The story begins in the summer of 1997, just before the arrival of the famous 12-meter flood wave flooding Wroclaw. - The residents of the "Home under Two Eagles" are grandma Zofia Szablewska, a woman full of energy, warmth and humor, her daughter Helena, a cool perfectionist, and Marianna, Zofia's beloved granddaughter, returning with her fiancé from a scholarship in the USA. The family drama begins when a flood wave floods the house, and at the same time grandma Zofia ends up in the hospital due to a stroke. An unfortunate coincidence leads Marianna to discover post-German traces in a house destroyed by the element, thanks to which she finds the diary of the first owner of "Home under Two Eagles", Lisa Weber. Marianna's learning of the history written on the cards takes the action of the series to 1918. In subsequent episodes, viewers will learn about the life of the then inhabitants of the tenement house and their neighbors.

Lato roku 1997. Marianna studentka architektury, wraca ze stypendium w USA do rodzinnego domu we Wrocławiu. Jej matka Helena Lach, z zawodu stomatolog, to wiecznie zapracowana, oddalona od rodziny perfekcjonistka. Babcia Zofia Szablewska jest przeciwieństwem Heleny. Pełna energii, ciepła i humoru, bezgranicznie kocha Mariannę. Marianna przyjeżdża do Polski z narzeczonym Paulem, którego rodzina ma polskie korzenie i który postanowił odwiedzić ich rodzinne strony na dawnych Kresach.