Category Archives: Travel

Sunday 10-4-09 Zakopane to Slovakia for a swim Hank Guzevich is a great trumpet player. He is the leader of a fun polka band – Polka Family Band. The band plays all over the country. He is also an accomplished … Continue reading →

10-3-09 SaturdayOn Saturday we left Wrocraw and headed toward Zakapane. We stopped on the way at Wadowice at the home that Pope John Paul II was born. Right before he was born his mother asked to open the windows so … Continue reading →

10-2-09 Wroclaw (Vrosswaf) Friday 10-2-09 we visited one painting in a large round building in Wroclaw (pronounced Vrosswaf). At first we thought it odd to worry about getting tickets a head of time and to be sure to have everyone … Continue reading →

Wroclaw Poland 10-2-09 Friday Wroclaw pronounced VrotswafThe bus trip from the palace where we slept to Wroclaw was tedious through crowded two lane highways. Our guide, Eva, had a lot to say about the collective farms that were run under … Continue reading →

On the road to Czestochowa to see the Black Madonna at the St Stanislaw Kostka Church, Hank Guzevich and John Gora entered us on the bus with trumpet and harmonica. It got even better when John changed to his instrument … Continue reading →

9-29-09 Warsaw PolandWe had the most delightful time walking through Lazienki Park in Warsaw Poland. There were lakes with ducks cutting their path through the quiet water that meandered under the curve arched roadway bridges. The chestnut trees provided a … Continue reading →

Stan and I went to Poland for two weeks to cities, some of which I can’t pronounce; Warsaw, Czestochowa, Wroclaw, Zabkowice Slaskie, Bardo, Wadowice, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Zakopane, Slovakia, Sromowce Wyzne and Krakow. It will take us 9 hours on LOT … Continue reading →