Hi Valera,
I'm thrilled to have this opportunity to go to Germany. Glad you'll be
able to do it too.
We will rent a car (Auto Europe -- I have no connection with them) but
when we go into Poland, we will take a train to Poznan, and then tour
with a Discovering Roots guide.
http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki/dr.htm (Again, I have no connection
with them.)
I've read on lists that it's wise to book a hotel for the first night and
the last night, but that you can usually find rooms to rent in the
villages as you go. I'm trusting that will work for us. We booked one
hotel with the travel agent, but did the other one ourselves on line.
Use Google.com and search for Hotel, and the city you want.
Several years ago, through this mailing list, I was directed to a man who
at that time lived in the village of my grandfather's birth. He
voluntarily looked up records, found the house, photographed it, and even
talked with the current residents!!
I'll send a report to the list when we return home in August. And post
many photos to my website. :-))
Mona
Mona_Houser@juno.com
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~monajo/