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Again, a country gets the government it deserves

by jkkintoronto 06 May 2012

You have undoubtedly been to Invallides to see the emperor Napoleon's tomb. One of the most beautiful, pompous, and extravagant tombs…
RE: Would you please comment on my itinerary of a 21 days Eastern Europe trip?

by everbrite 26 March 2012

There are lots of WWII things to do and see in Moscow and St. Petersburg. I don't suggest cutting your time there. In fact, it would be…
RE: Borodino Anniversary

by celinaa 06 March 2012

I have found the following information, I don't know if it's trustworthy: The reenactment of the battle of Borodino (Moskova for the…
Re: Recent observations in Cuba

by cubita 11 February 2012

Thanks for the nice trip report, DM. I agree with you wholeheartedly about the Museo de Napoleon. It is a gem tucked away between Universi…
RE: Borodino Anniversary

by Julian66 11 January 2012

Hello from Australia , I am planning trip as well with my family. Intent is for four nights aprox. in Moscow to include visits to…
Borodino Anniversary

by del1314 28 December 2011

I am visiting Russia in September 2012 - to attend the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino - and looking for a fellow history…
RE: Driving from Lithuania to Russia and back, via Belarus

by richardtrillo 09 August 2011

Thanks Ruth for that advice. I wonder what checks we'll encounter on the road from the border to Smolensk, and on the road from Smolensk…
Driving from Lithuania to Russia and back, via Belarus

by richardtrillo 09 August 2011

I'm working on a trip to Borodino in Russia (west of Moscow) that involves driving from Kaunas, Lithuania, via Vilnius, transiting Belarus…
RE: Cycling West Bank

by Mesha 11 April 2010

Well, as a1 said ... we seem to be getting there , just a few loose ends to tidy up, so as to speak - Regarding the US soldiers not compa…
Re: Cycling West Bank

by a1 04 April 2010

#95 (Mesha) >If this were true you would have wiped it out instantly in the first round of massacres since Israel has no compunction…
RE: Cycling West Bank

by Mesha 04 April 2010

a1 --- " don't forget that their main command bunker is underneath Gaza's main hospital" If this were true you would have wiped it out…
RE: Cycling West Bank

by chabibi 02 April 2010

@Borodino #80 - 2) The IDF is responding now to warn Hamas that it will not allow the situation to return to where it was before the…
RE: Cycling West Bank

by Mesha 25 March 2010

a1 - lovely how you brush over questions with claims of not relevant or unconnected or its theological not political - yet the main source…
RE: Cycling West Bank

by chabibi 16 March 2010

I resent having to waste more time on accusations by a person who came to Israel to do some 'activist' course or other, wears his ignorance…
RE: Cycling West Bank

by chabibi 14 March 2010

I can't be bothered commenting in detail on the rubbish Borodino wrote, such as that about 'zero tolerance' of the IDF other than to…
Off the Beaten Path: Moscow

by ElenaKKKK 05 April 2007

The another destination is famous Borodino (War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy) - ( http://www.borodino.ru/oper_inf.shtml?g=8 ) the battlefield…