EuroCheapo's Personalities Articles

Jan 30 After an extensive search throughout most of the eastern seaboard of the U.S., we are pleased to announce the official hire of our new office dog, Maude. Maude is a three year old dachshund (i.e., “weiner dog”) and hails from rural Virginia. Her previous employment included chasing field vermin, attempting to heard sheep, and playing » Read more

Jan 15 New York calls itself the “media capital of the world” for good reason: countless newspapers, magazines, television networks, film studios, and communications companies are based in the Big Apple. Many popular American television shows are taped in the city, and several are broadcast live—often with the city’s pedestrians passing by in the background. Here are three of our favorite ways » Read more

Dec 28 Brits are of course now labouring under a diet of cold turkey. Christmas generates its own extraordinary traditions across Europe, which differ greatly from country to country. There is no such thing as a standard-issue European Christmas. The English certainly like their turkey on the Christmas table, but elsewhere across the continent firm Christmas favourites » Read more

Nov 21 Europe has its fair share of those little tiddler states – you know the ones, territories like San Marino, Monaco and Liechtenstein which, if you cut a decent pace, you can walk across in a day. Vatican City is the tiniest of the bunch. You can stride from one end of this theocratic state to » Read more

Oct 09 The cult of Che Guevara gets a boost this week as special events across Europe commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the revolutionary’s untimely death in Bolivia on October 9, 1967. In Derry in Ireland, a week of celebrations will include the unveiling on Saturday of a new mural of Che – complementing the long standing » Read more

May 25 Photo by Mike Kirwan Recently, while staying in the beautiful Ardèche region of southeastern France, we were visited by a rather friendly and energetic canine named Plume (“Feather” in French.) Plume was nice enough to lead us on an exhausting hike through the swath of mountains she calls home. Soft spoken and with a perma-smile, » Read more

May 14 Londoners are abuzz over two departures—one political; the other final. 1. On June 27 Tony Blair will stand down as Prime Minister. While it’s not yet official that Gordon Brown will be elected by the Labour Party as the new PM, it’s widely expected that Brown will follow Blair at No. 10 Downing Street. You » Read more

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