Sunday, July 04, 2010

Malta





After church this morning I fried the white sausage I bought for breakfast and it was very good. Although Joan is not a big kie艂basa eater, she agreed the sausage was good so I was happy. I was a little tired due to a restless night so I took a little nap until 1PM and then we dressed and took a little trip to Lake Malta to see what was happening there. We parked in Galeria Malta and walked across the outside bridge to get to the lake area.

The beach area was filled with people, it was 31C today, although it is not really a beach because it has no sand, only ground and grass. The ski jump slope is being used now for tubing rides and there were plenty of people taking advantage of it. I wanted to go with Joan but the waiting line was far too long for me so we did not. A little further along the way was a place for young kids to enter into a hot air filled plastic ball which they used to "walk" on water.

Across from where we were you could see the progress being made on the new Aquapark that should be ready by the end of next year.
It was only 4PM when we were done at Malta so we decided to go to our favorite place in the Rynek for cold coffee. I was somewhat surprised to see, on the town hall, American flags being flown with Polish flags. Usually we see the EU flag and the Polish flag but I think they changed that today because it is Independence Day in America today. Whether you know it or not, Poland played a very big part in America winning it's indepedence. Today is also a VERY big day in Poland, voting for the new president. I think no matter who wins, Poland will be changing again.

Po ko艣ciele dzi艣 rano sma偶one bia艂y saugsage kupi艂em na 艣niadanie i by艂o bardzo dobre. Mimo, 偶e Joan nie jest du偶a eater kie艂basa, zgodzi艂a kie艂basa by艂 dobry wi臋c by艂em szcz臋艣liwy. By艂em troch臋 zm臋czony, ze wzgl臋du na niespokojn膮 noc tak zrobi艂em troch臋 nap do 1PM i potem ubra艂 si臋 i wzi膮艂 ma艂膮 wycieczk臋 nad jezioro Malta, aby zobaczy膰 co si臋 tam dzieje. Zaparkowali艣my w Galerii Malta i przeszed艂 przez most na zewn膮trz, aby dosta膰 si臋 na jezioro.

Pla偶臋 by艂 pe艂en ludzi, dzi艣 to 31C, chocia偶 nie jest to pla偶a, poniewa偶 nie ma piasku, tylko ziemi i trawy. Stok narciarski skok jest u偶ywany obecnie do rury jazdy i by艂o mn贸stwo ludzi korzystaj膮cych z niego. Chcia艂em i艣膰 z Joan ale kolejce by艂 zbyt d艂ugo dla mnie, wi臋c nie. Nieco dalej, po drodze by艂o miejsce dla m艂odych dzieci, aby wej艣膰 w gor膮ce powietrze wype艂nione ball z tworzyw sztucznych, kt贸re wykorzystywane "chodzi膰" po wodzie.

Naprzeciwko, gdzie byli艣my wida膰 post臋p na nowym Aquapark, kt贸re powinny by膰 gotowe do ko艅ca przysz艂ego roku.

Dopiero godzina szesnasta, gdy odbywa艂 si臋 na Malcie, tak zdecydowali艣my si臋 p贸j艣膰 do naszego ulubionego miejsca na Rynek do zimnej kawy. By艂em troch臋 zaskoczony, w ratuszu, ameryka艅ski flagi lotu z polskiej flagi. Zwykle widzimy flag臋 Unii Europejskiej i polskiej flagi, ale my艣l臋, 偶e zmieni艂o, 偶e dzi艣, poniewa偶 jest Dzie艅 Niepodleg艂o艣ci w dzisiejszej Ameryce. Czy wiesz, czy nie, Polska odegra艂a bardzo du偶膮 rol臋 w Ameryce to niezale偶no艣ci od wygranej. Dzisiaj jest tak偶e bardzo wielki dzie艅 w Polska, g艂osowanie na nowego prezydenta. My艣l臋, 偶e bez wzgl臋du na to kto wygra, Polska b臋dzie znowu zmiany.