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Often Imitated..

.. but never duplicated.  I think today I found the missing link and the explanation as to why some Eastern European women wear carrot tops on their heads, and they do it with such pride. “Words are very un-necessary” here so just click through and shake your head in disbelief.  

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Bransk – here we come

Today we are heading to Bransk, a small town of about 4000 people in the eastern part of Poland.  We are picking up some more documents and visiting family.   On 18 January 1493, Brańsk received a city charter based on Magdeburg rights from the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Alexander Jagiellon. It was the first city in Podlaskie to receive such a […]

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Bylaws are good

Lord thundering Jesus.  I never thought I would say this but I do now see the benefits of bylaws.  I say the more the better.  Edmonton is said to be the king of bylaws and everyone always complains about it.  This is what happens to a city that has little to no bylaws.  This is […]

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Plock

Our relentless pursuit of the required documents continues.  Sometimes I think it would have been easier to find a Yeti in the Himalayas than to get the right stamp on the correct piece of paper in the Bureaucratic Republic of Poland.  Undaunted we forge ahead.  Today we set out to Plock, the last place where […]

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Storming of Warsaw

There is much that can be said about navigating the Polish bureaucratic maze and perhaps even more that shouldn’t be said about the same. I have to say that while no one is particularly helpful about what we need to do, everyone is exceptionally nice and polite about it.   I feel like we are […]

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To Poland and Back

Today we are going to Warsaw!  For me it is a first trip back to Poland in 29.5 years.  For us, as a family, it is the first trip to Poland.  We are going to be staying in Loziska just outside Warsaw with Anna’s cousin Robert.  The drive itself is about 960km but we managed […]

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Pottenstein

The plan for this Saturday was to go to Pottenstein.  Pottenstein is a small village about 60km north of Nuremberg.  It is famous for its cave, its trout smokehouse and the summer sledding park as well as a beautiful castle perched on the top of the hill..  We decided to spent a relaxing day away […]

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Autobahn

A practical approach to distracted driving. We have been here for almost a week now and it seems that every time we get in the car we have to get on Autobahn. Autobahn is a precarious thing.  It seems to have a life of its own. There are speed limits and there are a lot […]

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Legoland – Deutschland

The happiest place on earth, at least right now for Boris and Evelina is Legoland.  About 197km outside Nuremberg or 1.30h drive from Nuremberg  is Legoland-Allee, Günzburg Legoland.  We got a family pass for all Legoland attractions throughout Europe for 1 year, unlimited admission for €257 including parking.  This includes all Legoland fees, free parking, London […]

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Nuremberg – Großgründlach

For the first time this week we managed to have an early dinner which was at 7:00 pm, this left us some free time to go out for  a walk around the neighbourhood.  The neighbourhood is an eclectic mixture of old homes, new houses, and historic homes that have been fully renovated but totally modernized […]

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Munich

We set off to Munich to get our passports done. It took exactly 2 min to be sent off with a litany of excuses. Wrong documents, wrong translations, wrong day, wrong time, wrong reason and with the wrong rhyme! With a whole day ahead of us we decided to explore this wonderful city and it’s […]

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A day out

After a dreadful night of insomnia we got up early to go to town. The drive itself is about 9 minutes to get to the centre and at 12:30 pm was a breeze. The plan was simple, visit Volker at his office for lunch, grab the F1 race, park the car in the garage, get […]

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Swedish for Common Sense

We now have access to a set I wheels! Freedom awaits with this new development. I never thought of Volvo as being something that comes with a manual transmission but there it is a nice S80, 6 speed manual with leather seats. Nice. We will be taking it to Munich tomorrow and see how it […]

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Going Shopping

First day in Germany.  Moving on to plan A – getting over the jet lag.  Promptly, in accordance with the said plan we got up at 3:30 local time, which is well in line with local Edmonton time.  After a quick coffee and breakfast we managed to get out of the house for a quick […]

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Nuremberg

After a short and uneventful flight we arrived in Frankfurt. Option Plus upgrade is the best money we spent on this adventure so far. After a  short and a quick drive through the rolling hills of Bavaria we arrived at home in Nuremberg. The end of the journey was celebrated with some Luxembourg goose pâté […]

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We’re ready

We are finally packed and ready to go. After months of planning we are setting off on the adventure of a lifetime. We are not there yet but we are taking bookings for visitors. See you all there!!

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