Day 342: Chopin and Dolly
07/09/08 07:11 AM
Day 342 — Chopin and Dolly
09-Jul-1972 (Sun.)
My last
day in Warsaw is filled with stuff to do. Walks,
palace grounds and park areas, concerts—Chopin, men’s
choir—and a Polish version of Hello
Dolly. Plenty
of pictures. On one hand I say Warsaw is drab, on the
other hand, it’s beautiful.
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09-Jul-1972 (Sun.)
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Day 341: Warsaw
07/08/08 07:04 AM
Day 341 — Warsaw
08-Jul-1972 (Sat.)
I arrive
in Warsawa today, alone and by myself. I spend most
of the day walking around, finally finding a room. My
comments speak to the drab architecture of the
communist era. Google Warsaw today for images—drab no
more, it ain’t.
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08-Jul-1972 (Sat.)
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Day 340: Last day with family
07/07/08 07:38 AM
Day 340 — Last day with family
07-Jul-1972 (Fri.)
I say goodbye to my family in Loczno. They were great. I leave for Warsawa.
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07-Jul-1972 (Fri.)
I say goodbye to my family in Loczno. They were great. I leave for Warsawa.
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Day 339: Town of Morag
07/06/08 07:11 AM
Day 339 — Town of Morag
06-Jul-1972 (Thur.)
Not much today, shopping in a new town—Morag. Better stores. I see my first gypsies. Read More...
06-Jul-1972 (Thur.)
Not much today, shopping in a new town—Morag. Better stores. I see my first gypsies. Read More...
Day 338: Shopping in Olystyn
07/05/08 07:20 AM
Day 338 — Shopping in Olystyn
05-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
A day of shopping in Olytsyn shows that life in communist Poland was not a consumer’s paradise. I bring my mother-in-law into the picture. Why, you may ask?
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05-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
A day of shopping in Olytsyn shows that life in communist Poland was not a consumer’s paradise. I bring my mother-in-law into the picture. Why, you may ask?
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Day 337: Where’s the sickle?
07/04/08 07:00 AM
Day 337 — Where’s the sickle?
04-Jul-1972 (Tue.)
A family
day of work in the fields of Loczno. I use a sickle
to harvest the crop. Holy, cow.
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04-Jul-1972 (Tue.)
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Day 336: Good Loczno potatoes
07/03/08 07:52 AM
Day 336 — Good Loczno potatoes
03-Jul-1972 (Mon.)
A casual
day with the family in Loczno. Some casual thoughts.
Plenty of photos.
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03-Jul-1972 (Mon.)
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Day 335: My father’s family
07/02/08 07:45 AM
Day 335 — My father’s family
02-Jul-1972 (Sun.)
Today, I’m
in Warsaw to meet my relatives from the U.S. at the
airport. I’m the international greeter, how weird. We
drive to Loczno where I meet my father’s side of the
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02-Jul-1972 (Sun.)
Day 334: Krakow, scenes of life
07/01/08 07:42 AM
Day 334 — Krakow, scenes of life
01-Jul-1972 (Sat.)
Today is
my second day in Krakow. I spend it as a normal
person and take in the sights and offer my thoughts
on life in Poland. Lots of photos today.
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01-Jul-1972 (Sat.)
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Day 333: Krakow adventures
06/30/08 07:33 AM
Day 333 — Krakow adventures
30-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
I’m in old
Krakow today, the medieval Polish city, with some
very interesting sightseeing and train station
stories. There’s some drinking involved. Photos.
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30-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
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Day 332: Tylawa, my mother’s birthplace
06/29/08 07:29 AM
Day 332 — Tylawa, my mother’s birthplace
29-Jun-1972 (Thur.)
Today is
the reason I have come to Poland. I see my mother’s
birthplace in the village of Tylawa. What an
emotional experience imagining my mother growing up
in this beautiful village. I meet a very nice girl,
Maria. An incredible day.
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29-Jun-1972 (Thur.)
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Day 331: Off to Tylawa
06/28/08 07:20 AM
Day 331 — Off to Tylawa
28-Jun-1972 (Wed.)
My
relatives from Pennsylvania come to Malomice today
but it is a short-lived visit. Uncle John is driving
me to Tylawa. Watch out for those horse-drawn wagons
on the highway.
You learn the reason I have come to Poland.
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28-Jun-1972 (Wed.)
You learn the reason I have come to Poland.
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Day 330: Farming is hard work
06/27/08 07:39 AM
Day 330 — Farming is hard work
27-Jun-1972 (Tue.)
We spend
the day working the fields. I’m almost a farmer by
now. You get to see me on a horse, as well.
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27-Jun-1972 (Tue.)
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Day 329: Village life
06/26/08 06:40 AM
Day 329 — Village life
26-Jun-1972 (Mon.)
Today, I
learn a bit about village life and tending the
garden. It ain’t easy folks. Try pumping the water by
hand, carrying it a distance, and then hand watering
a large garden. The fresh peas and strawberrys made
up for it. Lots of photos today.
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26-Jun-1972 (Mon.)
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Day 328: Arrival in Malomice
06/25/08 07:35 AM
Day 328 — Arrival in Malomice
25-Jun-1972 (Sun.)
Another
amazing day of travel in Poland. I arrive at my
relatives in the village of Malomice. I won’t mention
my skirmish with the law just yet. Photos today.
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25-Jun-1972 (Sun.)
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Day 327: Arrival in Poland—what a day
06/24/08 07:21 AM
Day 327 — Arrival in Poland—what a day
24-Jun-1972 (Sat.)
I’m in
Poland. A totally incredible day of travel with a
long post that documents parts of my journey to
Poland and my first impressions of communist Poland.
A book-learned kid suddenly wakes up to the real
world and finds that people are friendly the world
over and that soldiers carry machine guns. And that
you can sometimes travel to the wrong town in the
wrong part of the country on steam locomotives.
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24-Jun-1972 (Sat.)
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