Emigration

For those that never got the photos yesterday I apologise. Last nights apartment didn’t have wifiI dropped in to an architect’s office this morning to see some models of hotels under construction in this city. This model of the central part of the city was of great help in finding tonight’s apartment . last night we stayed next to that orange churchWe changed apartments because of the poor wifi at last nights one and this one was more central. The owner let us in early so we could spend time at the museum of Emigration without our gear.Emigration Museum, formally the passenger terminal on French PierWhat an amazing place. After a bit of help from staff with the computer we wondered off though the history of Polish emigration going Back hundreds of years . It was laid out like a maze from early Middle Ages up to 1989 when Poland finally became a free nation againI’ve read James Michener’s ‘Poland ‘ I recommend it, and this reinforced his story. Has there ever been such a persecuted nation. Unfortunately it didn’t have any details of Emigration to New Zealand but we did find out that it was Hamburg that Christines ancestors left from. One of the hôtels that were in that architect’s offices. We use steel framing and tilt slab concrete in NZ and Australia ,but all the buildings here are boxed and poured concrete in situé and then the modern facade is added. This photo shows it clearlyA final twist to the day.! We went into the first Thai restaurant we had seen in Poland and sat down next to a pair of Kiwis visiting family here in Gdynia. What do they say about 2 degrees of separation? Their names are Mariusz and daughter Elizabeth and they have relatives in Hawera ,(where we originate from,)and whom we know well. It was good to speak to a kiwi again.