The beautiful wooden church at the skansen
Further up the road were many war memorials including abandoned airplanes and tanks. The Dukla Pass memorial is a striking one. Yesterday was the 70th anniversary and the President and Prime Minister of Slovakia were there to dedicate a new statue. They actually ate dinner in a restaurant in Bardejov that we had eaten at just a few weeks earlier.
Zyndranowa, Poland was our next stop where we visited a Rusyn museum that housed artifacts showing everyday life as well as many WWI an WWII items. One man has collected all of these things and I was pleasantly surprised to see a brand new building to house his collection and it was paid for the European Union.
Denise & Deb
We returned to Slovakia, stopped for another lovely lunch and went to Becherov where Paul's grandfather and my grandfather were born. The priest took us into the church they attended and then we spent some time in the cemetery searching for our ancestors.
Our search then began to find Paul's grandfather's childhood home. After stopping several men in the village they determined exactly which location it was and we drove to the spot.
The older house has been torn down and replaced with a newer one but we believe this is the old foundation.
Another successful day! Half of us went back to the pension to relax while the other half went out for dinner.
Tomorrow is another full day touring Presov and Kosice and we bid farewell to Matt as he leaves to return back to the US.
Until then...
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