We flew in from Cracow this afternoon.  Rich is still having trouble with his back, but he is determined not to waste our last day in Germany.  I looked through the recommendations and find things in the Alte Frankfurt that I would like to see.  There appear to be a lot of restaurants there also.  […]

That day finally came.  We had breakfast one last time in Zakopane and then packed up to return to Krakow.  I’m not ready to return to normal life yet.  Vacation has been exciting and wonderful.  I’ve seen so much. We could see the front of the hotel from our windows.  So we sat in the […]

Sunday.  It’s our last full day in Zakopane.  The sun shines in the windows very bright.  It should be a great day to go out and enjoy the area.  We just haven’t decided what we want to do yet.  After breakfast, we sat down with the maps and Marcin’s recommendation for the overhead tram to […]

I opened my eyes this morning and concentrated on the ceiling.  What room was I in?  I didn’t recognize the one above.  I turned over and there was Rich still sleeping.  That was better.  At least we were in the same place. Then I remembered we were in Zakopane.  This was the beginning of the […]

I woke up to the sound of things being rattled.  Rich was already up and showered.  Somehow, I had slept through him getting up and taking his shower.  I must have been tired last night.  I drug myself out of bed and starting getting things together while he finished up in the bathroom.  Today, we […]

Our trip has finally come to the day I had planned around for many months.  We were meeting our driver and going outside of Krakow to Rudy Rysie.  Josef Zurek had left his home and village of Rudy Rysie in probably late 1912 or early 1913 to make the journey to America. The family stories […]

The first of our tours begins today.  I had made arrangements with a car service for transportation to the different locations I expected to go while in the Cracow area.  One of these was to join an English speaking tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mines just outside of Cracow. This is one of those tourist […]

It was a big day today.  I could hardly sleep last night.  We were being picked up at 8:30 and taken to the Motorola Krakow office.  Since I was going to be in town, I really wanted to stop in the office and try to meet some people that I’ve been working with for a […]

We woke up in Krakow this morning.  Wait, everything I see pretty much says Cracow. We got up with sunshine and headed upstairs to breakfast.  The breakfast was big, bright, and radiant with sunshine.  It also contained some pretty darn tasty looking food.  We went around the buffet and picked up the things that looked […]

Our last morning in Germany came without event.  We woke up to bright sunshine.  This was a sad day for us.  We had enjoyed our time in Germany so much.  As I knew would happen, I wouldn’t want to leave. We went down for breakfast and then let them know we would be leaving soon […]