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Lodz a City Transformed from Drab to Fab since WW II

posted on : April 9, 2018 posted by : admin 1 Comment

Lodz knows the transformative power of a lick of paint and a little imagination. A textile manufacturing hub in the 19th century, the Polish city fell into a period of post-WW2 decline known as “Grey Lodz”. But rather than shuffling off in a moth-eaten shawl, it has spent…

Books,Novels

The Year of Magical Thinking

posted on : April 9, 2018 2 Comments

Bookbabes, I will truly miss the thoughtful discussion of this book. High school in the 60’s for me was living in Japan on an Army base. The base was the last stop on an hour bus ride and five stops from the base where I went to high…

Crete,Greece,Travel

Hospitality Abounds on the Island of Crete

posted on : April 4, 2018 2 Comments

It’s been almost half a century since I graduated from high school (Why does that sound so much longer than 50 years?) and when I get together with high school friends it still seems like we have the same camaraderie as we did at our high school in…

Italy

Venice

posted on : March 22, 2018 2 Comments

Food,Poland,Zakopane Eats and Drinks

Javorina The Quintessential Restaurant in Zakopane

posted on : March 17, 2018 0 Comment

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…

Poland,Travel,Zakopane

The Winter Capital of Poland Zakopane

posted on : March 16, 2018 0 Comment

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,Poland,Travel

The Jewish Quarter

posted on : March 12, 2018 0 Comment

Krakow,Poland,Travel

Powerful, Potent, and Poignant Schindler’s Factory

posted on : March 12, 2018 0 Comment

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…

Books,Novels

Bread Givers Review “On the One Hand…But On the Other Hand”

posted on : March 10, 2018 0 Comment

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…

Poland,Travel,Zakopane

Traveling By Train to Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains

posted on : March 9, 2018 0 Comment

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…

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