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Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:18 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:18 am

Today we published two last parts of Carol's blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014
Thank you Carol for sharing youe story and for your precious comments below each post!

Read the two last entries:
Part 12: Adam and Halina: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/07/04/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-12-adam-and-halina/
Part 13: Back home: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/07/04/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-13-back-home/

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:15 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:15 am

"In the afternoon we went to meet my cousin Anna Krok, her son Artur and her mother Danuta. I found Anna on the PolishOrigins website when I looked under the Mastyj name!"

Read the whole story by Carol on her blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 11: Meeting with Anna Krok
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/07/03/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-11-meeting-with-anna-krok/

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:44 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:44 am

"Was picked up by Zenon promptly at 9am. We drove off toward Podgrodzie. The town is on a hillside overlooking the Carpathian foothills. What a beautiful part of Poland. We then drove on to Debica, stopped in the church St. Jadwiga to take pictures..."

Visit our blog, to read the whole story by Carol: Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 10: Podgrodzie and Sieklówka.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/07/02/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-10-podgrodzie-and-sieklowka/#more-3713

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:17 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:17 am

"We went to Auschwitz and Birkenau, this is a UNESCO world heritage site. We saw the same teens from Israel that had walked there from Krakow that we saw at the hotel in Warsaw. Very touching to see them honor their fallen ancestors. They are all wearing the Israel flag around their shoulders..."

Read Carol's impressions from her stay in Kraków on her blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/07/01/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-9-krakow-and-more/#more-3711

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:12 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:12 am

"Woke up to partly cloudy skies. Lovely view of the ski resort out our hotel room window. We ate a nice breakfast at the hotel, checked out, and took the 2 hour bus tour of Zakopane..."

Read the whole story by Carol on her blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 8: Polish mountains.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/30/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-8-polish-mountains/

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:28 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:28 am

"On the bus to Czestochowa , we left at 7:30am, it is raining. We made it to Czestochowa by 11am. We took a tour with a monk, his name was Padre Simon..."

Read the whole story by Carol on her blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 7: Częstochowa.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/27/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-8-czestochowa/#more-3707

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:24 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:24 am

"Magda drove us back to Warsaw(...) Our Tour of the Royal Castle in Warsaw is tomorrow. Once again King Poniatowski, my distant relation..."

Read the whole story by Carol on her blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 6: Back in Warsaw.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/26/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-6-back-in-warsaw/

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:38 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:38 am

"Since our research was done, we went to a Skansen (...) What were most interesting was the authentic dirt floor homes, which my great-grandparents lived in. My grandmother, Halina Buszek, used to tell the story of how her mother Stanislawa Langiewicz lived in a dirt floor home and how she hated that. Seeing it brought that story alive to me..."

Read the whole story by Carol on her blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 5.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/25/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-5-skansen-and-meeting-with-family/

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:15 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:15 am

"Had another great day researching with Magda Smolka. We started the day with a delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs and an assortment of cheese, breads and fruit. Then it was on to Ciechanow and Mlawa to search in the archives..."

Read the whole story by Carol on our blog:
"Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 4: Ciechanów and Mława."
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/24/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-4-ciechanow-and-mlawa/

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:05 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:05 am

"So we headed for Ciemniewko in Magda’s car. On the way we saw my first stork walking in the field! What a thrill!!! We went on to see many storks that day, many in their nests. Seeing the storks of Poland is on my bucket list..."

Read the third part of Carol's blog: Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 3: Sońsk and Ciemniewko.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/23/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-3-sonsk-and-ciemniewko/

Re: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:43 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:43 am

"Woke up to a beautiful day in Warsaw with 73 F weather! The entire city is in springtime with flowers in bloom everywhere. Last week it was snowing at home and I lost all my spring flowers to a hard frost..."

Read more about Carol's impressions from Warsaw (and see her great pictures)

Wanderlust: Polska 2014. Part 2: Warsaw
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/20/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-2-warsaw/

"Wanderlust: Polska 2014" blog by Carol

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:46 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:46 am

Today we start publishing new story by Carol: "Wanderlust: Polska 2014" .
Read and see how her Genealogy Tour in April and May 2014 begun:

"And so it begins, our trip to Poland. Chilly here in Cleveland, but the sun is shining. We are staying at the Hampton Inn Airport because they offer free parking during our trip and a free shuttle to the airport. After doing research on my Polish roots for 25+ years, I am finally going to visit the ancestral homeland".

http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/06/18/wanderlust-polska-2014-part-1-travel-to-poland/