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Spring has sprung in and out Krakow

posted on : May 15, 2018 posted by : admin 1 Comment

The mimes are out in the Main Square.   The ermines are out.   Outdoor seating is in.   Resto bars open their windows out.   Flowers are out around door frames.   Multi-generational families are out on a Sunday afternoon.   Contemplation with a pipe is in. &nbsp…

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The Jewish Quarter

posted on : March 12, 2018 0 Comment
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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…

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68 Empty Chairs

posted on : March 7, 2018 0 Comment

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…

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They’re back!

posted on : February 28, 2018 0 Comment

They have no brains, no blood, are microscopic, and are made up of over 99% water and they sting. What are they? Sea lice.  They are tiny little jellyfish or stinger larvae that have the same stinging cells (nematocysts) as an adult jellyfish/stinger. They usually only sting when caught…

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Baby It’s Cold Outside

posted on : February 27, 2018 0 Comment

One degree and it’s 3:30pm….brrrr!  We’re going out to a Taco Tuesday tonight at a Mexican restaurant.  Tacos in Poland…hmmm  Waiting for the tram and then walking to the restaurant….brrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! This is a view from our window, with and…

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Everything is Close in Europe

posted on : February 27, 2018 0 Comment

We braved the cold (11 degrees) on Sunday and went to breakfast, the Main Market Square, Church of St. Mary, and a small city museum. Today we heard English accents every where on the Main Square.  There were British pubs on one side of the square featuring English breakfasts and…

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Atmosphere is Everything

posted on : February 22, 2018 0 Comment

I’m feeling very cosmopolitan. Sitting here sipping Jasmine green tea, listening to French café music on Pandora (Should I find a Polish café channel?), surveying the sleek apartment and taking tantalizing bites of an onion tart from the corner coffee shop. It has been overcast and bitterly cold every…

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Sleek and Modern

posted on : February 19, 2018 0 Comment

Twenty four hours of travel and, yet, we step surprisingly lively off the plane at John Paul II International Airport.  Feeling like royalty we are met by our driver with a sign as we exit the baggage area that says in my fantasies:  Sir Alan and Duchess Christine, actually, it…

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