Julian went to Poland in 1989 — the year of historic changes in Poland.   It was only 3 months since Solidarity Movement won control of the government in limited free elections and formed the first non-communist government in 75 years history of the dictatorial Soviet empire.

The Polish communists still tried to rule as a minority. General Jaruzelski, former dictator and Soviet puppet, became "democratic" president. Inflation was very high. Below is one of the Polish People's Republic banknotes still in circulation. The eagle on the note - a national symbol - is still without the "bourgeois" crown.

But the following year in 1990 Lech Walesa was elected president.

The Red Army occupation troops remained in Poland until the time of total collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 - 1993.

Julian brought home a souvenir banknote from the socialist "worker's paradise". Useless Polish currency, same as Russian communist rubles. This one worth one loaf of bread.

KRAKÓW (CRACOW) - 1989
23 year old JULIAN in front of the Polish Kings Castle "Wawel" in Cracow.

This is the castle where Julian's first ancestor, a 20 year old knight Lukash - a courtier in Wawel castle, attended upon the Polish king in 1540. Cracow was then the capital of Poland.

In 1546, Lukash was rewarded with a land property called RYMA on the Polish Eastern Frontier, and moved to live there at the age of 26.

Julian was born on 12 May 1966 in London, England.

He arrived in Australia from London with his parents on the ship "Iberia" at the age of 3 and a half months, after one month long sea voyage. He went through Customs and Immigration in port Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia on 3 October 1966 and disembarked in Sydney on 10 October 1966.

Julian was educated at private (Catholic) schools. First at renowned St.Aloysius College in Milson's Point, North Sydney (see badge), before going for 8 months family holiday to London, where he attended Silverdale School. When his parents moved to Australian Capital Territory, Julian went to DaramalanCollege in Canberra, where he obtained General Certificate of Education in 1983.

After that he attended a full-time course in Business Studies at TAFE College in Canberra and obtained a Certificate in 1984 with best class results in Computer Studies and Word Processing.    (Photo: Julian : 16 January 1999)

Then he was employed by the Commonwealth (of Australia) Public Service in Desktop Publishing sections of various Departments in Canberra and later in Sydney. The most recent was Business Development and Marketing Group of the Australian Construction Services in Sydney, where Julian had the position of Senior Desktop Publisher. At that time the state of the art software used was Pagemaker 5.0 and Photoshop 5.0.

After 12 years experience of Desktop Publishing with the Public Service Julian decided to go back to College to study Information Technology. He enrolled in full-time course at the Private Computer Graphics College in East Sydney that used the latest software and technology.

After 12 months full time study Julian was awarded Diploma in Interactive Multimedia, Graphics and Web Design in 1995. Julian has now (2007) been working for 12 years with private enterprise and currently holds position of Website Designer specializing in development of Web interfaces.

The family lives on the South Coast of New South Wales.

Julian and his family on 16 January 2004
From left : Scarlet, Natalie, Julian and Noah

Natalie was born on 23 November 1965 in Sydney, Australia.

She obtained Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching from Sydney College of Advanced Education.

Occupation and experience : Childcare Professional - Primary Teacher.

Natalie with Julian. May 2007

Natalie with children Noah and Scarlet, and Dziadek, outside Headlands Hotel in Austinmer.

  May 2007

Noah (No-ek) was born on 16 January 1998 in Sydney, Australia.

He is a gentle and intelligent young boy. Noah shows interest in computers like his father and is doing well in maths. He is now attending 3rd year of the Primary School on the South Coast. He had an excellent School report for 2004 and 2005, and obtained an award for highest class score in mathematics.
Noah's recent school project : My Family Tree

In his spare time No-ek plays X-box, Play-Station2 and X-box 360 digital games from his own large collection of game titles.

No-ek is also taking piano lessons and practices at home on his upright piano.

http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/jrym/nozle/

Scarlet (Oles'ka), Noah's sister, was born on 1 October 2001 in Sydney, Australia.

She was given a second name after her great grandmother Olesia. It was a pet name for Alexandra in Polish.

Scarlet is a happy and bright child. She was attending Pre-school Kindergarten at Austinmer.

1st October 2007 - Two-weeks-old Henry Rymaszewski is held by his grandfather (dziadek)

But before you get married, remember, it will be very wise to finish a University first and get a degree.

Studying is not difficult, Noah. It could be interesting and fun. You don't have to be tops. Just do your best and stick to it long enough. The time will pass anyway whatever you do, but you will be rewarded ! A university degree will give you the ticket to enter many places.

Henry Kasper :

... what is a university, Jul ?