Annecy, France
Writing about world travel, personal anecdotes and family genealogy.
The City of Arts & Sciences, Valencia, Spain
My goal for this trip was to visit the small cities and towns of Spain. That meant not focusing on Madrid and Barcelona. Valencia is the third largest city in Spain. It is now famous for the Santiago Calatrava City of Arts & Sciences, a collection of museums, cultural buildings, an expensive aquarium and unfinished buildings built on a dried-up riverbed…
Read MoreI arrived in Barcelona really needing a break from Poland. It had been five weeks of so much discovery. I yearned for a return to more simple travel. Most importantly, I would be visiting my former co-worker and friend Maria from Schoology. She was visiting family in Catalonia and invited me to spend the afternoon with her!
Read MoreThe Jewish Genealogy Conference would be taking place in Warsaw. I was in Zamosc. To get back to Warsaw, I had to go through Lublin again. I would take the bus from Zamosc to Lublin and then board a train to Warsaw. I realize this is the best travel itinerary now that I’ve done the direct bus on the crazy road to Warsaw in the opposite direction…
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The forest of Jozefow Roztoczanski
The train from Berlin to Warsaw was unmemorable. I left early in the morning and I do not really remember the ride. I do remember arriving in Warsaw and thinking, “oh jeez, this place again?” It’s six hours from Berlin to Warsaw and then another 2 hours to Zamosc via Lublin (even though it’s not that far away)…
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Phase 1 of my Poland trip was complete. I had made so much progress collecting documents for my genealogy research. I had seen so much and met so many people in Poland. The weather was hot and I wanted to go swimming. I was really looking forward to going to Berlin and cooling off in nature…
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