Hello Gentle Readers and Fellow Online Adventurers:

We are now in Krakow, Poland, having arrived late yesterday evening. Our hotel, the Pod Wawelem, is in a perfect location, just minutes from the Old Town Square, and at the foot of Wawel Castle. This next entry has been written for you by Glenda Winders, editor of Copley News Service in San Diego. Glenda has been a friend and editor for many years, and I am honored to have her as a member of the Kafka Project and our Magical Mystery Literary History Tour to Eastern Europe. Here is her report:

From Glenda: One of my favorite ways to organize a travel experience is to follow in the footsteps of a favorite literary or historical figure. I've tracked Boudicca through England, Keats through Rome and Robert Louis Stevenson through the Napa Valley, but I've never had the privilege of traveling with a scholar and writer who is an expert on the subject at hand. Seeing the places that were important to Franz Kafka and Dora Diamant and hearing stories about them from Kathi Diamant have absolutely brought this couple to life. Today, with Kathi pointing out significant places from our coach and reading passages from her book as we rolled through the Czech Republic on our way to Poland, I sometimes had the feeling that if I turned around and checked out the seats behind me, I just might catch a glimpse of Franz and Dora, holding hands tightly and listening intently to what she had to say.