Friday, November 26, 2010
Christmas tree & cousin Richard Brothers family Thanksgiving..
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I actually saw one Christmas tree in a house last night when I was driving home. Pretty unusual to be up so early in Poland. Of course the stores and malls were already decorated two weeks ago but usually trees in homes get set up much later. We'll go shopping tomorrow for Christmas tree lights to Praktiker and maybe I can get Joan to do a little shopping for her present. I already know what it is but she has to pick it out and try it on before I buy it.
Did I mention that a "Beltway" is being built around Pozna艅 to decrease the amount of trucks going through the city and lighten the traffic jams we have now. They are no where as bad as in Chicago but Pozna艅 is a much smaller city and they are bad enough.
Hard to believe how fast this year went and Christmas is less than a month away.
Ja rzeczywi艣cie widzia艂em, jak choinka w domu ostatniej nocy, kiedy jecha艂 do domu. Do艣膰 niezwyk艂e jest si臋 tak wcze艣nie w Polska. Oczywi艣cie sklepy i centra handlowe by艂y ju偶 urz膮dzone dwa tygodnie temu, ale zwykle drzew w domach mo偶na skonfigurowa膰 p贸藕niej. P贸jdziemy jutro na zakupy do lampki choinkowe do Praktiker i mo偶e uda mi si臋 dosta膰 Joan zrobi膰 ma艂e zakupy dla niej tera藕niejszo艣ci. I ju偶 wiem co to jest ale ma odebra膰 go i spr贸buj go przed zakupem.
Czy wspomina艂em ju偶, 偶e "obwodnicy" jest budowana wok贸艂 Poznania, aby zmniejszy膰 ilo艣膰 samochod贸w ci臋偶arowych b臋dzie przez miasto i zmniejszenia kork贸w mamy teraz. S膮 to nie ma gdzie tak 藕le, jak w Chicago, ale Pozna艅 jest o wiele mniejsze miasta i s膮 one na tyle z艂e.
Trudno uwierzy膰, jak szybko w tym roku poszed艂 i Bo偶e Narodzenie to mniej ni偶 miesi膮c od hotelu.



