Tag: freedom

November 9, 1989 – The Berlin Wall Comes Down

.Reading time 12 minutes.

The weeks leading up to the Berlin Wall coming down were tumultuous and filled with anxiety across both West and East Germany.  Protests and demonstrations demanding change in East Germany were occurring nearly every day in the wake of the Glasnost and Perestroika reforms enacted by Soviet Union Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and the successful democratic and […]

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On the Road

.Reading time 5 minutes.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of “On the Road” author Jack Kerouac’s birth, and in spite of rising   fuel prices, we thought we’d dream a bit of hitting the road.  Whether travelling the dramatic Icefields Parkway through the Canadian Rockies or Pakistan and China’s Karakoram Highway, the world’s most scenic mountain rides feature stunning vistas, steep climbs, […]

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