I had some free time between shifts at work just before my mini winter vacation in December and decided to use it to go visit R.L. in Ottawa! Obviously, we got to baking right away. I had brought some vegan baked goods with me but one cannot do with only one cookie for oneself [...]
Finally - it is time to go home! My last stretch of airports is upon me as I fly from Warsaw to Munich. My flight in Warsaw is delayed by almost an hour and I sprint across terminals trying to catch my critical connecting flight - and I miss it. I stand in line for [...]
An incredibly stressful sprint to the airport took me from Brussels to Warsaw, where I stayed for the night before heading to my final major destination: Katowice! I will admit to having lost my emotional composure multiple times between Brussels and Warsaw, and then again more intensely between Warsaw and Katowice - misinterpreting which airport [...]
I tiredly landed in Brussels after an amazing last meal in Dublin and 2 hours of sleep. I lugged my luggage across the city, which I found to be a bit... Browner, than others I had landed in (the splashes of colour would come). I found my way to G.M., who was working, so I [...]
There wasn't a particular vision I had in mind when I made my way to Ireland, but I was blown away by its natural beauty when I arrived! ... And funky bars. I did not realize just how much I valued how the ocean feels until I was standing on a coastline again and seeing [...]
After my brief stay in Prague, I made my way over to the U.K. to visit family friends! I stayed in a quiet village outside of London, but made my way into the big city twice for full day trips. One of those days resulted in the worst blisters I have ever dealt with and [...]
My time in Prague was far too short, and I wish I could have enjoyed more outside of Old Town. Nonetheless, it was a beautiful (and bustling) city that I am glad I saw in such beautiful weather! Its colours and cobblestones and castle were delightful (and my company, too).
As we return to Warsaw for the last leg of our program, we all feel the weight of the last handful of weeks as well as the reality of our time as Psychology of Genocide students coming to an end. **** On our first day back, we had a later start to our programming than [...]
We began our journey to Białystok by taking time to tour the Museum of Struggle and Martyrdom in Treblinka on the grounds of the former extermination camp. The grounds show little sign of the former camp, but the space is wide open and cleared of trees (except for those which surround the area, illustrating how [...]
