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Ghosts of Europe Past: Three More Haunting Tales

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Patrick W. O'Bryon

Our fascination with ghosts begins in our earliest years. Perhaps as children we are more open to specters lurking just beyond our everyday reality, and as adults we begin to tune them out. For the kid in you, here are … Continue reading →

Posted in European Travel, Travel Memoir | Tagged Apparitions, Bamberg, Berlin, chateaux of the loire, chateaux of the loire valley, domaine des hauts de loire, European travel, France, French Ghosts, German Ghosts, Gestapo, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Hauntings, ku damm, Loire Valley, Onzain, phantom image, phantoms, solitary woman, spooks, Spooky tales | 2 Comments

HOW TO RISK A STRETCH IN SOVIET PRISON AND STILL HAVE FUN: A Prague Adventure

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Patrick W. O'Bryon

Have I ever mentioned flirting with years in a Soviet prison for breaking the law with a baker’s dozen university students behind the Iron Curtain? No? Well, the story goes something like this… Late in the ‘70’s I was teaching German studies … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Memoir | Tagged Berlin, Communism, Czechoslovakia, East Berlin, European travel, Heuriger, Iron Curtain, Iron Curtain travel, Prague, Prague Spring, Soviet Bloc, Soviet border guards, Train travel, Travel, travel memoirs, Vienna | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: Berlin

Ghosts of Europe Past: Three More Haunting Tales

HOW TO RISK A STRETCH IN SOVIET PRISON AND STILL HAVE FUN: A Prague Adventure

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