Category Archives: 2011 Poland Trip

Toruń

I think my cousin Alicja purposely saved one of the best for the last. Or maybe it’s just that my last impressions of Poland are the most remembered on. But on my last full day in Poland, we visited the … Continue reading

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Kremenets Zamek Ruins

High above the town of Kremenets (Krzemieniec in Polish) there was a one time a huge fortress, a Castle. It has an amazing view of the city below, hundreds of feet below. We drove up the ruins and Wojtek and … Continue reading

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Karpaty — The Carpathian Mountains

Our morning was filled with a walk to a beautiful waterfall (that’s another post) and a visit to a brand new, world-class ski resort that is still under construction, Bukovel (also another post), but eventually we took off and winded … Continue reading

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Waterfall

I have spent the past several hours on the Internet trying to figure out the name of the spectacular waterfall we visited after we left Yaremche–and before we made it to the Bukovel Ski Resort–without success. Yet it was pretty … Continue reading

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Orthodox Funeral Procession

We were on our way from Kremenets, where Wojtek and I climbed the ruins of a fortress high above the city, to Pochaiv, a huge and lavish monastery, when what should pull out on the road ahead of us but … Continue reading

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Warszawa

Warsaw (Warszawa in Polish) is the Capital city and the largest city in Poland, with a current population of about 1.7, the ninth largest city in the European Union by population. But the most amazing thing about this marvelous city … Continue reading

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Family Photos

So here goes, lots of photos of family. I’ll try to make sense of it all here–if I can. With my notes, some help from my cousin Alicja, and a lot of luck, I can identify the people in these … Continue reading

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Yaremche and the Prut River

Yaremche (Jaremcze or Jaremcza in Polish) is a small town tucked among the Carpathian mountains in the southwest of Ukraine, amongst some very beautiful scenery. In days gone by–before World War II–it was quite a growing tourist attraction. The war … Continue reading

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Chernivtsi

OK, so when we were in Chernivtsi for about 4 hours, I took nearly 400 pictures. That’s around 2 pictures per minute. It was hard to condense them down because we saw so many wonderful things. But, alas, I have … Continue reading

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Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk has a relatively new name, but it’s a pretty old city. The city was founded in 1650 and named Stanisławów (in Polish), a name that it held until 1962 when it was changed to honor the Ukrainian poet, Ivan … Continue reading

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