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View allOur man in Ann Arbor, Fred Zimmerman, sent along this interesting travelogue written by Ryan Romanchuk, bearer of one of those great, only-in-the-Western-hemisphere names. Members of the quora website where it appears have added their own extensive commentary to the original post.
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