Friday, December 27, 2013

More visiting.

Settled in back at home and slept until 11AM this morning to recuperate from our last travels south. I forgot to mention that the weather was great most of the time, sunny, warm and clear skies. It was special spending Wigilia with our acquaintances and visiting with my Piekarczyk cousins while we were in the area.  We were invited back by cousin J贸zef and his wife for Easter so we will most definitely make the trip again in April.

Today we had an invitation to visit with another acquaintance and his sister in Podalany, a neighborhood only 5 minutes away.  We arrived at 4PM, had bigos, salad. wine, tea, coffee and then were treated to makowiec made by his sister.  We were about to leave at 6PM when her husband arrived so we stayed for another hour and talked with him.  As we were arriving at their house we met on the street the mother of a teenager I have known for 5 years and also had the chance to say Merry Christmas to her and her family. It seems we have now have more chances to spend holidays with non-relative people than we do my own family, a bit strange for me but that's the way it is.

Wr贸ciwszy do domu, spali艣my a偶 do 11 rano, aby odzyska膰 si艂y po nasze ostatniej podr贸偶y na po艂udnie.  Zapomnia艂em wspomnie膰 , 偶e pogoda by艂a super przez wi臋kszo艣膰 czasu , s艂onecznie , ciep艂o i czyste niebo . To by艂o szczeg贸lna Wigilia sp臋dzona z naszymi znajomymi  i odwiedzaj膮c  moich kuzyn贸w Piekarczyk , gdy byli艣my w okolicy. Zostali艣my zaproszeni przez kuzyna J贸zefa i jego 偶on臋 na Wielkanoc , wi臋c z ca艂膮 pewno艣ci膮  w kwietniu ponownie odb臋dziemy podr贸偶  .

Dzi艣 byli艣my zaproszeni do z艂o偶enia wizyty u innego znajomego i jego siostry w Podalany , dzielnicy , zaledwie 5 minut drogi od nas. Przyjechali艣my o godzinie szesnastej , jedli艣my bigos , sa艂atk臋, pili艣my wino , kaw臋, herbat臋 , a nast臋pnie pocz臋stowano nas makowcem upieczonym przez jego siostr臋 . Byli艣my gotowi na wyjazd o godzinie  osiemnastej , gdy przyjecha艂 jej m膮偶, wi臋c zatrzymali艣my si臋 na kolejn膮 godzin臋 i rozmawiali艣my z nim . Jak dochodzili艣my do ich domu spotkali艣my na ulicy matk臋 nastolatka, kt贸rego znam od 5 lat i tak偶e mieli艣my okazj臋 do z艂o偶enia 偶ycze艅 Weso艂ych 艢wi膮t dla niej i jej rodziny . Wydaje si臋, 偶e teraz mamy wi臋ksze szanse , aby sp臋dzi膰 艣wi臋ta z osobami spoza kr臋gu rodzinnego ni偶 z moj膮 w艂asn膮 rodzin臋 , troch臋 dziwne dla mnie, ale to tak ju偶 jest