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The horses and their boy

Forty types of beer, eight enormous horses, and a teenage boy. Join us for a carriage ride and the story of a unique apprenticeship at a Swiss brewery.

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Not content to mind her own business, Susan studied journalism in Boston so she’d have the perfect excuse to put herself in other people’s shoes and worlds. When not writing, she presents and produces podcasts and videos.

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