Candles are believed to help spirits find their way in the darkness
Over a long weekend, Izaskun and I travelled to Poland to see the family and to celebrate All Saints’ Day (Wszystkich Swietych) is an annual national holiday in Poland to celebrate the saints on November 1.
Candles and flowers everywhere
Helping to clean up the graves
Izaskun enjoys the cold
It involves visiting the cemetery to pay respect to those who you know. Perhaps not the happiest of places to meet up but it does provide an opportunity to reunite families and see people who you wouldn’t normally.
peaceful
Starzynski and Kozlowski Family reunion
Many of my family are buried here so it was a significant day for me. It was also good to refresh the memory on who and how people are related to ourselves.
My mom’s father burial place
