The Value of Being Objective
12.09.2017 I made the correct decision to stay in Piła, despite its unattractiveness. It is on a main rail line which is important as a...
Paying Respects
09.09.2017 Continuing with my diary extracts. From today, my Interrail card is valid and I’ll be using it to travel between all my planned destinations...
From Ruins To Renewal
Beata Stankiewicz’s discovery brought my father’s story back to life. She even went herself to find the grave and also the house where my grandfather...
A Nationality Conundrum
Throughout this the next blog, there are more photographs of Lviv I would like to share with you. Arriving back from Lviv, on the 19th...
Lviv: The Lion City
Lviv, as it is called today was founded by Leo the eldest son of King Daniel of Ruthenia around 1240. it was absorbed into the...
Ukraine – New Country Old Problems
So it was that in 2014, I landed in a country where a civil war was in full rage, but first I will put what...
Kresy and Galicia
So began my search for any further information about my father’s family. I knew I would have to travel to and research in Poland and...
A Flood of Information
I cannot say for certain exactly when I decided to resume the search for information about my family as it seemed to stretch out over...
And The Wall Comes Tumbling Down
In this week’s blog, I will be making reference to Pope John Paul II. This will be exclusively in relation to the political situation at...
Poland? It’s Full of Poles!
‘The Iron Curtain’, a notional wall that ran from the River Elbe in Germany to the Black Sea meant that from 1945 – 1989, there...