Poland 2022

Church, Museum of Folk Architecture, Sanok

Interior

Windmill, Museum of Folk Architecture

Church, Museum of Folk Architecture

Museum of Folk Architecture

Interior of a Lemko house, Museum of Folk Architecture

Mischief makers, Museum of Folk Architecture

Greek Catholic Church, Museum of Folk Architecture

Interior

Strange burger topped with mayo, picked onions, arugula, tomato, cracked pepper, and blueberry jam, Sanok

Sanok cemetery

Sweet little creek, Sanok

The Last Judgement 17th century, Sanok Museum of Icons

Pink river, Sanok Museum of Icons

Teenager left in charge of the icons, Sanok Museum of Icons

“Hey come back, really.” Saints Mark the Evangelist and Mark the Hermit 16th century, Sanok Museum of Icons

St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, the Martyr Orthodox Church in the rain, Hajnowka

Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Church, locked sadly, Hajnowka

but this girl was there to greet me

While walking towards it I ate a “hot dog”

and saw some cool old houses

and some horses

and geese

and this serene pond.

Window fix, Hajnowka

Train station that was never open

Meanwhile in the park, the Home Alone roller coaster, Hajnowka

Apartment entry, old heater, new mailboxes, Hajnowka

Modern Hoy Trinity Orthodox Church interior, Hajnowka

Exterior, Hajnowka

Ascension Day Orthodox Church, Orzeszkowo

Cemetery

Scary picture blessing the well

Oh the exhaustion of early Soviet graves, Orzeszkowo Cemetery

Ascension Day Orthodox Church, Orzeszkowo

The woods behind the church

Orzeszkowo school with butterflies

Tweens with their chips, Białystok

Hedonist, Branicki Palace, Białystok

Beautiful wood stove at The Great Synagogue, Białystok

Jewish Cemetery, Białystok

Men and a boy in the Jewish cemetery, Białystok

Jewish Memorial, Białystok

Sybir Memorial Museum, Białystok. 1.7 million Poles were shipped to Siberia when Stalin invaded in 1940. This museum commemorates that experience as well as numerous other deportations over several centuries

Sybir Memorial Museum

Interrogation room, Sybir Memorial Museum

Sybir Memorial Museum

The celestial St. Mary’s Basilica, Krakow

“Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies?” St. Mary’s Basilica

St. Mary’s Basilica

Kazimierz District, Krakow

Eszeweria Cafe, Kazimierz District, Krakow

In a town full of Ukrainian refugees, Krakow