Why Returning to Our Roots is so Meaningful

Why is it so meaningful to return to your roots? To where your ancestors are from? To visit places you only know from stories and pictures?

I’ve asked myself that every time I traveled to my grandparents’ hometown, Liberec, in the Czech Republic. Standing in front of the villa they used to own feels like I’m visiting an old friend; sitting in the ornate Viennese-style café they used to frequent makes my heart soar. In Liberec, I am not only able to see and touch the past, I can be inside of...