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Albanian Terror: Enver Hoxha and the Party, Preserved in a Nuclear Bunker (Pictures)

October 25, 2018

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World War Two was a turbulent time for Albania. The country was invaded and overrun by Mussolini’s Italian fascist forces in 1939 and Albania then joined the Axis forces to fight with the Nazis. Fierce resistance from partisan communist forces was led by Enver Hoxha and in 1944 the country was purged of fascism. That […]

Travel in Macedonia, Albania 2017: Photo Journal, Click the Panoramas to Expand!

June 16, 2018

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Continued Journeys through Macedonia, calling at Lake Ohrid, then on into Albania to Vlore, Himare, the mountain town of Berat and on to the capital Tirana Lake Ohrid, Macedonia Views of the lake Lake Ohrid is the largest and most beautiful of Macedonia’s tectonic lakes. It extends across the border to Albania and is one […]

Travel in Sofia, Skopje 2017: Photo Journal

May 31, 2018

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Wanderings through Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Stops in Skopje, Macedonia and the newly minted European capital of Sofia, Bulgaria. Skopje, Macedonia Statue of Alexander the Great Macedonia’s national hero. Alexander (356 BC-323 BC)built an empire stretching from Greece to northwest India by the age of 30, waging a military campaign across Asia and North […]

Forget Flying Cars because Passenger Drones are the Future of Air Travel

January 29, 2017

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In the July 1924 issue of Popular Science, “Ace of Aces” fighter pilot E.V. Rickenbacker told readers to expect “Flying Autos in 20 Years.” Rickenbacker’s flying car would have retractable 12.5-foot wings, a sea-worthy hull and wheels to cruise America’s growing network of highways. Ninety-three years later, personal cars remain land-bound. Read More via Forget flying […]

Kiss Bye to 2016 in Tumblr – Happy New Year Everyone! Onwards 2017

December 31, 2016

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Tumblr is the home of GIFs, artful Photography, Video and Illustration. But it’s also home to Science, Tutorials and just about any learned pursuit you can imagine. Dive in. Home to ‘no sweat’ blogs, Tumblr has been around for a while in internet terms (founded in 2007). Yahoo snapped it up in 2013 for a […]

Munich Surf City and the Eisbach River Riders

November 24, 2014

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One of the best urban surf spots in the world is Munich’s Eisbachwelle in the heart of the Bavarian Capital. In the midst of Munich’s bustling city centre a stone’s throw from the Bavarian National Museum and ten minutes walk from the Hofbrauhaus where Hitler and the Nazi Party formed their plans for the third […]

Sarajevo Stories: We Are Bosnia

November 10, 2014

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Haris Pamuk, 26, is a tour guide and hostel owner in Sarajevo. Having experienced the excesses of the Bosnian war for independence from Yugoslavia he knows the struggle for freedom and right of expression in the country is far from over. Bosnia and Herzegovina is suffering industrially and economically from a lack of investment and […]

Sarajevo Stories: The Doctor’s House

October 10, 2014

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Sarajevo Stories is the first in a series of short films and travelogues from a road trip through Europe. Cat Norman is manager at the newly opened Doctor’s House in Sarajevo. In the video she talks about her experiences in Bosnia, her impressions of her adopted home and the people, how to make Bosnian coffee, […]

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