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So You Think You Know European Geography?

Ever since I published the quiz "So You Think You Know U.S. Geography?", my readers have been asking me to create another quiz. The wait is over! How good are you at European geography? Please take my quiz and find out. Be honest with yourself, and don't look at any maps or globes while taking the quiz — and don't do any Internet or library research, either.

53 comments    europe england france
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The Romantic Road - Wurzburg, Germany

Come join me on a tour of the Romantic Road in Germany. Wurzburg, Germany is the first city going south on the Romantic Road in Germany. This road is full of castles, old walled cities, medieval knights, and fairytales.

8 comments    travel germany martin luther
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Creepy Original Fairy Tales By the Brothers Grimm, Like Little Red Riding Hood

Such wonderful, positive images usually flood children's imaginations when the words "Fairy Tale" are uttered. Disturbingly though, Fairy Tales in their original form, even the tales written and told by the Brothers Grimm, were in all actuality quite morbid and frightening stories.

12 comments    germany prince wolf
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Annie Oakley and The Daring Kaiser Wilhelm II Act

As many people know, in the latter part of the 1800's Buffalo Bill's Wild West traveled throughout Great Britain and Europe performing to sold out audiences. The Wild West was thought by many to be not merely show business but also a diplomatic...

4 comments    europe germany performance
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How did World War I Begin?

How did the Great War start? Was it from the gunshot in the Bosnian streets, by Gavrilo Princip? Or was it the alliances, the empires, the strategies, everything that caused tension.

13 comments    politics war germany
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Sylvia Plath Daddy Analysis

Sylvia Plath Analysis of "Daddy". This is an analysis by a poet based in the WWII era around the time of Hitler and his regime that spread through western and eastern Europe.

0 comments    family children poetry
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America vs Europe; Which is the Best Place to Live?

Well, I've never lived in America although I have been there a few times now. And I feel that this more than qualifies me to answer this question about the good, the bad and the ugly sides of living in America and Europe! (Please note that this is a light-hearted piece, and not a general dig at our friends across the Atlantic. I hope that no-one is offended...)

54 comments    travel america europe
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World War 2: The German Blitzkrieg

Learn about the German Blitzkrieg strategy in World War 2; how it worked, why it was successful, and why it ultimately failed.

5 comments    military germany russia
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Who Is In The Deer Family

Family relationships can reveal alot, even in the deer family. Do you know the difference between elk and deer? You may be surprised to learn that many we call "elk" are really deer.

5 comments    germany new zealand deer
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D-Day and Operation Overlord in WW2

This one really gets to me, and I am so proud of these men, what heroes they are! Operation Overlord was the largest amphibious operation of World War 2, and all of history.   D-day is a military term indicating the time in which Operation...

8 comments    france germany land
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