A second message from Dad!
“Saturday
May 3 was a wonderful day with a trip to Zakopane, a city in the mountains of
southern Poland. Lindsay will share more
on that.
Saturday
evening was very special for Lindsay and me, as we were able to meet for the
first time, a Polish cousin and his family and have dinner with them at their
beautiful home in Krakow. His name is
Zbigniew Huchla and he is the son of one of my dad’s sisters – Hania. Also there for dinner, was his wife,
daughter, son-in-law and one of his granddaughters.
He
shared with us a family tree on My Heritage.com that he has been working on,
and gave us a beautiful Szopka (a
Christmas manger scene) and a hand-carved statue of the Blessed Virgin holding
Jesus that he carved out of a Linden tree.
We were so touched! Lots of wine,
ham, soup and bigos were shared around the dinner table with much talk getting
to know each other. What a wonderful
evening! I am thankful that we were able
to connect with a part of my Dad’s family and learn more about my Polish heritage.
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