Introducing snacks to keep you from being hungry between stories! We stayed with the Galvez family for one night. Dani (39), Emmy (38), Pablo (10), Iker (9) welcomed us with big smiles, gave us route advice, made us a wonderful … Continue reading
Peter started cycling when he was 11 years old. At age 13, he joined a local club. He won the first race he entered and then kept winning; first some of the Austrian championship races, then some of the world … Continue reading
When Robb met Ania, he fell in love almost immediately. They are both Polish, but were living and working in London. During one of their first dates, suicide bombings crippled London’s public transportation system. These attacks, horrible as they were, … Continue reading
Kathi grew up in the Austrian village of Lipsch; population: 250. It was quite a surprise to her and everyone else when she, at age 16, became pregnant. ”My mother made her friends guess which of her kids were going to have a baby. People … Continue reading
November 20, 2003. A day that Didem will never forget. She was one part excited, one part nervous, dressed in a new pant suit and ready for a job interview. Her mother accompanied her to the center of Istanbul and … Continue reading
At age 20, Marco’s life was punctuated by thrice-weekly trips to the doctor, where, for four hours at a time, all of the blood would be drained from his body, put through a kidney dialysis machine, and then returned. Marco … Continue reading