at the beginning of the month i got to go to poland on a trip with the church. it wasn't my first trip there, but my trips prior had either been because i hiked over the border, or to go to a water park :)
the majority of the party from the church were much older. Anca (one girl from Bible study) and i clung together and enjoyed sightseeing around poland. for Anca, it was her first time to experience a different culture - different shops, different churches, different people, different languages; although polish and czech languages are similar, Poles and Czechs can't always understand each other.
so, here are a few shots from the trip :)
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| too much time sitting on the bus makes one do crazy things! |
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| my favorite place on earth - Malenovice. arrived just in time to see the sunset! this is still in Czech and close to the Polish border. We spend one night here as a half-way point. |
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| with my little friend, Abi. she spent the night in Malenovice |
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| leaving Malenovice. yes, i was that person who took pictures from the bus window. |
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| we stopped at this church on the way |
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| Taby, our new pastor, and Anca enjoying the nice sun |
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| this was part of the church, and they have a school that meets here. there's a tree growing up in the middle of the staircase! |
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| church roof |
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| from the inside - the chandelier |
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| double chin beauty |
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| a view from the balcony |
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| Taby where the preacher should be :) |
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| the church had about 3 floors that we didn't expect. Anca took this of the ceiling on the top floor which doubled as a museum |
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| Anci :) |
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| we stayed at a missions "campground" in Poland. it was along a river... they even have a man-made beach! this place is called Proem |
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| Anca re-creating Narnia :) |
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| a fishtank in Proem |
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| a day trip to Warsaw and a stop at the Holocaust museum |
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| cutest cafe ever. unfortunately situated in the Holocaust museum |
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| an old bike with sidecar. i want this |
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| also at the museum |
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| next stop...another museum. |
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| from the bathroom |
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| crazy interior! |
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| each piece of glass around the exterior had letters... |
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| whirlwind tour or Warsaw's old town |
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| teaching Anci how to be a tourist |
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| from the top |
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| we got a bird's eye view of Warsaw |
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| and we got to enjoy ice cream |
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| Proem has miniature ponies walking around the place. this one was literally outside our door in the morning. |
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| scaring Anci by jumping on the bridge |
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| and of course a barbecue |
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| from the main building of Proem |
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| lots of singing that night. |
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| Maui & Eva, who started Proem ministries, with Petr & Dana. they're long, long-time friends! |
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| a very cold morning goodbye! |
