Saturday took us to the Dukla Pass, between the borders of Slovakia and Poland where a bloody battle was fought during WW II. There is a touching monument of a mother hugging her son as she sends him off to war. Many fallen soldiers are buried there as well as a few hundred unknown soldiers in mass graves.

From Dukla we headed once again to Poland to Zyndranowa where Fedor Gocz has a museum of Lemko culture. We walked the grounds, toured the antique buildings and Mr. Gocz shared some special liquor from Ukraine with us. No one knew what it was but it sure tasted good! Greg and Jeanette departed for other areas of Poland to search for relatives with the help of Karen Varian while the rest of the group worked their way back south via Bozdruzal. We stopped there to tour a beautiful wooden church and admired the interior. We arrived in Becherov in time for Vespers where afterwards they presented Archbishop JOB with an icon of the Protection of the Virgin Mary and treated us to a wonderful dinner. Many of us renewed acquaintances with relatives and others discovered newly found relatives. Now we are starting to get excited!!!