September = Back to Work

After travelling in Poland and Ukraine for 3.5 weeks, I got back home last evening, and started work this morning at 2:30am.

I had many interesting experiences, some particularly memorable ones include:

• visiting many Catholic and Orthodox churches with richly decorated interiors

• walking in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and trying to imagine the horror that took place

• attending a medieval fair and ate bread with melted pig fat
• 2 days later, I was melting pig fat myself

• buying train ticket in Ukraine, not speaking the language, being yelled at by the ticket lady and people behind me
• walking in the open markets in Ukraine, and was reminded of Africa

This trip was not all smooth and easy. There were quite a few challenges and tense moments, especially in Ukraine. However, I did have an adventure, and got to explore an unique part of the world.

I will post more pictures and write more about the trip in the near future.