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european capitals

> Portugal- Lisbon Spain-Madrid France- Paris Germany- Berlin Netherlands/ Holland- Amsterdam Belgium-Brussels Estonia-Tallinn Latvia- Riga Lithuania- Vilnius Belarus- Minsk ...

4 comments    europe ireland portugal
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The Last Undiscovered Capital in Europe

If you haven't been to the last undiscovered capital in Europe, then GO!  To the war stricken country of land mines, religious strife and constant surprise - Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina.  I can say that...

2 comments    tips travel bosnia
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People of the Book, a Gripping Novel

Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "March", Geraldine Brooks, "People of the Book" is an elaborate and ambitious novel in which a rare Hebrew manuscript is forced to set about on a complex...

0 comments    novel journey spain
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Christmas in Suburbia

One of my favorite Christmas memories took place in the small town of Forest Grove, Oregon, in 1994.

12 comments    christmas holiday holiday season
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What went wrong in 1914?

Gifted people demonstrate intense focus. They often go deep, deep, deep into a subject wanting to understand the Why of it all. They are always questioning and attack comprehensive material by breaking it...

8 comments    world war 1 serbia model train
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ISLAM IN BOSNIA - HERGEGOVINA

ISLAM IN BOSNIA Islam is an Arabic word meaning "submission." A Muslim is one who submits. Submission is to the will of God (Allah) in all areas of life. According to...

3 comments    religion god books
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Beers of Mainland Europe

Beer, it's not exactly good for you is it?, but who cares- it's a social thing primarily, when you find yourself at home drinking a bottle of vodka a night- then you're an alcoholic, a few beers with your...

0 comments    travel history adventure
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Is Obama a Secret Esperanto Speaker?

Some strange writers at the web have "accused" him of this. It would honour him if he were guilty. But I doubt very much that he is. If I go to the web site of the White House and search for...

9 comments    poetry literature obama
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Shell Shocked Isabel Shrapnel (1)

"I am five, six, seven and my father has cake for my birthday and because it's Armistice Day..." - A young girl starts telling an amazing and horrific story about the Great War...

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World War I, It all starts in Sarajevo

Sarajevo. The name of this war-torn capital of Bosnia, a province of the former Yugoslavia, is all too familiar today. Early in the twentieth century, however, few Americans had heard of what was then a...

0 comments    politics history facts
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