“Sal, we gotta go and never stop going ’till we get there.’‘Where we going, man?’‘I don’t know but we gotta go.” Jack Kerouac Thursday A day of driving. No fancy breakfast. We strike out northeast for Lublin in search of coffee and lunch. A four hour trip avoiding freeways and tolls. We meander through forests…
Finding Kraków
“The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand” Italo Calvino A good night’s sleep. We are up early to explore the city and hunt down a decent breakfast. Most cities in Poland were destroyed during World War II. Kraków was one of the few to remain…
Kraków – Poland
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.” Sylvia Plath I awake to the sound of birdsong and the fast running brook under our window. There are no sounds outside of nature. My only complaint is that the sun rises…
Zázrivá – Slovakia
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. ” William S. Burroughs You need to be prepared to change your plans. Our initial plan was to explore Romania, but more heat is heading our way. With highs of 37…
Magyar Nemzeti Galéia
“After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.” Oscar Wilde I wake up with a hangover. Thankfully I drank last night so the…
Arrivals – Budapest
Saturday “I wonder why I don’t go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.” Sylvia Plath There is nothing enjoyable about a night flight. The only…
Departures – Dubai
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust Friday There is nothing like the day of departure. Gym and then drop Shell off for one more day of leadership business. I have all day to get ready. We travel light, one carry on bag, so…
Conclusions
“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.” Sylvia Plath Thursday The school year is done. Shell has another day. Leadership stuff. Wednesday was the last day for students. We had a party at lunch…
Peter Pan Syndrome
“On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.” Aldous Huxley Thursday It is awards day. Inevitably, more students do not receive an award than those who do. We have spent the last few weeks discussing this. Working towards building resilience, accepting this is how…