Sunday, January 04, 2015

Party day and surprise.




Something amazing happened yesterday at our party. First to arrive was Zbyszek bring wine and some eatable items. A few minutes later 5 more arrived, three of which had been here perform, Dorota, her husband, Marcin, and Radek. With them came Kamila, Radek's sister and her husband, Piotr. Next to arrive was Przemek, someone I had met after putting my car in our garage several months ago. We exchanged a few emails and talked about meeting again so I thought the party would be a good time for that.

Next came Juliusz and his wife, Joanna, two people we have known for about five years and always enjoy spending time with them. It wasn't a surprise but what happened after they entered our flat was. All during his years in high school he had a good friend named Przemek but after high school they pursued different professions, Juliusz became a surgeon and Prezmek an historian. That was 28 years ago and they didn't talk to one another all that time and didn't know where the other lived.  The Przemek I invited to the party, not knowing about the history, was the very same person and when they saw each other in our flat it was the first time in 28 years. You can only imagine the surprise they had. They sat and talked to each other most of the night, catching up on the last 28 years.  When Joanna, wife of Juliusz, told me the story I was very surprised myself.  Unknowingly, I was able to reunite two old friends and I'm sure they will stay in touch with each from now on.

The next people to arrive were Marta and her friend, Stefan. Stefan is from Germany and is not too comfortable speaking English but there were four people here who could also speak in German so he was able to communicate with them. One of the people hadn't spoken in German in 20 years but did an excellent job speaking with Stefan and Marta. Marta is Polish but fluent in the German language She lives mainly in Germany but returns to Poland every few weeks because the company she works for does business also in Pozna艅.

Due to baby sitter problems, most of the guests had left by 10:30PM, Shortly after their departures, Asia arrived, a friend of Marta's that we met at the ballet, The Nutcracker, and we invited her to the party. She came a little late because of work but Marta and Stefan were still with us so we talked until about midnight when the also departed.

Remember I said I bought 7 bottles of wine for the party? Well, now we have 13 because most of the guests brought a bottle of wine with them. I also bought more sweets from Kandulski's for the party, kie艂basa and kabanosa. Unfortunately, not every one ate enough and so we are loaded with the above items and it´s gonna take some time to consume it all.

Even though few people drank and ate as much as I thought they would, it was still a good party and I know everyone had a good time. I especially liked having people of different professions and conversations were on many topics. Sometimes it was difficult listening to some people speaking German, some Polish and some English.  The one person I thought I could speak a little Spanish with didn´t come to the party, cousin Magda. I was disappointed with that because I haven't seen her in a long time.

I have to thank my wife for doing almost all of the clean up after the party, I drank too much wine and wasn't in a position to help. Next time I drink cranberry juice or something that looks like wine.

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Kolejne osoby przyje偶d偶a膰 by艂y Marta i jej przyjaciel, Stefan. Stefan jest z Niemiec i nie jest zbyt wygodne m贸wi po angielsku, ale by艂o czterech ludzi tutaj, kt贸rzy mog膮 r贸wnie偶 m贸wi膰 po niemiecku, wi臋c by艂 w stanie komunikowa膰 si臋 z nimi. Jednym z ludzi nie m贸wi艂 w j臋zyku niemieckim od 20 lat, ale robot臋 m贸wi膮c ze Stefanem i Marta. Marta jest polski, ale biegle w j臋zyku niemieckim Ona mieszka g艂贸wnie w Niemczech, ale wraca do Polski co kilka tygodni, poniewa偶 firma pracuje dla prowadzi dzia艂alno艣膰 tak偶e w Poznaniu.

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Musz臋 podzi臋kowa膰 mojej 偶onie za to prawie wszystkie posprz膮ta膰 po imprezie, wypi艂am za du偶o wina i nie by艂 w stanie pom贸c. Nast臋pnym razem pi膰 sok 偶urawinowy lub co艣, co wygl膮da jak wino.