Tagged With "evacuation"

I have a feeling things will get very unpleasant in Greece in the next few weeks. I hope I'm wrong, but I think it might be best to travel elsewhere in the coming months while the Greeks deal with their political and economic future.

If you've ever listened to the cabin crew going through their various cross-check routines and wondered what "21 L" and the various other codes mean...I can't help you. But I can tell you that one of them is supposed to mean that the aircraft door has...

Tourists in Rhodes, Greece: One eye on the exit?               Photo: Freta / Wikimedia   As the world watches the situation in Greece, which could lead to a default on government loans, a run on banks, an exit...

A visit with Samantha to a park with a history as long as New York's, and a large variety of things to see.

May 27, 1940—75 years ago today—was the first day of the evacuation of Allied (mostly British) troops from the French port of Dunkirk across the English Channel to Dover and other British ports.