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Title	Author	Replies	Last Post
338th Birthday of Frederick The Great's dad; Prussia's rise	avirosemail	3	08/16/26 09:23 AM
Post Turkey Tour itinerary ideas	trisko326	6	08/15/26 10:07 AM
940th Birthday of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor who typified German nobility	avirosemail	4	08/11/26 07:45 PM
If air travel was a board game	Kathy H.	7	08/07/26 02:56 PM
The History of Lithuania	Kootah	4	08/05/26 12:19 PM
"Rickish" travel guides for the US	russellcolleen1	16	08/05/26 06:19 AM
230th Anniversary of Battle of Castiglione -- French/Habsburg rivalry	avirosemail	1	08/04/26 04:25 AM
470th Anniversary of St Ignatius of Loyola's death in Rome	avirosemail	1	08/01/26 02:02 PM
Pompeii: Out of Time	Kathy H.	9	07/31/26 01:24 AM
Erfurt Latrine Disaster anniversary again? Time flies!	avirosemail	0	07/26/26 07:14 AM
The Swedish Connection on Netflix	Christine	5	07/25/26 12:36 AM
99th Anniversary of the Vienna Justizpalastbrand, foreshadowing rising fascism	avirosemail	3	07/23/26 03:55 AM
90th Anniversary of Francisco Franco's coup against Republican Spain	avirosemail	9	07/19/26 11:42 PM
Gritty Paris of 1964 in "Final Portrait"	avirosemail	1	07/06/26 02:22 AM
That Tucci guy	phred	3	07/05/26 09:47 PM
470th Anniversary of the Stratford Heretics execution	avirosemail	2	06/28/26 10:26 AM
Netflix - Legends	skunklet1771	4	06/27/26 03:49 PM
Lonely Planet sale 26% off—redeem with code	Mardee	0	06/26/26 12:36 PM
Does anyone watch the QI reels (or the actual show?)	Mardee	19	06/23/26 12:53 AM
Brilliant video about international travel--Bowie fans take note	gregglamarsh	3	06/05/26 02:03 AM
Travel TV shows similar to RS Europe	Joy	17	05/19/26 12:02 AM
Documentaries / non-fiction about Ancient Rome & archeology?	Sandancisco	15	05/13/26 10:04 AM
Tucci's back, again	phred	5	05/09/26 01:33 AM
Which movie / book has inspired or influenced your travels?	Joy	25	05/08/26 03:57 AM
Paris Travel Guide for Seniors	bostonphil7	9	04/21/26 04:45 PM
Eva does France	phred	1	04/04/26 02:39 AM
Aryana Farshad documentary from 2002: Mystic Iran -- The Unseen World	avirosemail	0	03/28/26 06:06 AM
To interact with Irish people before your Ireland trip	judearoo	1	03/21/26 10:19 PM
All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me	Judy B ✈️🧳🐈	6	02/26/26 01:20 PM
Happy 210th Birthday to Thomas Robert Malthus, a bright spot in Surrey	avirosemail	0	02/17/26 09:52 PM
Happy 175th birthday to Guy de Maupassant	avirosemail	1	01/16/26 10:24 PM
The correspondence of specific landmark location number in the guidebook	lylyzhu09	3	01/16/26 07:56 AM
500th Anniversary of Prussia adopting Lutheranism (tl;dr -- it was all about the money)	avirosemail	8	12/14/25 09:04 PM
Diary of a gig worker in China	RobertH	3	11/24/25 04:43 PM
Overtourism in Italy: Who should protect cultural heritage?	avirosemail	7	11/23/25 12:07 PM
contemporary perspectives on the English Reformation for the curious traveler	avirosemail	1	11/18/25 04:05 AM
Happy 185th Birthday to Claude Monet!	avirosemail	3	11/16/25 12:37 AM
War Tourism: Second World War France, from Defeat and Occupation to the Creation of...	avirosemail	6	11/10/25 06:27 AM
270th Anniversary of Lisbon Earthquake	avirosemail	4	11/05/25 11:26 AM
325th Anniversary of death of Charles II, triggering the War of Spanish Succession	avirosemail	1	11/05/25 12:05 AM
German documentary 2021, "The Rothschild Legacy" : evenhanded?	avirosemail	3	10/09/25 05:19 PM
A good Napoleon movie!? Yes, "Napoleon: In the Name of Art"	avirosemail	8	09/23/25 09:37 PM
631st Anniversary of final expulsion of Jews from France	avirosemail	2	09/19/25 05:23 AM
Rick Steves Featured on Podcast This is Love!	amber.spiers	0	08/25/25 02:58 PM
Hundred Years War. What should I read?	TH	7	08/24/25 02:58 PM
Happy 150th Birthday to Peleș Castle, Romania's summer palace	avirosemail	8	08/24/25 12:42 PM
It is a new book	gregglamarsh	19	08/07/25 11:23 AM
Aboard The Royal Scotsman with Alan Cumming	Rachel	7	08/04/25 12:07 PM
The New Dig Episode 4 to premier August 6	Sandancisco	2	08/03/25 03:57 PM
photo exhibition of Barcelona under Franco	avirosemail	0	08/02/25 06:00 AM