“She had no tolerence for scenes which were not of her making” Edith Wharton Via Slovakia. First, breakfast at Zërgë coffee shop and pick up the ride. I had never heard of Lublin. It sounds like a cream you apply to irritated skin. Warsaw was our planned destination. Prices were steep, and when we found…
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Departures – Warsaw
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” Hermann Hesse A good night’s sleep. Off to Bułkę przez Bibułkę for breakfast. We arrive just after opening and it is already filling up. A bagel for Shell and I have the omelet. Our last day in Europe, maybe for…
Warsaw Sunshine
“In the morning I got up and it was sunny and I was immensely glad to see the sunshine…” Jack Kerouac An early start. Coffee and to the airport. Airport breakfast. Through security and on the plane in no time. Modlin Airport. In the middle of nowhere, and efficient. We find our place and head…
Rain
“The best thing one can do when it rains is let it ran” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We wake up to rain. It may not seem like a big deal, but over the last two years, Dubai has had ten days of rain. Over the previous twelve months, no rain. Everything is quiet and out of…
Arrivals – Warsaw
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller Summer in Warsaw is a very different experience from summer in Dubai. The 25 °C is incomparable to the 50 °C we have left behind. We are off the plane in an Uber in record time; I guess less than…
Auschwitz-Birkenau
“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.” Viktor E. Frankl Wednesday Today we leave Šumperk. Breakfast and I am a little tired. My skin is blotchy from drinking and a bad diet. My body has started…
Messages From Berlin
“Messages tonight, borne on the lights of Berlin . . . neon, incandescent, stellar . . . messages weave into a net of information that no one can escape. . . .” Thomas Pynchon Monday We try to avoid cities. The car allows us to explore places that are difficult to find. The car is…
Słońsk
“There is a way of being wrong which is also sometimes necessarily right.” Edward Abbey Editors note: The author is aware that ‘Pygmy Wheat’ is fictitious. The wheat is in fact, Triticum Aestivum. I thank the valued readership for pointing this out. Further thanks to the readership for explaining the varying influences on wheat height….
Wejherowo
“It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night.” Jack Kerouac Saturday Thunder and then lightning wakes me. It is raining outside. There is nothing like rain outside and being in bed. I lay and listened to the rain and fell back asleep. A longer drive today as we make our…