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Monthly Archives: May 2019
May 29 & 30 Polish Towns and Archives
Our objective during the last few days of travel was to get to the archives in Sanok and Rzeszow, to go back to a parish office and look at records there, and to drive to several places to hunt down … Continue reading
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Mixed up and out of order – what day is it?
I admit that this isn’t the most efficient way to keep track of things and at this point, several weeks into a trip, it adds confusion more than clarity. I do know where I am. Right now, I’m writing from … Continue reading
May 27 – a breaking heart – Auschwitz
A normal, average, run of the mill pleasant spring day. An abnormal abhorrent place. In all the books I’ve read, all the movies I’ve seen, all the classes I’ve taught about the blight in human history called Shoah, nothing could … Continue reading
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Wieliczka Salt Mine – May 26
Today, like yesterday started out clear and remained so for the entire day! Two days without rain. Limited sunshine, but no rain. After so many consecutive rainy days, I had about begun to doubt that we would see sun again. … Continue reading
Return to Krakow – May 24 & 25
Friday was a restful day, well probably not for Marek who was driving and trying to listen to the very strange directions from the GPS – somehow most right turns were “bear right.” Unfortunately “bear right” also meant just that … Continue reading
Retracing our footsteps – Jawornik Polski and Rzeszow: May 23
I keep mentioning the rain – somehow we haven’t been able to get ahead of it and the news on TV is filled with reports of flooding. We’ve been fortunate to only get caught in downpours, not stuck in flooding. … Continue reading
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And then there is Przemyśl – May 21-22
Last year on a very rainy day we stopped for a few hours in Przemyśl – this was during that madcap 22 day research trip. By the time we got to Przemyśl we were all exhausted and hungry and we … Continue reading
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Jawornik Polski – travels in the Polish countryside May 20
We started on our travels from Krakow in the sun. Thankfully it wasn’t too hot in the car although I did quickly learn to regulate the a/c and fan. The navigation system confounded us so we used our own GPS … Continue reading
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Sunday – last day in Kraków
The morning began with (for me) a very unusual Sunday morning activity. We went to Mass at the Cathedral. Of course, I couldn’t follow a thing. We’re in Poland, and the Mass was in Polish. The Cathedral is very ornate … Continue reading
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Saturday 18 May – Krakow
Today, Saturday, was short and perfect! As planned, Marek and I met up around time to go to the airport to pick up J. As planned, we arrived at the airport early. OK, so no one gets to an airport … Continue reading
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