Poland!

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Poland was food. Lots of good, yummy, yummy food. Plates of pickled herring, bowls of cold beet soup, blueberry and strawberry perogies, and paczki! Poland was family, Warsaw, cobblestone streets of the Old Town, magnificent city parks and playgrounds, hearing Chopin music at the Chopin Memorial at Lazienki Park, fountains, and meeting up with old friends. Dominik’s sister, Dorota and our nephew, Damitri came to meet us for the week and brought us all the things we forgot to pack. The girls loved being with familiar and well loved family members! Anne’s favorite part (aside from the food) was sneaking off to see a Frida Kahlo exhibit at Lazienki Park and a trip to the Ethnography Museum to see an exhibit of Pajaki. Dominik’s most meaningful part was sharing his Dad’s resting place with the girls for the first time.

Dominik took us back to the neighborhood where he grew up and to the paczki shop where his grandfather would take him. Here’s Kamila with an approving smile. Paczki are kind of like filled doughnuts. The traditional flavor is plum, which they were out of so we all had strawberry.
Zosia gave a thumbs up.
This is the apartment building where Dominik lived in Warsaw until he left at age 7–Zosia’s age!
At Ciocia Ania’s house after eating more yummy food.
At one of our many dinners in Warsaw’s Old Town.
The girls visiting their great grandparents’ resting place in Warsaw.
And visiting their grandfather’s resting place.
If you scroll in on the horse and buggy you’ll see two little girls, a Ciocia, and a cousin.
And on the flight back to France, somewhere over Germany, a little girl lost her first tooth!!!

2 thoughts on “Poland!”

  1. What an amazing trip! Lots of memories. Those paczki look SO GOOD. I just showed Rachel and Michael – they said it looks so yummy like a HUGE MUNCHKIN! Lol
    Woah- A toothless smile across the ocean- hope the French Tooth fairy found Zosia! So excited for her!
    Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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