Amen brothers and sisters! Dave On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 04:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Robert Jerin <[email protected]> writes: > Joy, > > You're welcome! But that is what these forums are about... sharing. > If it were not for my new Croatian friends I would never have known > this, having Croatian born people such as Tatjana help on these > forums is a real blessing. Some folks go through life thinking > celebrating their Croatian (and other Central and East European) > heritage is eating "kielbasy", listening to the Pennsylvania polka > and consuming lots of beer! They think all those folks are the > same, folk dress, food, music, etc.! So if they are interested we > can help them learn. > > Robert > > Joy Durrett <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, > > > That is what I like about this group. I learn so much about my > ancestors and > the culture and history. I would not know it if Robert did not take > the time > and others here to explain it and give us links to go and check > things out > for ourselves. Thanks Robert for teaching us a little history lesson > along > the way. > > Joy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William F Kane" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Mlinci > > > > Robert, > > I loved your story of the restaurant in Twin Cities. My daughter > in law > > is Vietnamese. They have a dedication to learning. When the family > came > > here as refugees her father could not find work so the mother > worked in > > an electronics factory while he stayed home and saw that the > family all > > got a good education checking homework, talking to teachers, > volunteering > > at school, etc. A few years later the family started a restaurant > that > > became very successful. My daughter in law got her MA in > electrical > > engineering before she was twenty. My grandson is now taking > college > > level courses for credit in high school. > > I don't know how my mother in laws soup came out Zaftig Juan in my > e-mail > > it was supposed to be Zafrigana Juha. I think it was my spell > check that > > did it. Sorry. > > As a professional geographer I have promised myself to stay out of > the > > Balkan argument. But I must say you are all right. The Balkans > have no > > definite boundaries and anyone writing about the area seems to > just > > decide on their own what areas to write about. Just say it is an > > indefinite area in Southeastern Europe. All I can say is that > Grandma > > Santek (with a mark over the S) almost went into mourning when one > of her > > daughters married a Serb. She still did not talk kindly of him up > to the > > time of her death. Nothing against the Serbs but I must say this > was not > > a good man as he turned out to be a wife abuser. Of course grandma > blamed > > it on his being a Serb. > > We are getting away from genealogy but history and geography and > culture > > are all part of learning about our past. > > Bill Kane > > > > > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out > about a wonderful tour of Croatia! > > http://www.kollander-travel.com/ > > >