After the hearing, Susan and I went to Oswiecim (Auschwitz) - the WWII concentration camp which is actually near-by. I won't go into that, as it was very emotionally traumatic and not appropriate for this forum. You can view this site for more info:
http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/new/index.php?language=EN&tryb=start&id=675&menu=g
To cheer us up, we stopped at a local inn for lunch:
For lunch we had peasant food consisting of "Zurek" - soup made from fermented rye with sausage and hard boiled egg and various spices. For the main course Susan had meat pierogi sauted with onions and bacon, and Magda had bigos, a hardy cabbage and sausage stew with tomatoe sauce and other various spices (Hunter's stew?).
From there we drove to Magda's cousin's house. We drove through the Polish farm lands, through small hamlets, smelling the freshly spread manure. We finally got there after a couple of hours of treacherous driving on tiny country roads.
Our trip back from cousin Marek's place was far more exciting, the family circus of going back and forth in the night... through the way, way, way backroads, through the dark villages, making u-turns trying not to get stuck in the mud and finally realizing we are much closer to Magda's home town than we thought. Susan would like to learn Polish at least to be able to read the town names on the map... She was a great navigator!
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MMmmm...thanks for the food descriptions. I think I'll try the same menu for dinner tonight and think of you. How lucky you are Susan, to visit households while Poland. When most of us visit foreign countries, usually we can only see it from a tourists perspective. To visit a home and see how people live is very special. I'm so happy you both are enjoying this trip together!
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