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OTD in 1453 during the Hundred Years' War, England lost its last possessions in #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/seine-river-art-history-monet/chateau-gaillard.html?s=mb #travel #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreChâteau Gaillard — Along the Loops of the SeineRichard the Lionhearted built Château Gaillard on a chalk bluff overlooking the Seine River during the Hundred Years' War.
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Napoleon Bonaparte retreated from #Moscow OTD in 1812, he lost much of his army along the way back to France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/russia/moscow.html?s=mb #history #Russia

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreTraveling and Working in Russia — Visiting MoscowRed Square, Kremlin, ironic post-Communist open-air museums, beautiful churches in the snow, and a downright strange hotel run by a government agency
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Today on the Orthodox calendar is the Synaxis of the icon of "Panagia Vasilissa" (or "Panagia the Queen"), in Mouzaki, Karditsa, #Greece https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/meteora.html?s=mb #travel #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreMeteora — Μετέωρα — GreeceMeteora is a complex of Greek Orthodox monasteries built on sandstone rock pillars extending 550 meters above the plain near Kastraki and Kalampaka or Kalabaka.
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Today is the commemoration of the first translation (1187) of the relics of Venerable John of Rila, founder of Rila Monastery in #Bulgaria https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/bulgaria/veliko-tarnovo/?s=mb #travel #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreVeliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria — Велико Търново, БългарияVeliko Tarnovo is the historic capital of the Bulgarian empire. It's a college town in beautiful scenery along the twisting Yantra river valley.
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Mihkel Pung, born OTD in 1876, was Minister of Foreign Affairs of #Estonia; arrested during the Soviet invasion of Estonia and sent to a Soviet gulag in Sverdlovsk Oblast, he died in imprisonment in 1941 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/estonia/?s=mb #travel #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreEstonia by Train — Tallinn and TartuBaltic explorations: What to see and where to stay in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia
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Today is the feast day of New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, Priest, of Petrograd, as the city was briefly known https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/russia/sankt-peterburg.html?s=mb #travel #Russia #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreTraveling and Working in Russia — Around Sankt-PeterburgThe Neva, the Hermitage, a trip to a dacha in the birch forest, and hanging out in the neighborhood around the hospital.
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Shulü Ping, born OTD in 879, was an empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty; she is credited with setting an example for Khitan society by not committing suicide once widowed https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/guangzhou-2.html?s=mb #travel #China #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreGuangzhou, Part 2 — Qingping Market, Temples, Street ScenesGuangzhou has fascinating markets, temples, and street scenes. Spend the day wandering around the city.
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Today is the feast day of Saint Eusterius, fourth Bishop of Salerno in Italy in the 5th century https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/italy/paestum/?s=mb #travel #Italy #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MorePaestum or Poseidonia, a Major City of Magna GraeciaMost of the Italian peninsula from Napoli south was settled by Greek colonists starting in the 8th century BCE. This includes the city of Poseidonia, called Paestum today.
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov, who died OTD in 2002, flew into space 3 times on Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33, in 1971, 1974, and 1979 respectively https://toilet-guru.com/spacecraft/?s=mb #spaceflight #history

Toilets of the WorldToilets in SpaceHow do you go to the bathroom in space? With a Space Toilet, of course! You can see several at the National Air and Space Museum. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
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Shulü Ping, born OTD in 879, became Empress Yingtian during the reign of her husband Emperor Taizu of Liao https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/guangzhou-1.html?s=mb #travel #China #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreGuangzhou, Part 1 — Logistics, Shamian Island and the Pearl RiverHow to get from Hong Kong to Guangzhou and find budget housing. Shamian Island has been the foreigners's district since the 1800s.
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Today is the feast day of Martyrs Varus and six (or seven) others with him, martyred in the early 4th century in #Egypt https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/egypt/luxor.html?s=mb #travel #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreLuxor and the Valley of the Kings — Egypt — A Fistful of BaksheeshBy train south along the Nile to Luxor: the Colossus of Memnon, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Valley of the Kings.
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George Pullman, who died OTD in 1897, founded a railroad sleeper car company. One of the original robber barons, he built a company town with high rents and food prices, low wages, and strict rules. https://toilet-guru.com/pullman/?s=mb #history #labor #railroad

Toilets of the WorldPullman Planned Plumbing — Toilets of the WorldGeorge Pullman founded a passenger rail car company in Chicago, it included a planned town for the workers with an innovative dual sewer system. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
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Today is the feast day of Desiderius of Auxerre https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/boat-trip-canal-lateral-a-la-loire/briare-to-beaulieu-sur-loire.html?s=mb #travel #France #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreBriare to Beaulieu-sur-Loire — Burgundy by Boat — Canal Latéral à la LoireTraveling by boat on the Canal Latéral à la Loire from Briare to Beaulieu-sur-Loire in the Burgundy region of France.
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John, King of #England, and villain of "Robin Hood", died OTD in 1167 after losing Normandy and much of English-held lands in #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/seine-river-art-history-monet/chateau-gaillard.html?s=mb #travel #history

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreChâteau Gaillard — Along the Loops of the SeineRichard the Lionhearted built Château Gaillard on a chalk bluff overlooking the Seine River during the Hundred Years' War.
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