Lori, you do realize "DASVIDANIYA" is Russian?  If you were confused, it's forgivable.  One time I was in Poland, dead of winter... severe jet lag... at the hotel the desk asked me in English something like "can I help you?"  Since my mind was between two continents, I answered in German!  I know some basic German, well very little German (I let my fluent wife handle all things German).  The hotel clerk immediately started taking to me in German!  I had to immediately correct her assumption.  :) Just in case you didn't know... "do widzenia" is Polish   Ted ----- Original Message ---- From: "LJSLumpy@aol.com" <LJSLumpy@aol.com> To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com; TpaGrits@tampabay.it.com Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 10:01:39 AM Subject: [POLAND] STASH THROUGH CUSTOMS Hi MY Polish Geni Debbie, It must be a thrill to be in our native land, I hope my dream of ever going  there will some day be a reality.  My Polish family is the SZCZOTKA'S in  Milowka  ul Jana Kozimierza,  woj  Bielsko - Biala, Poland,  Do you see any SZCZOTKA'S any where in their city books or telephone books?  I do know my cousins still live in the home of my Grandfather  ADAM SZCZOTKA'S brother:  JOSEF & ZOFIA Szczotka (do not  know if cousins speak English) but Josef & Zofia have both  passed away.  Must be away to a way to get your stash home,  hope your  Polish kin will find the way for you...................LOL.   Are you going to spend Mother's Day there in Poland ?  How has the  weather been there for you & did you get to make the rounds of all of your  family.  We went to a Polish Festival 2 weeks ago at Our Lady Of  Czestochowa Parish,  and the native dresses, music & polka's were a  delight with so much gaity & laughter, dancing and the sound of the Polish  language.  Too sad my parents felt it not important for us to learn the  language since they both spoke 5 languages. DASVIDANIYA, Lori ; ) in Arizona formally from Washington, PA. In a message dated 5/4/2008 5:58:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  TpaGrits@tampabay.rr.com writes: -----Original Message----- From:  poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com]  On Behalf Of Debbie Greenlee Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 4:01 AM To:  poland-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [POLAND] USA Naturalization Indexes  Updated PD, We are already trying to figure out how to get two  large bottles of wo~dka, bottle of wine and a bottle of moonshine through  customs. We can't take any of it in our carry-on as we have done in  previous years! Oh, and those bottles are way over the U.S. limit of 1/2  liter per person!  :( Thanks for the ancestry.com  update. Debbie **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food.      (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ********************************* Need to contact the list manager?  Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ