So, the trip went pretty much as planned except for the traffic hang-ups, going and coming back fro Alwernia. A4, the motorway was a nightmare of delays for one reason or another as we approached the city and taking an alternate route from there wasn’t much better. What should have been s 5 hour trip turned into 8 hours and I was pretty tired by the time we got there. If there was a bright side it would be the newly completed expressway just north of Rawicz and continuing 30 km toward Wroc艂aw. From there it’s back to the normal two lane highway. I don’t quite understand how any road planning committee can start a road in the middle without starting at the beginning of the road and continuing to move from there but that’s Poland.
Alwernia was nice with good weather and a good time staying with our friends and their two children. The little girl, age 5, is a real sweetheart and we enjoying spending time with both of them. Saturday morning we went into Krak贸w for breakfast in the rynek and then in the afternoon I helped Wojtek paint his sons room. In the evening we sat in the kitchen and drinking wine most of the evening. Still being tired from the day before, we we’re in bed by 10:30.
Sunday Morning and another good weather day so we went back to the rynek for breakfast and had the opportunity to hear Imad Fares playing guitar. You’ve never heard of him. He is from Spain, lived in Paris for 5 years and now lives in Krak贸w. After listening to him playing in one corner of the rynek I decided to buy two of his CD’s that he was selling from his guitar case. I liked his style of playing, heavily influenced by flamenco but not actually flamenco and occasionally I could hear a little jazz influence to. I spoke with him for about 10 minutes and then bought the CD’s. You can look him up on Facebook or maybe even YouTube. We returned to Alwernia after that.
Magda was busy making a dinner all in one pot that would be cooked in an open fire outside behind the house. Wojtek was busy building the fire, getting the coals ready to put the pot into and let the meal start to cook. It took about two hours and during that time Magda made another ciasto with apples for dessert later. During this time we sampled a few other wines and I have to admit we drank more wine this weekend than we have in a long time. Monday morning we started our return to home at 10:00.
Wi臋c podr贸偶 uda艂 si臋 prawie zgodnie z planem, z wyj膮tkiem ruchu blokadom, idzie i wraca powrotem Alwerni. A4, autostrady by艂 koszmar op贸藕nienia dla jednej lub innego powodu, jak zbli偶ali艣my si臋 do miasta i bior膮c alternatywn膮 tras臋 z nie by艂o du偶o lepiej. Co powinno by膰 s 5 godziny podr贸偶y zamieni艂a si臋 8 godzin i by艂em bardzo zm臋czony do czasu gdy tam dotarli艣my. Je艣li nie by艂o jasne strony by艂oby nowo zako艅czone ekspresowej na p贸艂noc od Rawicza i kontynuuje 30 km w kierunku Wroc艂awia. Stamt膮d wr贸ci艂 do normalnej dwupasmowej autostrady. Nie bardzo rozumiem, jak ka偶dy komitet mo偶e rozpocz膮膰 planowanie drogi drogi w 艣rodku bez konieczno艣ci uruchamiania na pocz膮tku drogi i kontynuuj膮c stamt膮d, ale to jest Polska.
Alwernia by艂 艂adny z dobrej pogody i dobrej zabawy w pokoju z naszymi przyjaci贸艂mi i ich dwoje dzieci.Dziewczynka, lat 5, jest prawdziwym skarbie i cieszy膰 si臋 sp臋dza膰 czas z obu z nich. W sobot臋 rano udali艣my si臋 do Krakowa na 艣niadanie w Rynku, a nast臋pnie po po艂udniu pomog艂em Wojtek malowa膰 jego syn贸w pok贸j. Wieczorem siedzieli艣my w kuchni i picia wina wi臋kszo艣膰 wieczoru. Nadal jest zm臋czony dzie艅 przed, my jeste艣my w 艂贸偶ku 10:30.
Niedziela rano i kolejny dobry dzie艅 pogoda wi臋c poszli艣my z powrotem do Rynku na 艣niadanie i mia艂 okazj臋 us艂ysze膰 IMAD op艂aty za gry na gitarze. Nigdy o nim nie s艂ysza艂em. On jest z Hiszpanii, mieszka艂 w Pary偶u na 5 lat i obecnie mieszka w Krakowie. Po wys艂uchaniu jego gry w jednym rogu Rynku postanowi艂em kupi膰 jego dw贸ch p艂yt CD, 偶e sprzedawa艂 od jego przypadku gitary. Podoba艂o mi si臋 jego styl gry, bardzo wp艂yn臋艂o flamenco flamenco, ale nie w rzeczywisto艣ci, a czasami s艂ysz臋 troch臋 wp艂ywu jazzu. Rozmawia艂em z nim przez oko艂o 10 minut, a nast臋pnie kupi艂 CD. Mo偶esz szuka膰 go na Facebooku, a mo偶e nawet YouTube. Wr贸cili艣my do Alwerni po.
Magda by艂a zaj臋ta podejmowania obiad w jednym garnku, 偶e b臋dzie gotowane w kominku na zewn膮trz z ty艂u domu. Wojtek by艂 zaj臋ty budynku ogie艅, coraz w臋gle gotowych stawia膰 garnek do startu i pozw贸l, aby ugotowa膰 posi艂ek. To trwa艂o oko艂o dw贸ch godzin iw tym czasie Magda podj膮艂 kolejn膮 ciasto z jab艂kami na deser p贸藕niej. W tym czasie my pr贸bowali艣my kilka innych win i musz臋 przyzna膰, 偶e wypi艂 wi臋cej wina w ten weekend, ni偶 mamy w d艂ugim czasie. W poniedzia艂ek rano rozpocz臋li艣my powr贸t do domu o 10:00.