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Saturday, July 2, 2022

Profound Moments from Visiting Countries for the First Time

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  The sky at 1am in Bodo, Norway. On this trip I traveled to  or through eight countries. Three are my favorite destinations in the world: F...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Ukrainian Family in a German Monastery

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  Sergey, Maria and I at a monastery guesthouse  When Cliff and I returned to Darmstadt from Denmark we met a family of refugees from Ukrain...
Monday, June 27, 2022

A Thousand-Year-Old Church in Denmark and What I Learned about Burial

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  Just after we crested a small hill on a drive in Denmark, this beautiful Church was 500 meters ahead. My friend Cliff and I stopped to tak...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Danish Ferry Crewman Who Worked in Thule Greenland and Served with Elite British Regiment

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  On Wednesday, I waited on the dock in Elsinor, Denmark, to board a ferry to Sweden.  A member of the crew walked up and asked if I was jus...
Monday, June 20, 2022

Laundromats Have Tourists Again!

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  Amy, Lee, Jane and John American tourists are back in laundromats in Europe Five years ago, I started making trips across Europe and Israe...

Matthew Adamson on Academic Career Paths and the Interplay of Maps and Reality

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  At a conference on the history of science and diplomacy in Paris , Matthew Adamson talked about the history of uranium exploration and min...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Deutsche Panzer Museum--World War II Tanks

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Panzer I, the little tank with no cannon and two machine guns that was the majority of the tanks used in the invasion of Poland and France. ...