Source: L. Wingerson After breakfast with my Montana friends we were joined by a middle-aged couple from Wisconsin, not far from Green Bay, where my Sauber forebears on my mother’s side settled after they emigrated from Germany. I boasted a bit about distant kinsman Charlie Sauber, (in 1920) Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. TheContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 10: From Serbia to Bulgaria”
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Lyndie’s Journal, Part 9: On Down-River
Later, Remembering … The people I’ve met so far in Hungary, Croatia and Serbia seem doggedly cheerful and resilient. They make no secret of their pressing concerns about what is going on in their respective countries. Upheavals, protests, cataclysmic political change. Hungarians in Buda, the oldest part of town, show anguished faces when speaking ofContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 9: On Down-River”
Lyndie’s Journal, Part 8: Serbia
March 23rd Onward to Serbia! We tied up on the Sava River (named for Serbia’s patron saint – one of their kindlier ancient kings) flowing into the Danube where it reaches Beograd (as Serbians call it), the capital of what was once a much larger kingdom. Others call it ‘Belgrade’. Last year, my blind companionContinueContinue reading “Lyndie’s Journal, Part 8: Serbia”
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”
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”
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