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Nine Months, Nine Countries, Fourteen Cities, One Camino-Leon to Santiago, One Trip to the US, One Visitor from the US ( thanks Jen) and One Plane Ticket Home.
When I arrived in Daugavpils, Latvia, on September 2, I had no idea what was in store for me. It wasn’t my first rodeo living abroad but I was living in a place that had, by appearance, very little to offer me. Then I realized that there was so much history here so close to…
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How Old Are You Anyway?
In 2007 I ran the New York City marathon. I was 58 years old. I continued running for several years and then, when I reached my early 70’s, my knees suddenly started bothering me and I was advised to stop running. I began walking. Everywhere. We don’t own a car, so other than the generous…
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How Will They Know?
Several years ago I worked for an organization called Seeds of Peace. One of their programs involved bringing 14-15 year-olds to a 3-week summer program in Maine. The kids were from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. These campers were accompanied to the States by educators from their home countries. That’s where I…
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Are You Ready?
When I was growing up, my maternal grandparents lived with us every year from April through September. We marked their visit as Passover to Yom Kippur. Whenever I was going out for an evening, my grandmother would always hand me some money, not much, but she referred to this money as “border money,” which I…
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I’ll Always Know Where It Is
There is a scene in the movie “Harold and Maude,” where Harold gives Maude a gift imprinted with “Harold loves Maude, Maude loves Harold.” They are sitting on the edge of a lake at the time and Maude looks at it lovingly and then, throws it into the lake. Harold is horrified and Maude simply…
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I DID IT!
Fifteen days of walking, three days of rain, two pouring all day, and one pouring as we entered Santiago. One day with hurricane winds and flooding and incredible rain. We took that day off. A few blisters on my toes. Several friendships forged that will last a lifetime. One new tattoo on my leg. Lots…
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Photos and Flies
When I travel with my husband, Steve, he takes thousands of pictures of our journeys. It’s so nice and easy to look back at any adventure and see where we were and what we did. He takes photographs of all the people we meet and some unsuspecting ones, most of the food we eat and…
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Fitting In
I’ve been in Latvia for two weeks and I’m settling in for ten months of living in the country’s second largest city, Daugavpils, population 82,000. The city has everything any small city has, restaurants, a university, stores, hospitals, churches, one synagogue, a library, music, theater and an incredible Mark Rothko Museum. Rothko is the most…
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My Bags Are Packed And I’m Ready To Go
When I was pregnant with both of my sons I chose not to know the gender of either of them. I was old enough to have had amniocentesis and could have known for sure. Ultrasounds in those days were not as definitive as they are now. It looked like a fuzzy blob with no genitals…
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On The Road Again
“On the road againGoin’ places that I’ve never beenSeein’ things that I may never see againAnd I can’t wait to get on the road again” In the words of Willie Nelson we are on the road again., We are traveling for a total of two months including three weeks in New York City, Edinburgh, Paris,…
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