Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Szymbark, Poland
One p-day we visited a "heritage park" in Szymbark.
They are in the Guinness book of world records for having the world's longest board.
Here we are entering a pretend bomb shelter, where they played sounds of sirens and bombing.
It was really eerie.
We were told that people feel dizzy inside this house.
I didn't believe it....
...till I walked in and had to hold on to the walls to walk around.
Water purifier
We can't drink tap water in Poland, so the church gives water purifiers to all missionaries and chapels.
Our sisters had trouble changing one of the filters, so we went to help.
Finally Clarence and Sister Free got the old filter out.
And Clarence put the new one in.
The sisters did get the old one out, but when they could not get the new one in they tried to put the old one in. When that one went in only half way, they called us. We do not know why it was so difficult to get one in. Usually the filters slip in just fine.
Seniors' outings
Some of the senior missionaries with Pres. Nielson (on the left)
Some were missing - The Moons, The Irelands and Elder Thueson
On this wall are the names of all those who died during the Warsaw Uprising.
There were no Zatylnys.
Inside the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
The rooms were too dark for picture taking.
We saw this stork's nest on the way to Chopin's birthplace.
At the Chopin's birthplace.
Here's where Chopin went to church when he lived in Warsaw.
Warsaw
Some buildings in Warsaw Old Town
There are many war monuments in Poland. I can't remember what they all are for.
Just like New York
Stalin offered the Polish people money for improvement of transportation or a building. Polish people asked for transportaion, Stalin built this building instead.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Auschwitz and Ravensbruk
When my sister and her daughter came to visit us we drove down to Auschwitz.
Entrance to Ravenbruk.
This was where the prisoners slept.
The only heater was the small the one in the front.
This was their "outhouse".
These are the ruins of the gas chambers, that they try to destroy to hide any evidence.
More ruins of gas chambers.
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