Today started very slowly and painfully due to full and enthusiastic participation in vodka bottle passing tradition at the harvest …
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My Trip to Poland with Zen: Day 5 – August 30, 2015.
Today is Sunday so it was obviously a good day day to visit the church in Debowiec where Wojciech …
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Today was about two things primarily: (1) A return to the Debowiec Parish office to further explore my Lesniak …
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Today was much more low-key than the excitement that was an explosion of new knowledge regarding the Michnal side …
Continue readingMy Trip to Poland with Zen: Day 2 – August 27, 2015.
My sleep timing is out of sorts and I woke up at 4am. I watched the sun rise from …
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I booked the trip through PolishOrigins.com, a company that specializes in heritage-type trips for people who are exploring their Polish heritage and are researching …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 9. Slovakia.
We left Poland this morning enroute to Slovakia. Along the hilly roads we saw women in babushkas, …
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We just received and email from Phyllis who visited Poland with her daughter Alysse last year. They took with us …
Continue readingMy Borek Family 7 Discoveries. Poland Trip Story: Research and Discovery. Day 2
We met Henryka and Anna on Tuesday morning in Lubatowa to walk through the cemetery. Henryka showed us her husband’s …
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Zenon met us at the hotel about 9:00 and we laid out plans for the day. He had contacted cousins …
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