Dear Loyal Readers, We are so happy to be back in London – one of our favorite cities. By the time we flew hereon Monday, taxied into town, got into our hotel room, etc., it was 4:30 PM. Kinda late,
Warsaw- Part 2
Dear Readers, Saturday was another full day of touring Warsaw. We only walked 12,000 steps. We spent most of the day at Lazienki Park. This is a large park (200 acres) right in the middle of Warsaw. Within the park
Warsaw- Part 1
Dear Readers, I love hearing from you so don’t be shy. A word about the Polish language: it’s difficult, harder than any other European language says my resident linguist. He studied it (via book and tapes) for several months before
Rzeszów or The Search for Marty’s Family
Dear Readers, I’d like to start by sharing with you my sister-in-law’s comments and research she did regarding what I last posted. Sarah pointed out that I had said that the photographic exhibit in the Galicia Museum showed 2 different
Krakow – Last Day
Dear Loyal Readers, I am delighted that many of you responded to my Auschwitz report. I seem to have struck a chord in many of you. Today was another interesting (and difficult, in some respects) day. We spent it in
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Dear Readers, Thank you to those of you who have already responded. I hope the rest of you will chime in as well. We spent today at Auschwitz-Birkenau – the largest German concentration camp. I’ve already written about it on
Krakow, Poland – Day 1
Dear Readers, Marty and I are in Poland. Marty wanted to do a “roots trip” to see where his father’s family came from (around the time of World War I). More about that on another day. We started our trip
Portugal: Porto
Dear Readers: I hope you enjoyed Edition #1 of our Portugal trip. From Lisbon we took a train (3 hour trip) up north to Porto. Porto is the second largest city in Portugal & the gateway to the Douro Valley
Lisbon , Portugal
Dear Readers, Marty & I are at the end of a wonderful trip through Portugal. We visited 3 different areas (all quite different from each other) — Lisbon, Porto up north (& the Douro Valley) and the Algarve in the
Memphis
Dear Readers, The Habers are on the move again. We are spending a few days in Memphis; not as exotic as SouthEast Asia, but a place we’ve never been to & a fun new place to explore. Memphis is a