Railway Encounters in Eastern Europe (113)

<p>Charlie Flowers was 18 in 1988. He travelled by train across a divided Eastern Europe that was starting to show signs of the changes that manifested themselves in 1989.</p><p>He shares stories of the interesting encounters he had along the way. </p><p>Now I’d like to thank some of our recent 5 star reviewers in Apple podcasts. Qwertykevboy, Fizzlepop202, simmovic, Dais28, Tim of Townsville and especially Marrdave who said “This is easily the best historical podcast out there…” I’m not sure I agree, but I’m very flattered. </p><p>If you are enjoying the show please leave a written reviews in Apple podcasts or share us on social media. By telling your friends you can really help the podcast grow.</p><p>Now for $3 USD per month (larger amounts are welcome too) you will get a sought after CWC coaster as a monthly financial supporter of the podcast.</p><p>Just go to <a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/'>https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/</a></p><p>Thank you so much to our 89 generous supporters who help keep the podcast available for you all to listen to.</p><p>In today’s episode, I have a lively conversation with Charlie and don’t miss the show notes where we share many of his photos of Eastern Europe on the cusp of major changes in Europe’s political landscape.</p><p>We welcome Charlie to our Cold War conversation…</p><p>There’s further information on this episode in our show notes, which can also be found as a link in your podcast app here .<a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/episode113/'>https://coldwarconversations.com/episode113/</a></p><p>If you like what you are hearing, please leave reviews in Apple podcasts and share us on social media.</p><p>If you can’t wait for next week’s episode do visit our Facebook discussion group where guests and listeners continue the Cold War Conversation. Just search Cold War Conversations in Facebook.</p><p>Thankyou very much for listening. It is really appreciated – goodbye.</p><p> </p><p>Hi there, a quick word from your host – <b>we won an award for