My wife, Vicky, and I went on a vacation through Poland and parts of Germany in 2007, I am a part of the bead collecting and research community and I take an active roll in participating in the best bead collecting forum on the net, here is a short recap of the vacation with more pictures of the bead-maker, who btw can be found online, (a side note): Beads and lapidary go hand in hand as most all stone beads are made by lapidary methods, also many glass types....click on the to see my vacation in Amber country:
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