Category: History
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Archery
It was so hot outside, we were extremely thankful this was inside in excellent air conditioning. Our instructors gave us traditional Japanese uniforms to wear and helped us into our deerskin gloves on our right hands. The glove must be deerskin and it must be worn on the right hand. Lefties weren’t allowed in ancient…
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Hungarian GPS
We arrived in Budapest and were picked up by our Hungarian family at the train station. Jázmin, Greta and Eva were all there to meet us. Jázmin got taller in a year. From there we headed out of Budapest for lunch at a traditional Hungarian restaurant. To start our meal we had a shot of…
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Habsberg Palace
Before WW1 these rich dudes had all the money and all the people. Some stuff happened and now they don’t, but their lavish palace remains and we visited it. They wouldn’t let us take photos inside, but luckily I got this photo of David with his look alike before they told us no pictures. We…
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Dachau
Many of the words I used here came from the information at the site, but feel so wrong. Prisoners implies something that doesn’t properly encompass the crimes inflicted on the innocent people tormented here. Work house was used as part of the nazi propaganda that this was a work camp, not a torture and death…
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The Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall stood from 1961 to 1989, separating West Germany from East Germany. It was torn completely down by 1994, only a very small portion of the original wall still remains. In short, the wall was put up and guarded by East Germany to keep the people from fleaing to the west. The area…
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