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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Natalia's Trip to Poland





Prepping and Travel

What to pack, what to pack...

Dropping off the monkeys at the Doggie Country Club.
At airport parking lot.
Airport Shuttle
Make sure to get bulkhead seats!
Airplane changing station
Note the red seat belt, a curious safety contraption...
Wiping daddy's face.  He was dirty.
We got minimal use from the provided bassinet.


Settling in....
Welcome to your hotel room.

Floor time with Daddy.
It's exhausting just hanging around.




Bathtime in hotel sink.
Natalia: meet kabanosy.


              


Meeting Great-Grandmother and company...




Childhood home.
Auntie Jolka.

Second cousin, Sebastian.
Aww, they came bearing gifts for Natalia!

Natalia on her throne.
With great-grandmother, on her 80th birthday.

This was my happy place during labor!

On top of my grandmother's garage.

Panienka z okienka.
That giant furball is Stiffler.
Around town... Bydgoszcz, that is....

Restaurant on an island downtown.
Downtown Square.
Iconic statue honoring fallen Poles during WWII.

Fancy new trolley... with air conditioning!
Inside fancy trolley.
Water taxi on the Brda River.
On stage at the park.
Natalka trying to get to her water from the bottom up.

Daddy had to get that church door for us.
Can you find Natalka?
By fountain statue.


Yummy ice cream cone!
Window shopping.
Train statue in park...

Train at the mall.
Ready to eat....

... at our favorite milk bar, "Kaprys".
At a restaurant.
Inside Fara, church where Natalia's great-great-grandmother was baptized!
Cooling off with some mist.
Waiting for the bus, in the shade.



















Paying our respects to some ancestors....
Grave of Natalia's great-great-grandmother, Bronislawa.
Grave of Natalia's grandfather, Edmund.
Memorial of Natalia's great-great-grandfather, Feliks.
Feliks received the Virtuti Militari award post-humously for defending Bydgoszcz at the break of WWII.
Lounging with the memorial in the background.
 Day trip to Sopot....

At the train station.

In the train.
Restaurant on the beach.  Literally, on a deck built on the sand.
Natalia's first step on beach sand.
Exploring sand.

Guess what we're looking at here!
Naptime on the beach.



Walking on the Baltic Seashore.
Daddy is so comfy.
Fun in the sun.


On the beach with Daddy.
Picnic near the beach.

Going home....

Bydgoszcz train station.

Silly daddy, that is not where babies go.
At the Warsaw airport.
Lunch at the airport before take-off.

At the gate... there's our plane!
No bassinet this time - more head room at the bulk head!
Greenland!

FINALLY, sleep.

Hope you enjoyed our Vacation Photos!