How do they do it?

Have you ever wondered how your favourite drink is brewed? If your answer is positive and your favourite drink is beer, then today is your lucky day.

Watch the video from How They Do It, a programme by Discovery Channel. Today they focus on brewing Guiness.

Have you ever heard of St Kitts?

You have probably never heard the name of such a place.
The photo might sound familiar: somewhere in the Pacific? or Maldives? maybe the Caribbean?
Read this article from the travel pages in The Telegraph and find out where it is placed, how to get there and what to do on the island.
Sure you will enjoy!

Goodbye Marius

Giraffes are an African native animal and you can tell where a giraffe is from by its coat.

Most of the range is endangered and protected. In 1999, there were an estimated 140,000. By 2010, only 80,000 were left in the wild. And another 1,100 were kept in zoos all around the world.

Read in The New York Times this story about Marius, a giraffe who lived in Copenhagen Zoo.

You can learn more about giraffes following this link to the Wikipedia.

It's never too soon for a bad start.

In most Europe, you can't drink alcohol before you are 18. Neither drive a car. But... how old must you be to rob a bank?

Read this article from The NY Daily News to find out:
Teen robs German bank with toy gun and attempts gettaway to Austria on bike.

Every year in January, in a far far away land...

Ladies and gentlemen, the nominees are... read the complete article from The Telegraph.

Or, you might choose to have your own ballot to vote your favourite.
Use this link from The New York Times.

Secret seaside: Cíes Islands of Galicia, Spain

Here you have a new reading suggestion:
Secret seaside: Cíes Islands of Galicia, Spain.

This was originally published in The Telegraph Travel, written by Annie Bennett.

Galicia, Spain: a beginner's guide

Read the article Galicia, Spain: a Beginner's Guide on the Telegraph Travel by Fred Mawer about how to make the most of a visit to Galicia.

His opinion about the beaches and historic cities he visited might surprise you.

It is always interesting to learn how visitors see the place where you live.

Barista? Coffee?

Do you frequently enjoy a cup of coffee? Have you ever wondered how much passion can be put into making a cup of coffee? Have you ever heard about Barista competitions?
Read this article from The Adelaide Review.
Probably, you will see coffee in a different way.

Wolf child: the world's hairiest girl

Supatra Sasuphan, 11, is happy to be named the world's hairiest girl.
She has been teased her entire life by other children calling her “monkey face” and “wolf girl”, but now the 11-year-old has been given a Guinness World Record and she says it has helped her become extremely popular at school.
Read the complete story and see the images on Telegraph.co.uk

How to Polish Shoes with a Banana

No shoe polish? No problem! ...As long as you have a banana! That's right, you can go polish your shoes with this yellow tasteful fruit. Just learn how!

Achmed the Dead Terrorist

Enjoy some humour with this great humorist.

Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday

Thanksgiving falls on the last Thursday in November, and Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving.
Sure you know about Thanksgiving, but what about Black Friday? Why is it "black" instead of "white" since it is the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season?
You can learn more by reading this WikiPedia article.

The Longest Way

"My name is Christoph Rehage, I was born on November 9th in 1981 in Hanover, Germany.

My mother is originally from Hungary, and I have a lovely little sister and a little brother – they live with my Dad and our cat and our dog in a little town called Bad Nenndorf in the Northwest of Germany. I have spent a high school year in Wichita, Kansas before, and I have had jobs in Frankfurt and Paris."

This is the beginning of a log story. Christoph decided to walk from Beijing to his little home town in Germany. The result is an amazing blog: pleople, places, experiences... A long journey to discover what to do in life.

If you want to find out how far he went you have to visit his blog: The Longest Way

World's Columbian Exposition

On 9 October 1893, Chicago rose from the ashes of fire to host the 19th century's greatest fair, the Columbian Exposition. See soome images about that event and the White City. Over 27 million visited the fair in 1893...



Photos from ChicagoTribune.com.