“These views are beautiful!”
“That was delicious!”
“Do you see an arrow?
“We have to go down THAT path?”
“They’re putting their pant leg bottoms on. This can’t be good”
“What are we doing out here?!”
We embarked on another walk this year that was dubbed the European Peace Walk. And although this newly organized path seemed to be created with good intentions, unfortunately it needs a bit of work. According to the EPW website, “The European Peace Walk was started 100 years after the beginning of World War I as a way to celebrate the current European culture of peace and honor the past war-torn history.” What we found was if we wanted to understand the history of the countries and the effects of wars, we would have to do much digging and searching on our own to find it. The trail may loosely follow the old “Iron Curtain”, but it didn’t necessarily lead us to many memorials, museums or specific sites to learn about what happened. We did much exploration on our own, as we always do, but the walk itself was more about getting point to point. That, in and of itself, is not bad. We enjoy meeting the people of the regions and learning about their lives and cultures. But the EPW organization has a ways to go before coming close to fulfilling their purpose statement. Continue reading “Final Thoughts About The EPW”