July 16, 2015

The Battle of Waterloo, June 2015 (part 1)

Early in the afternoon of June 19th 2015 in the little village of Waterloo, south of Brussels in Belgium, the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte walked in the gardens of his battle headquarters in the farmhouse of Le Caillou with his wife Josephine.

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Karl-Marx-Hof, Vienna

One of the many community housing projects built in the 1920s under Vienna’s Social Democrats in the so-called “Red Vienna” era. The buildings included kindergartens,

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On the way to wine…

Walking into a heuriger, one of Vienna’s inside-the-city wineries that serves its new wine in the garden, along with simple food.

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Greek debt deal will raise taxes on tourists

Demonstration last week in Syntagma square, calling for No vote in referendum on austerity pact. After agreement, new demonstrations call for rejecting the agreement.   The recent deal between Greece and European finance authorities is not…

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Balearic, Canary islands consider tourist limits

Crowded beaches mean money for hotels, restaurants, campgrounds and more, but officials in Spain’s Canary Islands and Balearic Islands are starting to wonder how much might be too much. It’s a theme  that’s been echoed elsewhere, most recently by…

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The Battle of Waterloo, June 2015 (part 1)

Early in the afternoon of June 19th 2015 in the little village of Waterloo, south of Brussels in Belgium, the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte walked in the gardens of his battle headquarters in the farmhouse of Le Caillou with his wife Josephine.

Read More

Greek debt deal will raise taxes on tourists

Demonstration last week in Syntagma square, calling for No vote in referendum on austerity pact. After agreement, new demonstrations call for rejecting the agreement.   The recent deal between Greece and European finance authorities is not…

Read More

Balearic, Canary islands consider tourist limits

Crowded beaches mean money for hotels, restaurants, campgrounds and more, but officials in Spain’s Canary Islands and Balearic Islands are starting to wonder how much might be too much. It’s a theme  that’s been echoed elsewhere, most recently by…

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