If the raw basement of the Vilnius KGB / Genocide Museum is a place that will hit you in the forehead with a 2×4, Paneriai is a place that lends itself more to quiet contemplation of man’s seemingly boundless capacity for evil.


If the raw basement of the Vilnius KGB / Genocide Museum is a place that will hit you in the forehead with a 2×4, Paneriai is a place that lends itself more to quiet contemplation of man’s seemingly boundless capacity for evil.

Friend’s question: We’re going to Istanbul in a few days. Any suggestions?
Yes, including a harem.

At about a mile, it hardly seems worthy of being called a “tour,” but this route from the Pantheon to Trastevere provides glorious glimpses of some of the Eternal City’s best. Worst case, you’ll get some decent gelato.

Our visit to Munich’s BMW Welt has my buddy convinced that I am Beelzebub, intent on destroying him, body and soul alike. The feeling is mutual.
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Rivaled in this respect only by Florence, Paris, London and Rome, Vienna served for centuries as a primary hub of Western Culture, its innumerable luminaries ranging from Mozart and Mahler to Freud and Falco.
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