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Category Archives: My Polish Family
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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Cymbały
Perhaps it’s called a Cymbala, perhaps it’s a Cymbała, and perhaps in Ukrainian it is a Cимвала, or maybe (most likely), it’s called a Cymbaly. I am not really sure. But I’ll call it a “Tsymbaly” or “Cymbały” in Polish. … Continue reading
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Day 20 – Ciechocinek, Toruń and more
Having had a fair share of vodka last night (and dancing and eating), you’d have thought I would sleep in today, but I did not. It was a beautiful morning out with the sun shining in the window. I got … Continue reading
Day 13 – Fashchivka and more
We began to day in Fashchivka, having had a good night’s sleep. I slept in what I think is an older living room, on a sofa that turns into a bed. It was quite comfortable with fresh sheets and a … Continue reading
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Day 12 – Living in the Past
Day 12 began innocently enough, with breakfast at our hotel. We had to wait a while for our breakfast and during that wait we commented on the hotel and its “staff.” No one ever seems to be smiling. It seems … Continue reading
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Day 4
Day four of my adventure Poland started like so many other of the days….with breakfast, called śniadanie. And once again, it was very good. This morning I had some bigos two ways, one just baked, and one fried. Both are … Continue reading
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Day 3
Where to begin? Well, I may as well start at the beginning. As you may surmise, my day started out with breakfast, sniadanie…. But nothing simple, a wonderful vegetable salad containing leeks, cork, onions, celery, leeks, mayo, and other secret … Continue reading
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Day 2
I guess I may as well start at the beginning. I got up early, before my alarm. I imagine my system was a bit “off” from the previous long day and the time shift. But eventually I made it out … Continue reading
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Day 1 — The Adventure Begins
My “day” started on Sunday when I left home in Orlando about 7:45 AM, headed for the airport. The travel part of my day ended about 1:00 on Monday when I was met at the Gdansk airport by my family … Continue reading
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It was less than two years ago….
…. September 9th, 2009, that the steps to my 2011 trip to Poland began, and that was with a short, seemingly innocuous, email message from someone I had never heard of. I received a short email from “Alice Grabowski” and … Continue reading
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