Monthly Archives: July 2010
Things We Learned and Liked-Lithuania
Things we learned: Currency: Lita (2.8 Lita=$1 USD) Places Visited: Vilnius, Klaipeda, Nida, Trakai Lithuanian trains get the reward for cleanest bathrooms ever. Trains are very organized with seats and carriages assigned. Like most of Eastern Europe, Lithuanian food is … Continue reading
Witnessing World Cup Fever
We are Americans, and like a good chunk of our countrymen we know almost nothing about world football. Deenaree and I can watch, but we very rarely do and have only fleeting knowledge of the various club systems through international … Continue reading
Things We Learned and Liked-Poland
Things we learned: Currency: Złoty(3.3 złoty=$1 USD) Places Visited: Lublin, Warsaw, Kraków, Oświęcim, Biecz, Jasło, Krosno If you notice the platform is full of people waiting to get on the train, make sure you are the first to jump on … Continue reading
Polish Food
One of the reasons we were excited to spend time in Poland was for its food, of course! We are foodies to the core and Polish food has a special place in our hearts (or stomachs) due to Ben’s ancestry. … Continue reading
Missing Links
One of our curiosities in coming to Poland was my ancestry. My great-grandparents (mother’s mother) both immigrated to Chicago from Poland met each other there and married. Sadly, much of our link to the past is now gone. My grandmother … Continue reading