Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Orson Scott

Comment preview: Hello dear visitors, please refer to our little guide about visiting Europe and having the most fun out of you'r visit. Here you will find strict instructions on how to spend your time and regulations on how to have fun while in Europe. **Ze Deutsche Proto ....


Comment preview: I just got back from my first visit to London and the UK and would like to say: Even your slums are nicer than in the US. Its unfair to act likethese areas dont exist. I spent a few days doing the tourist stuff in London (all nicely cared for) but we made ....


Comment preview: Because their behaviour in a library is supervised by adults; in libraries where pornographic material is present, the supervising adults prevent children from getting to the pornographic material. For similar reasons, my daughter can't get access to porno ....


Comment preview: There are dozens of web sites where women can rate men in bed. Here is just one example: http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/entrepreneurs/young-entrepreneurs/luluvise-the-website-where-girls-rate-men-slutty-or-sensational/1553.article Feminist equality: W ....


Comment preview: One of my favorite memories is strangely enough at a time that was my saddest. Dan had given me a tape of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" at the beginning of his short visit to London where I was staying alone. The night before he was to leave, he invite ....


Comment preview: I was visiting England in March 2000 to visit my girlfriend who was studying in York for a semester abroad. On the train from King's Cross going north, I had a middle-aged gentleman from Scotland sit by me. He bought me a cup of tea and we talked the whol ....


Comment preview: Once I was washing my face and looking in the mirror and I was certain I looked like a pig. I convinced myself my face had permanently changed... It was the same time my mate had to fly back to the US after visiting in London. He was still tripping hard... ....


Comment preview: Transcript: "Warsaw - it's too easy. From Moscow to the Polish capital only 1300 kilometers. The T-90, for example, will go to the suburbs in less than a day after the beginning of the march. By that time, Airborne soldiers - they need to transfer of two h ....


Comment preview: American here. Last summer, when I visited London one weekend, I ended up faking a British accent to avoid the glares and unwelcoming looks I'd get. I might've been in the wrong parts of town, but I just felt so out of place and unwanted. My overall imp ....


Comment preview: It was on a college trip to Europe....we visited London, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome (in that order). I smuggled the ring in my carry on. I nearly had to propose in the London Heathrow airport security line...luckily my wife's bag was getting raided, too. [I ....


Comment preview: As a person who lives in a quite touristy part of the UK I can tell you that there are two things that suprise an American. 1) How much Brits love the USA. We Brits have t-shirts with American flags and the New York City skyline on them and we watch Americ ....


Comment preview: **Ireland** Oliver Cromwell - Ruler of England, Ireland & Scotland During his conquest and rule of Ireland 41% of the population of Ireland was killed, that is estimated to be around 618,000+ people. He forced everyone in Ireland to convert to Protesta ....


Comment preview: That story reminds me of an experience I had when I was visiting London. I was in the Liverpool Street Station waiting for the next train that would take me to Stansted Airport*. I was sitting on a bench in the middle of the platform that my train would be ....


Comment preview: To be honest, we don't, not really. We live on a small island. You can drive from London to Edinburgh in about 7 hours. You can do a 7-stop tour of Britain in a week easily. If you live close enough to the Chennel Tunnel you can take a day trip to Paris. A ....


Comment preview: Honestly, from a US supporter, fuck off. I understand I can't contribute as much due to my location, but guess what I will be doing once I've saved up enough money? VISIT THE FUCKING EMIRATES, ATTEND A MATCH, LEARN THE SONGS, AND DO MY BEST TO CHEER ON THE ....


Comment preview: I was riding on the subway while visiting London and the car I was in struck a woman waiting at the station we were stopping at. I don't know if she jumped, was pushed, or if she just had bad luck - but it was awful. I got off the train and looked down at ....


Comment preview: > This isn't the mall It's time for me to confess something. I visited London, England, for the first time when I was 21 years old. In my home town of less than 80,000 people, there is no rail-based transit system. So when I was growing up, the *only* p ....


Comment preview: Recently, me, my mother and my younger sister went to London to see Florence And The Machine live. It was a three day trip that we really couldn't afford, but both me and my mother were desperate to see her live, and decided to make a trip out of it. We th ....


Comment preview: >Albert Speer: Served his 20 year sentence. He chose not to return to architecture, but instead became an author. He personally accepted responsibility for the Nazis crimes, and anonymously donated most of his book royalties to Jewish charities (Up to ....


Comment preview: oh crap, that stupid shit about the churchill bust? it was on loan to george bush by tony blair. it was returned during the transition period. there is another bust of churchill in the white house, that was brought into the west wing. >The one that h ....


Comment preview: Try being from Wales. 'Oh I've got a mate from Wales! Do you know him? Dave Jones.' Yeah, there's roughly 35 people in the whole country so I probably know him. Tall, dark hair, right? Also, Wales to most people means 'Cardiff'. I'm from North Wales. A fri ....


Comment preview: I spent the past 2 years travelling with work, and I did the same. I'm really comfortable with my own company and there's only so many take aways you can eat in a Travelodge. I don't know which country you are from, but I found in the UK going to a restaur ....


Comment preview: When I visited London with my family, most of our cabbies were Muslims, and we asked All of them the same few questions: when did you come here, where did you cone from, how do you like it, how is your family doing, and do you ever regret it. Aside from wh ....


Comment preview: I don't think the First World needs to be involved to compare cultures, but here we go: I appreciate the wide range of cultures in the US. Go to Los Angeles, Mississippi, Seattle, El Paso, Honolulu, and Manhattan -- just to name a few. All of those place ....


Comment preview: I'm a dude, and a year and a half ago when I was visiting London I was taking a nap during the day in my hostel. I've had insomnia most of my life, and with that I've had other sleep disturbances, such as paralysis and hallucinations sometimes as I fall as ....