I used Torun as a transfer point between Gdansk and Wroclaw. I did not want to spend all day on a train and Lonely Planet recommended Torun on its Poland itinerary. I arrived in the bus station on a rather gloomy late afternoon. I would be staying in the hostel located, incredibly, in the train station…
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Gdansk and Sopot
Arriving in Gdansk, I was terribly eager to process the data from the Jewish Historical Institute. On my rainy walk from the train station to the hostel, I took note of the beautiful architecture. I told myself that I can work on genealogy until the rain stops, then I must walk around the town. I would do the walking tour the next morning…
Read MoreCiechanow, Przasnysz, Mlawa, Glinojeck
These are Grandpa’s towns. They are in the Masovia województwo. I spent a long weekend with Pawel and his wife Kasia touring around the region. Pawel and I had may chats in 2010-2011. He contacted me on JewishGen in 2010 where I uploaded my family tree back in 2004. The story is fascinating…
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First picture in Warsaw.
Warsaw
I had such confusing feelings about arriving in Warsaw. As with every new destination I’ve landed in, I felt a level of excitement. Grandpa visited Poland in 1999. He is the only person in my family to have visited his hometown since the beginning of World War II. Knowing I would be visiting these towns as well, I felt nervous. My grandparents fled Poland to survive. They left everything behind…
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