End of the Cold War and a tour of Former East Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, and Bavaria August 10th 1991 I am publishing this blog on the 20th anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union, which is also 20 years after the events in this blog took place.
This blog, falling on the last day of 2011, coincidentally also completes my effort to blog every trip I have taken since 1949. I originally wrote these blogs for my family and friends. However, it turns out that most of my readers are fellow travel ... read more
I started blogging on Travelblog in 2009, entering trips beginning in 2007. My intention has always been to document my years of travel since my birth...how else was I to save all the slides my Dad took of my childhood!
Most bloggers write about their trips away from home. Mine, and eventually Linda's, homes have usually been where people travel to. So the idea eventually percolated to name our blog "Home and Away."
The blog is not intended to be an autobiography, although I spent my entire life traveling, with Linda joining me after college, it may appear to be that way. As this... full info
