Shopping day as usual, this time 132zl for the week. It sounds like a lot but when you convert it to the U.S. dollar it's $36 dollars for a week of food. Yes, we pay extravagant prices for gasoline here in Poland but food is still relatively cheap. Of course, medicines are also very cheap so it makes up for gasoline prices. The cost of seeing a movie is about the same but we rarely go to see one. Our most usual form of entertainment is sitting in the rynek drinking coffee and watching the tourists and children. The children are the best. I know, statistically, Poland's population is declining because of young people having to leave to find work and they say not enough new babies are being born but we see a lot of them. Yesterday I went into Bistry to buy kie艂basa and a little girl about 5 years old saw me get into the line. She couldn't take her eyes off of me and kept peeking at me from behind her mother. I raised my eyebrows up and down and smiled at her. She looked again and did the same. As her mother was paying the bill she smiled at me again and when they were leaving she waved her hand goodbye, smiled and raised her eyebrows. It was so cute.
As I am a planner, the party on October 3rd is planned and I have invited 17 people, 12 of who have confirmed they will be here, so far. The message only went out today so I think the other 5 will also confirm in the next week. It's our second party this year and the reason is my nephew and his wife will be here and I would like them to meet some people we know. 5 of the people we met in the last year and like them enough to invite them and have a chance to know them better. All of them have different interests, jobs and it makes a party more interesting. Unfortunately, Zbyszek will be out of town on the party date so he won't be here.
Dzisiaj, jak zwykle, dzie艅 na zakupy, tym razem 132z艂 na ca艂y tydzie艅. To wydaje si臋 du偶o, ale gdy je zamieni膰 na dolary, to 36 dolar贸w za 偶ywno艣膰 na tydzie艅. Tak, tutaj, w Polsce p艂acimy ekstrawaganckie ceny benzyny, ale jedzenie jest nadal stosunkowo tanie. Oczywi艣cie, leki s膮 bardzo tanie, wi臋c rekompensuj膮 cen臋 benzyny. Koszt ogl膮dania filmu jest taki sam, ale rzadko chodzimy do kina, aby jaki艣 zobaczy膰. Nasz膮 najbardziej zwyk艂膮 form膮 rozrywki jest siedzenie na Rynku, picie kawy i ogl膮danie turyst贸w i dzieci. Dzieci s膮 najlepsze. Wiem, statystycznie liczba ludno艣ci Polski zmniejsza si臋 ze wzgl臋du na m艂odych ludzi maj膮cych wyjecha膰 w poszukiwaniu pracy i m贸wi si臋, 偶e nie wystarczaj膮co rodzi si臋 nowych dzieci, ale my widzimy ich wiele. Wczoraj poszed艂em do Bistry kupi膰 kie艂bas臋 i dziewczynka oko艂o 5 lat zobaczy艂a mnie stoj膮cego w kolejce. Nie mog艂a ode mnie oderwa膰 oczu i zerka艂a na mnie zza plec贸w matki. Unios艂em brwi w g贸r臋 i w d贸艂 i u艣miechn膮艂em si臋 do niej. Ona zn贸w spojrza艂a i zrobi艂a to samo. Kiedy jej matka p艂aci艂a rachunek, u艣miechn臋艂a si臋 do mnie ponownie, a gdy odchodzi艂y, machn臋艂a r臋k膮 na po偶egnanie, u艣miechn臋艂a si臋 i unios艂a brwi. To by艂o takie s艂odkie.
Poniewa偶 jestem planist膮, przyj臋cie 3 pa藕dziernika jest zaplanowane i zaprosi艂em 17 os贸b; do tej pory 12. z nich potwierdzi艂o, 偶e b臋dzie. Komunikat wyszed艂 dzi艣, wi臋c my艣l臋, 偶e pozosta艂e 5. potwierdzi w przysz艂ym tygodniu. To nasza druga impreza w tym roku, a powodem jest m贸j bratanek i jego 偶ona, kt贸rzy tutaj b臋d膮 i chcia艂bym, 偶eby spotkali ludzi, kt贸rych znamy. Z pi臋ciorgiem z tych os贸b spotkali艣my si臋 w zesz艂ym roku i lubimy ich na tyle, aby ich zaprosi膰 i mie膰 szans臋 pozna膰 ich lepiej. Wszyscy z nich maj膮 r贸偶ne zainteresowania, prac臋, a to sprawia, 偶e przyj臋cie b臋dzie bardziej interesuj膮ce. Niestety, Zbyszka nie b臋dzie w mie艣cie w dniu przyj臋cia, wi臋c go nie b臋dzie.