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    <title>Where to now?</title>
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      <title>Poland: My Grandparents' Homeland</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;8 am and sitting at the gate in the San Juan airport - first leg of my trip to Poland, my first trip to Poland and first trip to Europe in almost 3 years. My grandparents Wladislaw and Josefa Brunydiski (sp?!) aka Tony &amp;amp; Josephine Smith arrived in the US by boat over 100 years ago - and now I'm going back to their homeland by jet. What would they think if they were here? What would my mother think if she were here?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2 pm the next day, I left thoughts of my grandparents behind as I climbed into the car sent to bring me to my Krakow hotel. My driver, who had been waiting patiently with a sign in his hand, directed me to the black Mercedes waiting at the curb outside.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <category>Puerto Rico</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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