“The Cold War isn’t thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn’t sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.” Richard M. Nixon The Cold War Museum in Lithuania was among the top three major sites I visited while on the Overseas Adventure Travel trip Baltic Capitals. The other two countries asContinue reading “Visiting the Cold War Museum in Lithuania”
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Visiting the KGB Museum in Lithuania
French writer Honore de Balzac wrote, “Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness. Do we not, one and all, like to feel our strength even at the expense of someone or of something?” I learnedContinue reading “Visiting the KGB Museum in Lithuania”
Remembering Oradour Sur Glane in France: Place of Agony
“History is a merciless judge. It lays bare our tragic blunders and foolish missteps and exposes our most intimate secrets, wielding the power of hindsight like an arrogant detective who seems to know the end of the mystery from the outset.” American author David Grann from Killers of the Flower Moon History can indeed beContinue reading “Remembering Oradour Sur Glane in France: Place of Agony”
Travel the World with Passion 