It has been a longtime dream of mine to visit Italy. I sometimes feel like I was supposed to be Italian because I strongly identify with Italian life: pizza, wine, tradition, enjoying the good things in life, and drinking a great cup of coffee or cappuccino to start the day. My nearly two weeks exploring [...]
Month: December 2016
Poland: When the Unexpected Happens.
There was very little that interested me in Poland. Actually, there wasn't anything that I could immediately think of doing that would cause me to want to visit Poland. I basically went there to visit with my friend Amanda aka Gramanda ('cause she has grandma tendencies). We hadn’t seen each other in four years, since [...]
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
“FOR EVER LET THIS PLACE BE A CRY OF DESPAIR AND A WARNING TO HUMANITY, WHERE THE NAZIS MURDERED ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, MAINLY JEWS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF EUROPE.” AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU 1940-1945 Although I knew nothing of Poland, besides pierogis, I did know that the one thing I needed [...]
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