny locale called Uzupis.

Deep underground in Poland lies something remarkable but little known outside Eastern Europe. For centuries, miners have extracted salt there, but left behind things quite startling and unique. Take a look at the most unusual salt mine in the world.

Bottelones were conquering Central Europe and beyond this summer. Starting in Spain, it spread and grew. Internet was the key to success. But what is a botellon?

Legend and folklore have often precluded to the presence of spirits lurking around in feudal castles and mansions mostly because of the historical value of these dwellings and because they still may think these abodes still belong to them.