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Krakow, Poland: Trail of Sorrow
On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. It only took 35 days for domination. Once German occupied Poland, it was decided that Poles, unlike Jews, would be allowed to live if they were able to work. However, any Polls who had fought against the Germans and any Poles living in nice neighborhoods that German families Read more
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Krakow, Poland: City of Hope
It had been murder trying to sleep on the “midnight express,” but we did arrive in Krakow, surprisingly still alive and kicking. After a delicious breakfast and lots of coffee and tea, we got the refreshment we really needed: Our son Levi, who was in Europe on business, flew from Munich to Krakow to spend Read more
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Prague to Warsaw: Murder on the Midnight Express
This was a day we would never repeat, but in some sick way, when it was over, we were glad we had experienced it. We started the day with one more wander around Prague, seeing some of the out-of-the-way places we had missed previously, including a chilling memorial to the victims of communism. We found Read more
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Prague: Wenceslas Square and More
Today we wandered about Prague a little more, discovering Wenceslas Square, for starters. Does the word Wenceslas sound familiar to you? Wenceslas lived in the 10th century and was evidently a great guy. There are all kinds of stories about the kind things he did for others, including a Christmas Carol written about him traveling Read more
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Prague: The Old and the New
On this day, we were joined on the trip by our daughter Savanna and son-in law Jason! We were so excited to be able to share some of our experience with them. Once they arrived, we visited another open-air market closer to “home.” We had a delicious lunch of a variety of food this time, Read more
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Discovering Prague
We knew we were going to take a walking tour of Prague the next day, so we began our unguided exploration on this day with an out-of-the way marketplace that we heard was a locals’ haunt. We went and were surprised to find that the only street food we could get was Vietnamese! Who knew Read more
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Quote of the day
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
– St. Augustine
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