Flashback Friday — this is the first of a series of Friday posts about memorable events from recent travels. They are a collection of writings that didn’t quite get published while we were on the road. Our plans to visit Cinque Terre (‘Five Lands’) on the west coast of Italy Continue Reading
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Romania — We’re not in Kansas any more…
We approached the Romanian frontier at a small crossing in the east of Hungary. Ours was the only car visible as we approached the remote border post in the dusk of late afternoon. A man in a green uniform was smoking and put his cigarette down on the curb as Continue Reading
Burn the Witch — Hexenbrennen
In Saxony, a province in eastern Germany, near the city of Bautzen lies the small village of Schwarznaußlitz. It is the home of some family members of our friends Werner and Henny, whom we visited with them last September. We enjoyed that time tremendously, and since we were passing by Continue Reading