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While sipping coffee at the Chopin Airport and awaiting the arrival of the rest of our group from the States (via Toronto), Jonty Blackman briefly described pre-WWII Poland, where Jews […]
2: Arrival. We made it. It’s nice being with everyone in Poland. Mostly everything from the airport reached its owners without alarm. Our bus and bus driver are nice, […]
Warsaw Exploration We departed the Novotel around 9:15am this morning and headed for the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, where our guide Matan worked. Along the way he pointed out […]
Pre Arrival I was thinking a lot last night. This trip we’re taking, it isn’t just a chance to travel outside the country or experience the camps then do […]
On the final day of our trip in Spain, we left the hotel in groups of four and headed to the Gothic Cathedral in the Old City in Barcelona. Logistically, […]
At the risk of sounding like an early jazz tune, I married a girl from Kansas City. One of of my first winter trips to KCMO, my wife Abby eagerly […]
This seminar has brought up a lot of big questions for me over the past week or so that we’ve been in Spain, and in particular, it has caused me […]
Barcelona is a breath of fresh air! Don’t get me wrong-the entire trip has been a dream-but in so many ways our arrival in this city has added a skip […]
“Ozymandias” By Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, […]
I love questions. Asking them. Hearing them. Answering them, when I can. Questioning is inherent in storytelling: who is the main character? Where is this character? What will drive the […]