the (new) endomobile
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What a wonderful tour we had. Frankfurt's Hotel Nizza, then across the Alps to Italy. Ravenna with its beautiful mosaic churches, the Holy House of Loreto and it's tattooing history, San Marino & Venezia with the Biennale, the academic tradition of Padua, and finally the beauty and tranquility of the Laguna di Grado. Now it's time to go home. Love from Mrs E and me. Keep travelling and see you soon.
si tacuisses
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safe trip back home !!
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@endo It looks like it was a wonderful adventure and thanks for taking us along for the ride. Great photos and details
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Living the dream
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Great build, and great trip!
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amazing stuff thanks for taking us along!
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curious where you take us this time
mate
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@endo You should take it to Japan next year for a custom hand paint/deco job. @Haraki-san and his artist friends will definitely be able to advise you.
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Thanks, guys. This time, we’re heading east. My son and I are on our way to the Baltic states. We’ve just arrived in Gdańsk, where we plan to spend the day tomorrow. Then we’ll continue towards the 'Wolf's Lair' and, from there, head first to Lithuania. I’ll keep you posted.
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good morning mate
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We had a really interesting day in Gdańsk.
A beautiful Old Town—apparently largely rebuilt after the destruction of World War II.
Spent almost 3hrs in the Wold War II Museum, probably one of the best exhibitions on that topic I've ever seen. Poland's national-conservative forces are not very happy about this, as it portrays not so much heroism and victimhood as the guilt and suffering experienced by various sides.
and another 2 hrs - to my son's delight - in the Solidarnosc Museum, about the movement that finally led Poland to Democracy.
But he was happy with burgers and fries, that we finally had at a food court, on the grounds of what was once the Lenin Shipyard, where Solidarnosc started.
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@endo one of the exhibits reminds me of a grayson perry.
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Camp Endo has moved further east. Yesterday was a special day, but since we had no internet connection in the evening, I can only report on it today.
We drove to the former Wolf's Lair—Hitler's headquarter during the racist war of extermination against the Soviet Union. He moved into the headquarters in June 1941 just two days after the attack began and stayed until November 1944, when the Red Army began capturing German territory and the cause was already lost. After that, he retreated to the bunker in Berlin, only to commit suicide there six months later.
During the aforementioned period of approximately three and a half years, he spent more than 800 days there. This timeframe encompasses not only the assassination attempt by Stauffenberg but also numerous decisions that cost millions of people their lives.
It offers little consolation to reflect on the wretched existence he must have led within that restricted zone—amidst the mosquito-infested swamps and forests of an otherwise beautiful Masuria—confined largely to bunkers reliant on artificial lighting and ventilation. There has been much speculation that this isolation may have further fueled his racial delusions and murderous ruthlessness.
All this didn’t leave me unmoved. I found it unsettling to see the ruins—resembling ancient Aztec temples—amidst the forest as part of a tourist itinerary that also includes rides in historic military vehicles and the sale of military toys; and I ask myself: if we cannot learn from this, then what can we learn from?
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