• RoadTrips for Understanding

  • By: john lynch
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RoadTrips for Understanding

By: john lynch
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  • A series of roadtrips designed to help understand the 'why' in the now. So we picked some countries with big messy interesting histories and set out on a roadtrip to seek questions to answers. First off, Northern Ireland with WW2 Poland to follow very soon. Where next, we are open to suggestions.

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  • Northern Ireland, Violence is Personal Part 2.

    Northern Ireland, Violence is Personal Part 2.
    Jan 4 2023

    Untying a troublesome knot? Two simmering cities and a rural town, murals, drink, violence, peace walls, more drink, bomb sites and violence, with native opinions and poets to boot, all in an effort to find an understanding.

    The route - Dublin, Inniskeen, Newry, Downpatrick, Belfast, Bellaghy, Derry, Omagh, Enniskillen, Mullaghmore, Sligo, Mohill, Knock. 5 days, 462 miles, 743 km's.


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    1 hr
  • Ireland, Violence is Personal, Part 1.

    Ireland, Violence is Personal, Part 1.
    Jan 5 2023

    Northern Ireland a problem fixed or a problem forgotten? We decided to take a look, and over a five day, off the tourist track, roadtrip we explore art, culture and religion, and their role in violence, gates and bombings, with many native opinions on route, all in an effort try and understand 'the now' of the relationships within Ulster and between Ulster and everyone else.

    The route - Dublin, Inniskeen, Newry, Downpatrick, Belfast, Bellaghy, Derry, Omagh, Enniskillen, Mullaghmore, Sligo, Mohill, Knock. 5 days, 462 miles, 743 km's.


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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Poland, Dont Go There Part 1.

    Poland, Dont Go There Part 1.
    May 30 2023
    Join us on an incredible 5-day road trip through Eastern Poland! From Gdansk to Warsaw, Krakow and many incredible stops in between, this journey is sure to leave you, as it has us, with unforgettable memories and bigger questions. Explore the Kaliningrad and Belarusian borders, Hitlers infamous Wolf's Lair, and the tragic Treblinka extermination camp. Hear our firsthand accounts of this journey as we podcast our impressions along the journey. Get in and experience Eastern Poland like we did!

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    1 hr and 6 mins

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