May 21, 2018 - Elisa's Upcoming Weeks of Afternoon Tea, Air Show & A Bronx Tour And Tanya Touring Krakow

Elisa's Daily Scoop
Covering Long Island & NYC Boroughs
CURRENTLY IN: GARDEN CITY, NY

Upcoming Weeks of Afternoon Tea, Air Show & A Bronx Tour

Well, hey there!

A new week here and boy, am I glad this week is no where as nutty as last week. It's just a normal, school week - no concerts, fairs or plays!

Hopefully, the girls will catch up on their rest a bit.

As I promised you, I want to share some upcoming events with you for the balance of this month.

This week, I have TWO Afternoon Tea dates and I'm proud to say, that this will bring me to a total of FIVE tea experiences for my upcoming article Afternoon Tea Spots on Long Island.

Thursday I will be dining at the Royal Tea House in Great Neck - by myself; and then on Memorial Day, I'll have the girls with me at Chat Noir in Rockville Centre!
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With Memorial Day Weekend on the horizon, next week, so too comes the annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach - this year, celebrating 15 years!  

Bethpage Air Show 2014 - with my nephew and daughters (c) travelincousins.com

This was amazing - notice how the wind from the propellers is kicking up the ocean water - it got us by-standers all wet! (c) travelincousins.com

​We haven't attended in a few years, and my girls were complaining about getting up early on a Saturday. Oh well, they will have to just deal!  

The last week of May, I'll be heading up to the Bronx for a Bronx Church Tour with Bronx tour guide, Alexandra Maruri of Bronx Historical Tours.

My visit to Woodlawn Heights, The Bronx in March 2018 (c) travelincousins.com

I've been really looking forward to this particular tour as I LOVE touring and learning the history of churches and cathedrals!  

​As you may remember, Alex gave me an amazing tour of Woodlawn Heights and Woodlawn Cemetery back in March.

Woodlawn Cemetery has rolling hills in the middle of Woodlawn Height's urban area (c) travelincousins.com

And of course, since today is Monday, I am thrilled to bring you another weekly article.  With only a ten days left of National Bike Month, this week, I hope you enjoy my story about Annie Londonderry, the first woman to ride a bike around the world!

Celebrating Annie Londonderry: First World Touring Bike Rider and Pioneer for Women

Annie Londonderry - first woman to bike ride around the world (jewniverse.com)

Please check out Tanya's Scoop for more pictures of Poland!!

Have a great Monday!
-E
xoxo

Tanya's Daily Scoop​​
Covering the West Coast & the World
CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN: KRAKOW, POLAND

Tanya Touring Krakow

​Good day to you folks!
Well, my dear cuz is currently in Krakow.
She spent her day yesterday in Warsaw, for which there are pictures that she uploaded to yesterday's blog.  CLICK HERE for the recap of her day!

Also, I've included about 6 photos here from Warsaw and 2 from Krakow, where she currently is today. - E

Tanya in Warsaw yesterday (c) travelincousins.com

Warsaw, Poland (c) travelincousins.com

Warsaw, Poland (c) travelincousins.com

Warsaw, Poland (c) travelincousins.com

Warsaw, Poland (c) travelincousins.com

Warsaw, Poland (c) travelincousins.com

View from my window - Krakow, Poland (c) travelincousins.com

View from my window - Krakow, Poland (c) travelincousins.com

Good Day my dearies dears,

GREETINGS FROM KRAKOW, POLAND

Feels good to be back in Krakow! The last time I was here was in 2015 with my dear cuz Elisa.

Dave and I arrived here in the historic old town pretty darn late last night and it wasn't until after I finished with all of my uploading and such, that I finally turned the lights out and fell asleep.
Which  was after 4am this morning - well past the time of sunrise around here!

But since today had a totally laid back schedule (being that I've already done more than my share of touring and sight seeing of this fabulous city) I really didn't mind giving Dave a few extra winks this morning.

Plus I know that you'll be stoked to know that even though I fell asleep so darn late, I managed to get more than 2 hours of sleep and instead I woke up after 4hrs by throwing the blanket off of me and nearly jumping out of bed!

All to take a glance out the window at a familiar sound that I had just heard...
It was the clippity clop of the very beautiful antique horse-drawn carriages.

Watching from my window, Krakow, Poland (c)travelincousins.com

Once we got out and about, it was all about breakfast and being Dave's tour guide! But not without stopping for pictures along the way.

With my narrowed down list of where to go and where to eat at, I decided that our breakfast this morning would be at Mlynek Cafe and that we'd sort of: 
Follow along in my own 2015 footsteps - click this link to also find
​15 FUN FACTS ABOUT KRAKOW
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And you'll never guess who else was there - Violinist, Nadir Aliyev; The same Violinist that I had sat on a bench and listened to then purchased his CD 3 years ago!!!

One of the only differences was finally trying one of Krakow's local bagels.

Although they are called the 'Cracovian bagel,' they aren't actually the typical bagels that we all know. They are obwarzanek krakowski - a braided ring-shaped bread that is boiled and sprinkled with salt, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, etc.
First written mention of the obwarzanek dates all the way back to 1394, meaning that it’s been a daily sight on Kraków’s market square for over 600 years. In 2010 it was given prestigious PGI (Protected Geographic Indication) status as a protected regional food...who knew of such a thing - but now I wonder what else is on this list.

So it's kinda like a bagel's cousin and sort of even almost like a bretzel!! 

VERDICT: Been thinking about these things for years. WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG to them one?!

Next stop Cafe Mlylek..

Dave and I both ordered the delicious and perfectly prepared Potato Pancakes. 

And then since we were fairly close by to the Ghetto Heroes Square I figured that we should go and see this memorial before heading back to the old town square.

Here are some more sights, from our walk back to the main square.

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-Travelin' Tanya