Friday, January 15, 2010

Polish Flag.

Joan Karen Nikki



Shopping day today, spent 140zl for the week. Higher than normal because we bought a small bottle of vodka, raspberry syrup and tobasco sauce to try out the Polish flag drink.

I put the syrup in the refrigerator to get it to thicken a little before using it tonight and I think that made it easier to pour into the side of the vodka glass. As you can see I didn't fill the glass all the way up, it would have been too much for me or Joan. It was a very unusual drink. The tobasco sauce immediately makes your throat hot, the vodka passes next without any taste and then the raspberry syrup adds a sweet taste on top of that. You can feel the vodka heating up your throat as it passes into the stomach and at the bottom they all mix together. We had one each, as an experiment and most likely these ingredients will sit on our shelf a long time before we try it again. It was only a test, not a habit forming incident.

Our DVD player has decided it wants to take a vacation on certain films we have and won't play them anymore so it was necessary to take it into a shop for repair. It's only two years old and it seems that it's a little early for it to breakdown but that's what is happening. The service man will call back next week and tell us what can be done to repair it or if it is unrepairable. It's too bad because one of the DVD's we got for Christmas was called "The Point". It's our all time favorite animated cartoon from the 60's and we had been looking forward to watching it again tonight. If you haven't seen it, you should. It's great!

We've finally made the Skype connection with Joan's kids and grandkids for the last two weeks and it's great to see and talk with them instead of just emails and chatting. I put together this little picture of Joan, her daughter, Karen and granddaughter, Nikki.

The government has changed the medical system a little now in Poland. Last year, if you needed a prescription refilled, you just called the receptionist, gave your name and what you needed and then the next day you could pick it up. As of the 1st of January, 2010, you have to make an appointment with the doctor every time you need a refill. I don't know if this is good or bad. It seems like the doctors will have more time filled with people just neeeding refills and not necessarily consultations or help.


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Nasz odtwarzacz DVD postanowi艂a chce wzi膮膰 urlop na niekt贸re filmy mamy i nie graj膮 ju偶 tak trzeba by艂o wzi膮膰 to pod sklep do naprawy. To tylko dwa lata i wydaje si臋, 偶e to troch臋 za wcze艣nie na to, aby podzia艂, ale to co si臋 dzieje. Cz艂owiek us艂uga b臋dzie oddzwoni膰 w przysz艂ym tygodniu i powiedz nam, co mo偶na zrobi膰, aby j膮 naprawi膰 lub je艣li jest to unrepairable. It's too bad, poniewa偶 jeden z DVD mamy na Bo偶e Narodzenie "The Point". To nasza all time favorite animated cartoon from the 60's i mieli艣my nadziej臋 na ogl膮danie go ponownie dzisiaj. Je艣li nie widzia艂e艣 go, you should. It's great!

Mamy wreszcie Skype zwi膮zku z Joan dzieci i wnuki za ostatnie dwa tygodnie i to wielki, aby zobaczy膰 i rozmawia膰 z nimi, a nie tylko e-maile i rozmowy. I u艂o偶y艂a ten ma艂y obrazek Joan, jej c贸rka Karen i wnuczka, Nikki.

Rz膮d zmieni艂 system medyczny troch臋 teraz Polska. W ubieg艂ym roku, je艣li potrzebne recept臋, po prostu nazywane recepcjonista, da艂 swoje nazwisko i to, co potrzebne, a potem nast臋pnego dnia mo偶na go podnie艣膰. Pocz膮wszy od 1 stycznia 2010, trzeba um贸wi膰 si臋 z lekarzem za ka偶dym razem trzeba nape艂nia膰. Nie wiem czy to dobrze, czy 藕le. Wygl膮da na to, lekarze b臋d膮 mieli wi臋cej czasu wype艂nione lud藕mi po prostu neeeding nabojach i niekoniecznie konsultacje i pomoc.