At the end of the ceremony

July 7th 2016
I will write about our first 2 days in Poland at another time but I want to share about today because today we were in Sosnowiec. It is a city I've heard about many times over the years. My father's family moved here in 1935 and the other day we were on the street where they lived, but today we were at the spot where their lives changed forever. On August 12th 1943, the Germans rounded up all the ... read more

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Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more

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I love to travel and to read other people's blogs of their trips and I've discovered that I enjoy writing about my travels. It helps me to remember what I've seen and done, as much as I enjoy sharing my travels with others. I've traveled internationally to India, Costa Rica, Iceland, Germany, Poland, Israel, London, Rhodes, South Africa, Amsterdam, Brussels, Italy, India, Peru, Spain and Portugal. (oh, and I spent a day in Zurich waiting for a flight!) In the US I've been up and down the East Coast and California, and places in Washington, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Illinois, New... full info

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