Did you know civilization in Libya dates back to 12,000 BC and that their tea can be as thick as syrup? While a couple thousand kilometers East in Morocco, they prefer a lighter mint tea, and though their civilizations don’t date back as far, they are home to the oldest educational institution in the world?

It seems our Community in these amazing parts of the world could use a hand. So we gathered a few resources to help our friends.

🥳 THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS

🚞 Fawning over Funiculars
🌍 Moments from the Mother Continent
💐 Finding Respite in a Danish Garden
🌌 Taking in the Stars of California
🇬🇧 Who won the Fantastic Floral Escape?!

SWEET ON SWITZERLAND

Whether you call it a Treicheln or a Glocken (aka: cowbells 🔔) , we're ringing them left and right because our Switzerland Adventure starts this Monday! We will venture through the country's lakes, mountains, museums and more with our friends at Switzerland Tourism. And to top it all off: our Adventure will end with one of YOU heading off your very own Switzerland Excursion with a very sweet treat from Swiss International Air Lines! 😉

We’ve got some tales coming to you from the continent of Africa today with and emphasis on amazingly detailed architectural moments. There’s nothing quite like their attention to detail when it comes to color and pattern.

🕌 One large Mosque
🐍 Where to find a snake charmer
🚂 A hotel on rails
🏰 Reconstructing a palace
💐 Unity in a garden

🎙 TINY INTERVIEW SERIES: CLÉMENCE PAILLIEUX

When Digital Art Director Clémence Paillieux wanted to take a break from all things virtual, she decided to get back to creating colorful drawings by hand. But who or what would be her muse for these delightful depictions? Enter, AWA. We caught up with Clémence who allowed us a look into her colorful world of iconic AWA locations…

Romping through the Danish countryside, you won’t have to travel far to find restful accommodations and warm meals. Known as “kros” these countryside inns were commissioned by a disgruntled royal way back in the thirteenth century, and today are occupied by some of Denmark’s finest restaurants…

Without a single traffic light in sight, the brightest lights in this sleepy town amongst the arid California plains are the stars. Passersby should pay mind, however, to the unattended grapefruit stands that line the main road…

Welcome back to another week of secret link hunting! We did our best to make this week a doozy, and though it’s a bit trickier to find, we believe you can do it! Seekers this week will have a chance to win a newly in stock AWA Dad Cap!

New to the Bulletin? Not sure what we’re talking about? Each Bulletin we give away fun prizes - find out more here

🇬🇧 FANTASTIC FLORAL ESCAPE WINNERS

Here ye! Here ye! The winners of our Fantastic Floral Escape courtesy of our curious cohorts at Hendrick's Gin have been chosen! 💐 More than 5,000 of you entered, adding 28,000 places to your own personal Collections. And from the hat, Dexter plucked winners from Boston, Buenos Aires, Perth, Pamplona, Toronto, Tel Aviv and beyond, including our Grand Prize winner, the one & only Aleksandra Niemasz who will be embarking on her very own floral excursion to London!

Thank you all so much for playing, it is really amazing we get to give away such cool prizes to such cool people. (PS: We have another trip & giveaway for you launching on Monday, so stay tuned!)

🏆 Full list of winners can be found here.