Finally watched "The Way Back" and it was pretty good. Some of characters are Polish, including the main character Janusz (Jim Sturgess). The story is about men who escape a gulag in Siberia and trek all the way to India through Mongolia, China, and Tibet. The film left me with some questions that I had to research online after the movie ended. It had a lot of important facts - not just from during WWII, but also after about such events as Prague Spring and Solidarity - that I generally already knew, but they are still not widely known in history classes taught in America, so it is valuable for the audience to learn.
I am working on my last paper for the spring semester. After that, I need to begin thinking about some work I will begin in the fall.
Some posts I am planning to do:
-Recommendations (food, stores, restaurants, museums, tourist/interesting places to see - mainly in Poland, Warsaw especially)
-Future travel and possible plans to go back to Poland in 2012
-Further Polish lessons
-School (and thoughts about grad school)
-Summer reading and events
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