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Diary of a solo traveler wandering around Europe

Like my paternal great grandmother, my maternal grandfather, at the age of 12 or 13, with his parents and six or seven siblings embarked on a journey from Priluki in the Ukraine to Liverpool in the United Kingdom. I asked ChatGPT about this journey and here's what I got: Traveling from Priluki to Liverpool at the beginning of the 20th century would have been a long and complex journey, likely taken by people emigrating due to war, pogroms, poverty or persecution.

The rain continues in full force when suddenly the app, in a pleasant Australian accent, informs me that the M25 motorway—that is, London’s orbital road—has been closed due to maintenance work. “What?” I cry out to the calm Australian, while the wipers fling back and forth with all their might and no one can hear me. The app also reports that diesel engines are forbidden in the capital city, and that anyone who dares to drive through it will be heavily fined.