In Preparation for a Pilgrimage of Ancestry
Next summer my husband and I will be taking a five-week trip to Ireland and Austria. We saved up our frequent flyer miles for free tickets and without a dog at home to worry about leaving behind for that long, we decided to seize the opportunity. (We will definitely get another dog eventually, but have decided to wait until after this trip). Ireland and Austria may seem like an odd combination, but we each have roots in these places. My father was Austrian and Latvian, he moved to Vienna when he was 12 years old during World War II to live with