Monthly Archives: May 2010

Team Rogo travels to Lodz

Follow team Rogo as they travel to Lodz.

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Skyping with Mrs. Rogo and Sami

We were lucky to be able to skype with Mrs. Rogo and Sami for a few minutes on Wednesday. It was wonderful to see them and hear Mrs. Rogo’s voice. After our Skype call got disconnected, Team Rogo went on … Continue reading

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May 12 Salt Mines- You Can Lick the Walls and Floors!

Today Team Rogo went to the salt mines which are 10 minutes away from Krakow. It was 14 degrees Celsius and 57 degrees Fahrenheit. We traveled more than 400 feet into the earth by a very fast elevator. It dropped quickly … Continue reading

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Greetings from Sami & Mrs. Rogo

Mrs. Rogo and Sami went to the salt mines.

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May 11th Birkenau-Auschwitz Sami Meets a Holocaust Survivor

Team Rogo went to Birkenau Auschwitz Concentration Camp today. At first, Mrs. Rogo was going to let me stay at the Sheraton Hotel with a bearsitter, but Dr. Rogo said that I could travel today.  I was not allowed to … Continue reading

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Meeting New Friends in Krakow

Help! I am beary shy, and Mrs. Rogo is  talking to everyone who walks by her, and making them hold ME for a photo. I really don’t like strangers hugging  and kissing me!  They always smile and laugh  and then … Continue reading

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Hello from Krakow, Poland

Greetings from Mrs. Rogo and Sami from Krakow

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May 9th, Lublin

After lunch, I was bearly awake from a busy morning, so I went to sleep on the bus as we traveled to Lublin. This was the Polish Jeruselum because so many Jewish people lived there to study at the Yeshivas. … Continue reading

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May 9th, Gooseneck stuffed with Meat at Kasmirez-Dolny For Lunch

Team Rogo woke up very early today and headed for the number one vacation spot for Jewish families before the war.  Kasmirez-Dolny was a very pretty town way in the countryside that looked like we were near the cornmaze that … Continue reading

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Shabbat Service at Tykochin Synogogue May 8

Team Rogo had a very special Shabbat in  little town named Tykocin which at one time was 75 percent Jewish!  It was  2 hours from Warsaw and it was in the countryside. Mrs. Rogo felt the green fields looked like … Continue reading

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