Dateline June 11, 2016 – Sorrento, Pompeii and Rome Italy

Sorrento
We took a morning train from Florence thru Rome to Naples to change train lines to Sorrento.  The Italian first class trains are like flying first class on a major airline, very comfortable and free WIFI!   We found the station for the Circumvesuviana Railway Company that operates the ser...

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Dateline June 17, 2016 – Israel

Nazareth

We arrived in Haifa, Israel, early on Friday, June 17th, for a three-day stay. We had previously, when we were only going to be in Israel for two days, made arrangements for a driver for Saturday and Sunday. That left us with no plans for Friday. After much discussion, we decided we...

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Dateline May 26, 2016 – Behind the “Iron Curtain” Eastern Europe

The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the...

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