Kaszowo is a little village near Milicz, about 50 km. north of Wrocław.
It's the home of my friends Danka and Zygmunt. Danka is JW's cousin.
They live in the same house where I spent a good part of the winter of 1973-74 with Danka's parents, learning about peasant life in Poland.
This time we had come for the baptism of Maja, the daughter of Danka's nephew Irek and his wife Daria. Danka's daughter Iza stood as godmother. Milicz, July 16, 2005.
There were quite a few relatives there for the ceremony. That's Maja's older sister Kinga in the red dress.
Afterwards Irek and Darka invited us to a reception at the Restauracja Impuls in Zduny, a little north of Milicz.
We were at the table for about six hours, just long enought to eat four meals.
Each dish was more extravagant than the one before.
There was plenty of vodka too, about one bottle per person.
In fact, there was so much food left over that Irek and Darka invited us over the next night to continue the feast.
Despite the enormous quanitities of food and drink, we didn't gain a single ounce in weight.
To stay fit, we went for a little walk around the village with Iza and her fiancé Dirk.
Kaszowo is a perfect little dorf in the Lower Silesian style.
Most of the houses were built around the beginning of the 1900's.
It was great to see Danka and her family again.
Zygmunt recovers!
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