Saturday, November 29, 2014

SURPRISE

Yes, today I had a nice surprise, actually two, when my great nephew, Jeff Piekarczyk, Jr. made contact with me via FB.  It's the first time I have talked with him and it was a great experience. He said he was interested in family history so I was happy to send him a PDF file of the history book I have written about our family history. Since most of the research is done on my mother's side of the family, it contains more about Kazmierczak and Rajewski history than Piekarczyk. My father's side, Piekarczyk, comes from southern Poland and it's been more difficult to get information about them although I have made progress in the last year finding cousins in Jankowice.

The other surprise was a visit from a friend, Radek, who came for a visit of about two hours and we talked about what he has been doing for the last couple of weeks.  His home is in Pozna艅 but he works out of Warsaw during the week, travelling around Poland for a finance company. He is the one who recommended the Spanish school in Malaga so we had the opportunity to ask him questions about it. He's also a basketball fan so we played a tape of one of the old Chicago Bulls games when Michael Jordan was playing. It was nice for him to see a complete game and not just highlights of a game.

Two surprises in one day but the first surprise was the best.

Winter is here, -2c outside and it's cold.

Tak, dzisiaj mia艂em mi艂膮 niespodziank臋, w艂a艣ciwie dwa, kiedy moja wielka bratanek, Jeff Piekarczyk, Jr. nawi膮za艂 kontakt ze mn膮 poprzez FB. To pierwszy raz, kiedy rozmawia艂em z nim i to by艂o wspania艂e do艣wiadczenie. Powiedzia艂, 偶e jest zainteresowany histori膮 rodziny, wi臋c by艂em szcz臋艣liwy, aby wys艂a膰 mu plik PDF ksi膮偶ki historii Pisa艂em o historii naszej rodziny. Poniewa偶 wi臋kszo艣膰 bada艅 odbywa si臋 na strony matki rodziny, zawiera wi臋cej o historii Kazmierczak i Rajewski ni偶 Piekarczyk. Strony ojca, Piekarczyk, pochodzi z po艂udniowej Polski i to by艂o trudniejsze, aby uzyska膰 informacje o nich, chocia偶 zrobi艂em post臋py w ostatnim roku stwierdzaj膮cej kuzyn贸w w Jankowicach.

Inne niespodziank膮 by艂a wizyta od znajomego, Radek, kt贸ry przyszed艂 w odwiedziny do oko艂o dwie godziny i rozmawiali艣my o tym, co on robi艂 przez ostatnie kilka tygodni. Jego dom znajduje si臋 w Poznaniu, ale pracuje si臋 z Warszawy w ci膮gu tygodnia, podr贸偶uj膮c po Polsce dla firmy finans贸w. On jest tym, kt贸ry zaleci艂 szko艂y hiszpa艅skiego w Maladze, wi臋c mieli艣my okazj臋 zada膰 mu pytania na ten temat. Jest tak偶e fanem koszyk贸wki, wi臋c grali艣my ta艣my z jednego ze starych gier, gdy Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan gra艂. Mi艂o by艂o dla niego, aby zobaczy膰 pe艂n膮 gr臋, a nie tylko podkre艣la z gry.

Dwie niespodzianki w jeden dzie艅, ale pierwszy zaskoczeniem by艂 najlepszy.


Zima jest tutaj, -2 ° C na zewn膮trz i jest zimno.