Flashback Friday!

TGIF! Friday is the best, not least because it's time to enter the wayback machine and go back to some good old days. Just to be clear, the good old days are always being made. Right now will eventually be "the good old days" too, when some time has passed. :)


















The Sausage Cart.

This is the first picture that came up, and it's an interesting one. It's of a cart of meats and MOONSHINE that was brought by the parents of the bride at the wedding Raph and I attended in Warsaw, Poland. The wedding was in October, 2006. It was such an awesome trip. This is one of those flashbacks that needs more than one photo to describe. BTW, yes, we tried the moonshine, and YES it could light a fire without a match and put hair on your chest! Whooo!

The Sightseeing.

After (recovering from) the wedding, we spent some time in Warsaw seeing the sights. Eastern Europe is extraordinary, where the impact of WWII was so intense. So much was destroyed during the war, and the people who live there still talk in terms of "before" and "after" the war. It's absolutely beautiful, though. I would love to go back.

The Train to Wroclaw.

Raph, his parents, and I took a train to Wroclaw, which is the town his family is from. At the time, his grandfather still lived there, and we stayed with him for the rest of our trip. I loved traveling on the train! The ride was about 5 hours long. We thought we were getting a Haryy Potter-like compartment for the 4 of us, but we ended up having to walk through several cars, towing our luggage, before we found the car we were supposed to be in. It was super early in the morning, and people actually use these trains to commute from Warsaw to work. The first thing we did was go to the food car and grab some breakfast, and then we spent the rest of the time sitting watching the pastoral scenery. It was a lovely experience.
















The Rynek (Market Square).

This is where people used to meet back in the day. There are stores, cafes, restaurants, bars, you name it. Very quaint. Wroclaw is a university town, so there are lots of young people there, and it was bustling with activity.

The Family.

At Raph's grandfather's apartment in Wroclaw. I love this picture. Rest in peace, dziadzia.