“No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not entirely own us. It can’t take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action.”― Ryder Carroll The above quote may have very well been written about Russian aggression in Lithuania and the resilient people who struggle with it. Resilience wasContinue reading “Appreciating Resilience at Lithuania’s Hill of Crosses”
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The Baltic Capitals and Beyond: The Endless Power of Visiting Locals
“There’s an opposite to déjà vu. They call it jamais vu. It’s when you meet the same people or visit places, again and again, but each time is the first. Everybody is always a stranger. Nothing is ever familiar.” Author Chuck Palahniuk Every time I travel with Overseas Adventure Travel, the itinerary includes meeting localContinue reading “The Baltic Capitals and Beyond: The Endless Power of Visiting Locals”
Learning About Art and Architecture in the Baltic Capitals
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso The above quote by Picasso about art can also apply to travel. For the dust that attaches itself to us due to the weary moments in life, can be washed away when art intersects with travel. For when the two manifest themselvesContinue reading “Learning About Art and Architecture in the Baltic Capitals”
Visiting the KGB Museum in Lithuania
French writer Honore de Balzac wrote, “Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness. Do we not, one and all, like to feel our strength even at the expense of someone or of something?” I learnedContinue reading “Visiting the KGB Museum in Lithuania”
Travel the World with Passion 