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2025 Poland and the Czech Republic Tour Blog

Where Time Stands Still: My Personal Reflection on Visiting Auschwitz

by Lucy Hamann After I stepped into Auschwitz, it felt as though this era of history had been paused, not erased, and not forgotten, but suspended. Frozen in ...

2025 Poland and the Czech Republic Tour Blog

Milwaukee to Frankfurt: Our Layover in Germany

by Lucy Hamann On our departure day, we started off our day showing up at MYAC bright and early at 9:15 a.m. With us, we had to have ...

2025 Poland and the Czech Republic Tour Blog

Sleepless Over the Atlantic: ORD to KRK

by Lauren Gooden Our concert Saturday afternoon was remarkable. The sounds of percussion and their rhythm were fluid and helped to paint a beautiful picture which mimicked Mr. ...

2025 Poland and the Czech Republic Tour Blog

From Milwaukee to Katowice: We Made It

by Giovanna Hughes We flew to Poland! It took my group about 19 or so hours to get to Poland (two hours driving to Chicago, four hours at ...

2025 Poland and the Czech Republic Tour Blog

Bon Voyage, Boarding, and Bonding: Our Tour Begins

by Vera Lefort In these past couple of weeks, but especially after our Bon Voyage Concert on Saturday, I felt ready to travel and focus on having fun ...

2025 Poland and the Czech Republic Tour Blog

Welcome to our 2025 Poland & the Czech Republic Tour Blog

Hello! Welcome to the blog for MYSO’s 2025 tour of Poland & the Czech Republic. Follow the orchestra on their once-in-a-lifetime journey with daily posts beginning Sunday, July ...