We’ve been in Poland for three weeks when we ventured to Zakopane in the mountains of Poland for a three day weekend March 9-11. We checked into Tatra Chalet and asked for recommendations for dinner. One of the restaurants they suggested was Javorina a fifteen minute walk…
Zakopane, in southern Poland, is near the border with Slovakia. It is built in a valley between the foothills of the Tatra Mountains and Mount Gubalowka. It is a quaint town with an alpine character. The architecture of this region is quite unique. Houses are all constructed from wood without…
Krakow’s fabled Oskar Schindler’s Factory of Enameled Vessel has been turned into a modern museum devoted to the wartime experiences in Krakow under the five-year Nazi occupation during World War II from 1939 to 1945. It highlights prewar Krakow, the Jewish ghetto, the sorrows and terrors…
This review is written for my fellow bibliophiles “The Bookbabes” to add to their discussion tonight in Albuquerque of Bread Givers. There is something incredibly moving about sitting in Poland in my “artist loft” writing while gazing over the view of Old and New World architecture…
Top five reasons to travel to Zakopane first class by train. The train station is 10 minutes from our apartment in Krakow. They make it easy to buy a ticket, find your platform, find your car, and find your seat. We had a six seat “booth” all to…
The last selection of Krakow Jews took place in Zgody Square during the liquidation of the Ghetto on 14 March 1943. Hundreds of older people and children were murdered and hundreds of women, men, and older children were sent to Auschwitz. On 30 July 1948, by a special resolution of…
In the heart of the Jewish Quarter is Hamsa an Israeli restaurant serving up aromatic and flavorful dishes. It was suggested by the wife of a Polish colleague of Alan. It had all the foods Alan came to love after spending six months in Israel–including Bedouin coffee and…
