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28 February 1980

Another duck

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After our daily classes at SGPiS we drive again to the Stare Miasto for lunch and try a new small and unremarkable restaurant. We try and or...
27 February 1980

Chinese restaurant

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After an uneventful day we decide to try the Shanghai restaurant, on the Marszalkowska. We try to order sevaral meat dishes but after repe...
26 February 1980

No amatriciana today

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Full day at school and homework then out again for dinner at Ewa's. I had planned to cook my famed " Amatriciana ", which ...
24 February 1980

Duck and wine

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Easy Sunday. We get up late and drive to the Stare Miasto in search for food. After some walking around we run into a pleasant small resta...
23 February 1980

Gasoline and the Russians

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A Polish friend takes us to a gas station in town where he knows the owner and makes an introduction so we can now buy gasoline at the ...
22 February 1980

Exploring Warsaw stores

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We spend the morning with Bogdan to set up the course schedule and sort out many small issues related to our stay here over the next several...
21 February 1980

Getting acquainted with Warsaw

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Morning with Bogdan Radomski, who takes us around SGPiS and explains how everything works. He then takes us for a walk in the Marshalkowska,...
20 February 1980

Finally in Poland

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We cross into Poland just after midnight and it is early on 20 February when we check into the first nondescript hotel we find on our way. I...
19 February 1980

Arrested in a Warsaw Pact military base. (This is not a joke.)

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What happened on this day deserves special attention as it was one of the defining days of my life. It was not funny when it happened, thoug...
18 February 1980

Handling bureaucracy for a new passport

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I am in front of the Italian consulate's door at 8:30 before it opens its doors for the week. It's an endless series of phone calls ...
17 February 1980

Gloom in Vienna

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A gloomy Sunday. The sky is gray just like my mood. Most everything is closed down, not much to do except trying to cheer myself up for the ...
16 February 1980

Drama in Vienna

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A day that started well with a tour of the Schoenbrunn palace turned into one of the worst nightmares of my life. After the tour, we went ...
15 February 1980

Drive from Salzburg to Vienna

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We leave Salzburg at 10:00am for an uneventful drive to Vienna. In the evening we get tickets to watch The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino...
14 February 1980

Salzburg, Austria, remembering Mozart

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Breakfast at 9:00am, followed by a quiet walk in the downtown area. We visit first the cathedral , where Mozart was baptized, then the Franz...
13 February 1980

From Venice to Salzburg under the Alps

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Crossing the Alps We leave Venice at 9:45am and take the Autostrada to Vittorio Veneto, then a regional road to Cortina and the Austrian...