For a taste of life in the former East Berlin marvel at the imposing buildings that line Karl-Marx-Allee or visit the DDR Museum (Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 1) for a hands-on experience of the minutiae of daily life in the GDR.

CNN: Berlin: What to see

"They are leaving the Big East with a bad taste of UConn in their mouth, " he said.

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Further east, families can get a taste of the Wild West, saddling up for a cowboy adventure through the desert and canyons of Utah and Arizona.

BBC: Five family-friendly adventures

The series of unofficial 2012 souvenirs created by East London designers is s good taste of what to expect.

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If you want to talk about the weather, our number is 1-800-989-8255, 1-800-989-8255, 1-800-989-TALK. Getting ready to talk about the weather, it is - we did, as I say, back east we got our first taste of snow this - last night.

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