SophieSzarvas’ trip to Eastern Europe was a return coach tour, she had taken with herfather twenty years earlier. Then,a student at Berkeley, in California, that voyage had been her ‘coming of age’gift. It was intended as a means to connect with her Hungarian heritage, butthe experience also left her with long lasting mystical impressions. Now, avisiting professor of Mythology atMemorial University, in Newfoundland, she was on a quest to recapture sites andevents she had encountered earlier, to acquire new learnings about the folklore and history of this part of the world – and to address the matter thatcontinued to haunt her. Alongthe way, she would come to know some of the other travellers, perhaps all toowell, including the enigmatic John. “MaybeI’m running away, or am I running towards? All I know is that I felt compelledto undertake this journey. But memories and shadows are already getting in theway...”