Trip Blog Posts
In “The Sound of Music” (which shows continuously on the TV in our Salzburg hotel room), a big storm frightens the Von Trapp children and they all run into Julie Andrews’ room where she sings “My Favorite Things” to calm them down. So, it was only fitting that thunder and lightning began with gusto around [...]
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Armchair Travel
David Benioff’s novel City of Thieves has it all: The frozen winter landscape of Russia, death, betrayal, friendship, thievery, destruction, evil, and lust. Lust for women, lust for men, lust for survival, and lust for food. Set during the siege of Leningrad in World Word II, it is the story of two incongruous companions: Young [...]
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