I stumbled a lot, climbing, descending stone stairs, with others patiently behind me, often taking my arm. Grateful I was – and will remain! Remembering a kind young Romanian lad who guided me carefully up the gangway (steep!) to catch the bus to the horse farm … He smiled when I recalled, from last year’sContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 5: Aboard Viking Ullur”
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Lyndie’s Journal, Part 4: Excursion to Kalocsa, Hungary
March 20th On the way to Kalocsa, Hungary. Dinner last p.m. with new Montana friends plus 3 other interesting women: 1 attractive, dark-haired, vivacious, witty dermatologist (well-kept, late 40s?), 1 very reserved woman (age?), also a dermatologist, based in Rapid City, S.D., an area I know well … Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation, the Black Hills.ContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 4: Excursion to Kalocsa, Hungary”
Lyndie’s Journal, Part 3: In Budapest
Our hotel room is modern and very comfortable, adapters for devices, lots of towels! As with so many large chain hotels, it features lots of wasted space and not much personality. And it most surely beats sleeping on a bench in the park. (Spoken as one grateful for plain creature comforts!) On a bus, IContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 3: In Budapest”
Lyndie’s Journal, Part 2: Pushers and Helpers
Before I forget, a couple of memorable airport wheelchair “pushers”: One a 30-ish very chatty, very friendly man from Thailand, who cheerfully proclaimed all the possibilities of fraternal love between strangers in airports and in the street and between nations. No more wars! He kept it up quite tirelessly, clear to the other side (itContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 2: Pushers and Helpers”
Lyndie’s Journal, Part 1: Departure and Arrival
March 17, 2025 Budapest HungaryA day of wonders, preceded by the usual long night of flight, cramped like pretzels, (with pleasant seatmates) across half a planet in basic economy class, and a tiny, magical airplane inching across the screen in front of me, to encourage and tantalize … Ah , we’ve floated past Iceland! TheContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 1: Departure and Arrival”
Lyndie in Budapest: A Glorious Awakening
As an American abroad, she had worried about finding hostility. But she was “warmed, blessed” by her encounters.
9. Preparing for a Pilgrimage in Putin’s Shadow
Soon the fun part will begin in earnest, as Lyndie packs her one small suitcase and attaches the bright-red luggage tag she has received from Viking River Cruises. (She never checks a bag when she travels.) Her other preparations began long ago. She “officially launched” her homework program for travels to Eastern Europe on OctoberContinueContinue reading “9. Preparing for a Pilgrimage in Putin’s Shadow”
3. What Went Wrong
From here, you can either read the history in an account Lyndie wrote herself, or watch the two short videos below, in which she describes what happened to her and her companion. In the first video below, she tells about the start of the journey — a distressing passage from airplanes, to a hotel, toContinueContinue reading “3. What Went Wrong”
1. Where I Imagine What Might Have Been
Although this is about Lyndie’s journey, in a sense it starts with me, so that is where we will begin. My husband and I had planned something very special for our 50th anniversary: A Viking River Cruise along the Danube from Budapest to Bucharest, traveling through Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania – a regionContinueContinue reading “1. Where I Imagine What Might Have Been”
Lyndie's Journey 