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Paris' Memorial To The Martyrs Of The Deportation

Paris’ Memorial To The Martyrs Of The Deportation

A driver in France told me that people are quick to blame other nations, but the French need to remember that the Vichy government and the French put up little resistance to the deportation of its citizens.   While this is debatable, the memorial is uncontrovertibly moving and thought-provoking.

The Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation is a memorial to the 200,000 people (deportedfrom Vichy…

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Nelson Mandela's Home And The Apartheid Museum

Yesterday, I gasped when I heard Nelson Mandeladied.  Although he’d been ill, I remained hopeful…

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The Fields of Verdun (Where They Had A Giant Battle In The War To End All Wars)

The Battle of Verdun was one of World War I Western Front‘s first major battles.  For 11 months in…

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Guernica, One of the Greatest Works of Modern Art?

Pablo Picasso, 1937, Guernica, protest against Fascism (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Guernicawas a…

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Why Columbus Day? How A Wrong Turn Became A National Holiday...

For all you non-Americans, this week we had a holiday in the US.  It’s called Columbus Day.   President Franklin D. Rooseveltdeclared Columbus Day a national holiday, meaning government offices and banks are closed (although many companies don’t shut…

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America's Cup Winners from a Landlocked Country

Switzerland has many large beautiful lakes surrounded by mountains.  Even though it is a…

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Hitting the Beach on the Baltic Sea in Estonia

Located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, Estonia has a coastline of 3700 meters.…

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A Hidden Soviet Air Cemetery in an Estonian Forest

We saw some pretty cool sights in Estonia outside of Tallinn.  The Soviet’s had large air base in

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Terriffic Tallinn

Learning about Tallinn’s history I heard a phrase I haven’t heard since my high school Western…

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What Do Finns Bring Back From Vacation?

In Scandinavian countries, alcoholis HIGHLY taxed.   Not surprisingly, they are always ready to…

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Finnish This Brew, A Helsinki Microbrew Festival

While exploring Helsinki, we stumbled upon a Finnish microbrewfestival.  He loves microbrews, so…

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Blondes In The Nordics

I know, I know.  The blonde Swede is such a stereotype, but in the Nordics I couldn’t help notice…

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Suomenlinna Fortress - The Russians Came!

Suomenlinna Fortress is one of the islands in the Baltic Sea that surround Helsinki‘s harbor.…

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How To Board A Car Ferry

At Vaxholm (in Sweden), we spent an hour picnicking and watching carsembark and disembark from the…

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Minding The Gap

Why were we here instead of on the highway?

While heading north towards Geneva, we got off the…

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Saunas, That's Hot!

Scandinavia is known for its saunas.  While we were there, we indulged and I developed a new…

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Get Away From The Grind On Grinda

Grinda is a smaller, traffic-free island in Stockholm’s archipelago (a little over an hour from…

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