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The American Patient and the Polish Doctor

It’s best for everyone concerned if you avoid getting sick while you travel.  If you think like I do that it’s bad to have to go to the doctor in your home country, it can be infinitely worse having to … Continue reading

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Poland: Then and now

Communist Poland, 1984. The old bus was crowded as it lumbered along the pot-holed road between towns on the way to the mountains. We stood in front next to the driver. The seats were filled with old babkas from nearby … Continue reading

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A Solemn Visit to Auschwitz, then Eating in Pszczyna?

After a traditional Polish breakfast we drove about 20 kilometers to the east to the town of Oscesim, called Auschwitz during the war.  We visited the first, and smaller, of the two concentrations camps there.  It was very interesting to … Continue reading

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