“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” –Winston Churchill Continue reading
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Category Archives: Political Unrest
Wroclaw’s Anonymous Pedestrians: A Shot At Digital Eternity
“Once something is posted to the Internet, it’s never going away.” — digitaltrends.com Continue reading
Happy Independence Day! Or If You Prefer – Amexit
“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You … Continue reading
Sidewalk Philosophers: Global Graffiti and its Manifold Messages
“When people today talk about graffiti it is most frequently thought of with some negative connotation. Some consider it to be synonymous with vandalism or even property destruction. Continue reading
People / Political Unrest / Serbia / Travel
The Kindness of Strangers
Our crowded bus rolled across the undulating plains north of Belgrade, Serbia, on its way to Subotica. We were looking forward to the city’s Art Nouveau architecture, but unlike us, most of the other passengers onboard could expect nothing more than an uncertain future and the dream of a better and safer life in Europe. Continue reading
Freshly Pressed: A Testament to the Human Spirit
We never imagined that our trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina would be so pivotal. We wrote several posts about our journey, and to our surprise and delight, on Monday we were Freshly Pressed for our post Indomitable: The Kids of Sarajevo. Continue reading
Greece / History / Political Unrest / Sudan / Travel Tales
Epic Fail: My First Trip to Greece
I fell in love with Greece in Texas! Strange, but true. My first exposure to anything Greek was years ago at Little Gus’ Restaurant in Dallas. Its location on not-yet-trendy Lower Greenville guaranteed great food in a perfect hole in the wall cafe. Continue reading
