Today was an extremely special day.Easter by tradition has always been a moveable feast, but its moveability has rarely been decided by members of the general public. There are patriarchs of the various branches of Christianity involved, and governments too. But this did not interest us this year. Officially Easter Sunday was a couple of […]Read Post ›
My grandmother, Janina Wysoka, nee Kirschinger, in 1917 just before she got married. She was born in 1896 and died in 1978 just before I got married. Born in Bratislava; brought up in Vienna. Spen… Source: Babcia Janina
My grandmother, Janina Wysoka, nee Kirschinger, in 1917 just before she got married. She was born in 1896 and died in 1978 just before I got married. Born in Bratislava; brought up in Vienna. Spent twenty years in Lwow, then Siberia and the long journey to freedom through Iran, Palestine and finally England in 1947. […]Read Post ›
This book was published very soon after the war. My father Jan Wysoki gave it to me to read when I was an adult because he said it gave the truest account in English of his own experiences. I am going to buy another copy now because I tore bits out of this one when […]Read Post ›
Yesterday I was in total crisis. I am on holiday from school and although I have a lot to do I thought I could spend a happy hour looking at our photos from our incredible trip to Uganda and Tanzania 3 years ago. (More about that some other time). For the last three years I […]Read Post ›
Life Through Basia's Eyes 