Poland

Wawel (pronounced Vah-vell) Castle reminded me of Washington in late-May/early-June:  absolutely ruined by schoolchildren and teenagers by the busload. Aside for an ill-fated detour into the Wawel Cathedral (which was so packed full of children and the dreaded 30+ person Read More

Having thoroughly acquainted ourselves with Old Town Krakow, Severin and I drifted further afield (but not by much) to Kazimierz, Krakow’s old Jewish Quarter. Our first mission was to locate breakfast, having pre-identified a New York-style bagel shop on the Read More

We originally planned to take a big two-week vacation in June to the Amalfi Coast. Once we realized that you cannot in fact plan a vacation to the Amalfi Coast a month before you leave (can you say no vacancy?), Read More

If there has been one recurring theme in our travels over the past year, it’s that World War II looms much larger in Europe’s consciousness than it does in America’s.  We’ve seen this from the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, to Dachau outside of Read More