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ESP - 94a - Suprasi Monastery Church

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:19:22 +0000

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Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Church. Polish Orthodox Monastery at Suprasi.

The original foundation dates from around 1500 AD, but has a very checkered history, inc suppression / demolition by the Nazis in 1944. Rebuilt after 1996.

ESP - 94a UK - kafo kaj tepauzo

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:13:59 +0000

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Coffee or Tea breaks in the free time between sessions ...
One of the areas, normally occupied by students, now hosting esperantists.

To be quite honest, those benches did not encourage you to linger, they were hard and the back was square to the seat.

ESP - 94a (etm) - Pond at Branicki Palace

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:13:07 +0000

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Peaceful seat for watching the pond in the grounds of Branicki Palace.

ESP - 94a (etm) - Branicki Palace

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:13:04 +0000

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Frontage of Branicki Palace, Bialystok.
The hedges in the fore ground are part of a "Knot Garden" - formal designs, best viewed from an elevated position, the paths were frequently used as areas for walking by guests during social events, as well as by members of the host household.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branicki_Palace,_Bia%C5%82ystok

ESP - 94a(etm) - church

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:12:25 +0000

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missed it - there's a large cathedral / church to the left !

[ I think it is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ]

ESP - 94a (Bial) - Living van

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:12:19 +0000

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I saw a lot of these in Poland. They seem to be what the British call "Living Vans" which were used traditionally by steam roller and traction engine crews during periods of peripatetic work. Travelling between work sites (farms) and staying for a week or two before moving on to the next, used as a form of mobile mess hut and combined with an overnight caravan.

ESP - 94a / oad - hundo

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:16:10 +0000

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Hundo - is esperanto for dog.
Strictly, this is a hundino, as it is a rather elderly bitch and comes from southern Poland. (2009)

ESP - 94a ( etm ) - local bus service

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:12:05 +0000

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One of the local bus services, passing the market place - plenty of passengers and the livery also caught my eye.

CAS - (RIP) - esperantist [Explored] [SC-183]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:52:30 +0000

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Taken in 2009 at Bialystok, Poland during the 94th World Esperanto Congress. (Universala Kongreso de Esperanto)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Esperanto_Congress

ESP[94a] - grapes

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:11:42 +0000

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Some very sweet and juicy grapes, bought from a little shop across the road ... with the tiny one hiding until half had been eaten.

ESP - 94a - musiko

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:11:35 +0000

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Classical concert (string octet)

ESP - 94a (etm) - Lunch is served

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:55 +0000

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That looks like time to head back to our table. My salad is getting warm ...

ESP - 94a (etm) - outside tables

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:49 +0000

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It was decided to sit outside, the weather's nice and less cigarette smoke.

ESP - 94a (etm) - old market square & town hall

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:45 +0000

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Information board showing the market square and Bialystok town hall in 1930.

WW2 and modern redevelopments have greatly changed this view.

ESP - 94a (etm) - Esperanto Cafe

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:42 +0000

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A fellow esperantist took this one of all four of us, posed by the cafe door.

AZ, CAS and SJS with Ewa and the little dog in front.

ESP - 94a (etm) - Coffee, anyone ?

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:34 +0000

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Antonina wondering if we would like a coffee and a snack, as it is lunchtime, and there is a nice cafe just over there.

ESP - 94a (etm) - Podlaskie Museum in Białystok

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:32 +0000

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Part of the Bialystok regional museum, located in the rebuilt (1958) Town Hall.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podlaskie_Museum_in_Bia%C5%82ystok

ESP - 94a (etm) - Rynek Kosciuszki

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:28 +0000

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Market Square [Rynek Kosciuszki) with Farny Church (?) on the left, in the middle distance.

ESP - 94a (etm) - street name

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:10:25 +0000

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Street name is in central Bialystok.

Spotted on one of the walkabouts.

ESP - 94a UK - Hot air balloon [2 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:09:44 +0000

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This hot air balloon attempted a flight during the late afternoon, but the conditions were not right and so it was deflated.