Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from Separation) A trip to Greece confirmed one decision: this would be our last year in Poland. It was time for a change. Over the course of the fall, we seriously considered a number of options, including relocating to another part of Europe to continue our teaching. Belgium was…
Separation
Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from Jacek) When Jacek came over a few days later, Ben bounded at the door before it even opened. Jacek wasn’t even past the threshold when Ben was on him like a jackal on rotting meat (no offence to Jacek intended – but in fairness to Ben, Jacek was…
Jacek
Chapter 2: A Polish Year (continued from Pennies from Heaven) It wasn’t long after Ben’s run-in with the corrective citrus that Andrea and started planning our winter vacation to correspond with the University’s own winter break. The destination we chose was one that had long captured my imagination: Greece. The question would be what to…