On this day, Allied forces launched a massive invasion of Normandy, France during World War II, resulting in a pivotal victory that helped turn the tide of the war.
The Holiday, 2006 (HBO) I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1997 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, 1998 I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, 2006 I’ll See You In My Dreams, 2015 (HBO) The Importance of Being Earnest, 2002 (HBO) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, 2013 Jo...
Sure, this is common enough, and relatively harmless, on holiday. I recall a friend in California some years ago who bought herself a Club Med vacation in Mexico thinking that she’d meet some ‘nice men’, only to find that every single (and the single bit is iffy) one of them was...
China in the 9th century,while others believe they were developed alongside tile games like dominos or mahjong. Still others think that playing cards originated as “play money” for early gambling games. However, the earliest confirmed record of playing cards appears in a German manuscript from ...
There are two accredited Volksmarches in Wyoming’s Wind River Country. In the spirit of European noncompetitive hikes through gorgeous country settings, the American Volkssport Association Volkswanderung, German for “people’s walk,” began more than four decades ago to promote health and fellowshi...
[完型填空] On June 2, 1886, a German threw a message in a bottle into the water while his ship crossed the Indian Ocean. Around 132 years later in January, the bottle was ___ on the Australian coast, making it the oldest-known message in a bottle in the world.The bottle was ...
Way back when we would roam around on our bikes, exploring the waste ground adjacent to Jackson’s Brickworks. Where we would scavenge tape from theRotundatip. I remember it as a Remploy Centre. My last 13 years prior to retirement last May were spent at the centre, on Windmill Lane, De...
Also, he talks about the language, he learned German when he was young, I finally see why so many middle aged swedish people could speak German. This is similiar with Chinese learning Russian in the past. Start to go, stepping onto the land I’ve never been to. There’s nothing but ...
In June 1942, married Rose (whose husband is a prisoner of war) intervenes in the detainment of her Jewish friend and then accidentally embarks on a secret relationship with the investigating German officer, Mark. There is only one step between heroism and treason, and it’s often a ...
We were expecting an enjoyable two-day holiday. On the way, we kept singing and making jokes.However, in the afternoon, when we finished our lunch at one oclock, it was dark and windy. Soon, it rained heavily. Unluckily, none of us brought an umbrella. We ran about but we could ...