Explore the World with June Gossler: 

June Gossler has had the opportunity to visit many “faraway places with strange sounding names," thanks to her son's career in the Foreign Service. She has visited Uzbekistan twice, once in 2002 and again in 2022. She had the opportunity to explore Armenia while her son was stationed there as a diplomat at the American Embassy. 

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• Unique Uzbekistan: Choose one - Tues. Feb. 3, 7:00-8:00 OR Thurs. Feb. 5, 7:00-8:00pm 

Join June as you travel along the Silk Road and visit the ancient cities of Uzbekistan. We’ll begin and end in Tashkent, the capital city, that has reinvented itself after a century of Soviet occupation. Next stop will be Samarkand, a city of mosques and madrassa, built in the 15th century by Temur Amir, 14^th Century conqueror and modern-day hero of the Uzbeks. Then, we’ll join the throngs of holiday-goers for the Goldbroidery Festival in the timeless city of Bukhara to enjoy song, dance, and shopping for treasures.

• Ancient Armenia: Choose one - Tues. Feb. 10, 7:00-8:00pm OR Thurs. Feb 12, 7:00-8:00pm 

After first viewing the Biblical Mt. Ararat from its capital city, Yerevan, we’ll explore Areni Cave where archeologists have unearthed a 6000 year old wine press and an array of fermenting vats and storage pots. We’ll follow the trail of prehistoric standing stones, Armenia’s Stonehenge, marching across the mountaintop, visit a pagan temple complex, and a monastery carved into a mountain And we will learn the truth about the holocaust perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks in 1915 in which 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives. 

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