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Sara: The World Traveling Ceratopsian


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@Kasia those are some very nice pieces in your collection! 

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Max Derème

 

"I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day."

   - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier

 

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1 hour ago, Max-fossils said:

@Kasia those are some very nice pieces in your collection! 

Thanks :) there are many more, but to get them requires a lot of digging (in boxes, not ground :) ) and unwrapping. And once I take them out, I'm never able to put them back the same way and something is always left outside :TongueOut:, which means more digging in other boxes to find extra space.... It's a vicious circle :BigSmile:

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Welcome back!

Today Sara continued her adventures in Poland.

First, we visited the XIth century castle of the Masovian princes - located in Czersk:

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She quite liked the dragon that used to be placed on the prince's coat of arms:

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Sara climbed one of the towers to view the castle and the surroundings:

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The she went to the yard

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and she smelled some food being cooked in one of the tents

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and she decided to try one of the dishes (called "zaguby") that are made according to really ancient recipes - some claim it's the typical food of the Middle Ages :)

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which - having tried - we concluded could be true, as the ingredients are really basic, namely potatoes, onions, bacon and sauerkraut.

 

 

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After the meal we went to visit the sand pit excavating sand from the Vistula River, which is my favourite spot for Pleistocene fossils

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Sara quite liked the soft sand, but I asked her not to walk on it, as I was afraid I might never find her again :)

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Instead, we went to the place, where all the sand is sifted and the stones and other interesting stuff are rejected:

 

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Sara immediately started looking for fossils, but it took her a while to learn how to differentiate between wood and bones

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Very soon she started indicating fossils

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Sara checked them again after I washed them

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and she was quite intrigued especially by pieces with teeth

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like this one - which seems to have some sort of serrations?

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That’s a lot of bones, enough to make a full size ceratopsian

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Welcome back, Sara's faithful followers :)

As this is the last day of her stay in Poland and she is getting ready to pay a visit to the next TFF Member @Pagurus, so her local cousins decided to throw a farewell party for her.

 

The asked me to order a sushi set called T-Rex :BigSmile: (no idea, why)

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so Sara tried a lot of various types of sushi

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and of course something sweet, too.

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After the formal part of the celebration, local cousins decided to move the party to another room - and then all the bottles that have mysteriously been gone, reappeared on the table

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As you can see, all of the dinos offered their own favourite type of alcohol - both various wines

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as well as high-percentage stuff

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which, to my surprise, turned out to be the preferred drink....

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It took a while for all the dinos to get back on their feet, but once they did, they all gathered to give Sara a farewell present

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As winter is getting closer, and Sara will continue her journey, they decided to give her a warm winter cap - Sara was really surprised, but she immediately tried it on

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The cousins are now sure she will be safe and warm for the rest of her journey :) - the last farewell photo

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and tomorrow Sara sets off for another great adventure!

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

@Kasia Sara has obviously had such a nice time that I'm starting to think that I wish I could have been there too! :D

All the TFF Members are always welcome to visit me - and they will be hosted the same way as Sara :beer:

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2 hours ago, Kasia said:

All the TFF Members are always welcome to visit me - and they will be hosted the same way as Sara :beer:

:Jumping: Thanks for the invitation. Maybe I'll get in touch once the pandemie has cooled down a bit :)

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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1 minute ago, Ludwigia said:

:Jumping: Thanks for the invitation. Maybe I'll get in touch once the pandemie has cooled down a bit :)

Great :) It would be fun to go fossil hunting with another TFF member :thumbsu:

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39 minutes ago, Kasia said:

Great :) It would be fun to go fossil hunting with another TFF member :thumbsu:

I have greatly enjoyed all the fossil hunting adventures with other forum members and recommend (when safe again) that members meet-up in person without the need for devices and keyboards. ;)

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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5 hours ago, Kasia said:

farewell party

A memorable event! A fitting climax to an adventure filled stay.

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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Sara has had a most excellent adventure this past year and a half, and I'm looking forward to hosting her soon. Thank you, Kasia, for being such a wonderful host and for helping her on her way to my humble abode. 

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Start the day with a smile and get it over with.

 

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2 minutes ago, Jackson g said:

Great reports Kaisa, looks like you're all having a blast! Looks like I have some reading on catch up on here 

Yup, Sara is already on her way to the next destination - and her stay in Poland was great fun :)

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