Thursday, October 29, 2015
Excellent restaurant.
Well, I thought we were to meet our friends, Marta and Joanna, at 6PM so we arrived early. By 6:15 they hadn't arrived but we were surprised when cousin Maciej walked through the door. He and his wife, Wioletta, own the Blueberry Bar and the Bernadino restaurant where we planned to have dinner. We went upstairs to the restaurant, waited a little longer and then ordered our dinners. Joan had ravioli filled with rabbit and I had the pork filet. Just about 7PM Marta arrived and Joanna soon after. It seems in our planning I had the wrong hour because we changed the original time from 6 to 7 and I didn't write it down. However, a bonus was that Wioletta and her two children were there so I got to meet their son, J臋dryk, again. He has grown a lot since the last time we saw him long before the renovation of the restaurant.
The restaurant is really a great place for a meal because it is quiet inside, has a very nice atmosphere, the food is excellent and the service is good. Unfortunately, Poznan is still not the type of town where people go out of their home to eat dinner so the place was almost empty of customers. It is a pity because we think it is a fine restaurant and being owned by my cousin, we patronize it whenever we can.
The four of us talked and ate for about two hours, talking about different subjects and the spending of Christmas at Marta's new house in Germany. Somehow I have been given the nickname of Santa Claus and Joan is Mrs. Santa Claus. Maybe it's the gray hair and beard. As usual, it's always a good time meeting with Marta and Joanna and we enjoy their company very much. They are both very positive thinking people and that is one of the things we like about them. Both are very intelligent and enjoy travelling, another thing we have in common.
Earlier in the day, after doing our shopping in Carrefour and Bistry, we stopped at Kandulski's for coffee and then went home to study languages for a little while before we went to dinner.
C贸偶, my艣la艂em, 偶e mieli艣my spotka膰 si臋 naszymi przyjaci贸艂kami, Mart膮 i Joann膮 o 18:00 wi臋c przyjechali艣my wcze艣nie. Do 18:15 nikt nie przyjecha艂, ale byli艣my zaskoczeni, gdy kuzyn Maciej wszed艂 przez drzwi. On i jego 偶ona, Wioletta, s膮 w艂a艣cicielami Blueberry Bar i restauracji Bernardino, gdzie zaplanowali艣my kolacj臋. Poszli艣my na g贸r臋, do restauracji, jeszcze troch臋 poczekali艣my, a nast臋pnie zam贸wili艣my nasz膮 kolacj臋. Joan mia艂a ravioli faszerowane mi臋sem z kr贸lika i a ja - filet z wieprzowiny. Oko艂o godziny 19:00 przyjecha艂a Marta, a wkr贸tce po niej Joanna. Wydaje si臋 w naszym rozk艂adzie zaj臋膰 mia艂em wpisan膮 z艂膮 godzin臋, bo zmienili艣my pierwotn膮 godzin臋 z 18:00 na 19:00, a ja tego nie zapisa艂em. Jednak bonusem by艂o to, 偶e by艂a tam Wioletta i jej dwoje dzieci, wi臋c ponownie spotka艂em jej syna J臋drka. On ur贸s艂 od czasu, kiedy widzieli艣my go po raz ostatni, a by艂o to na d艂ugo przed remontem restauracji.
Restauracja jest naprawd臋 艣wietnym miejscem na zjedzenie posi艂ku , poniewa偶 w 艣rodku jest cicho, jest bardzo mi艂a atmosfera, jedzenie jest doskona艂e, a obs艂uga dobra. Niestety, Pozna艅 nie jest jeszcze typem miasta, gdzie ludzie wychodz膮 z domu na obiad, wi臋c prawie nie by艂o klient贸w. Szkoda, poniewa偶 uwa偶amy, 偶e jest to doskona艂a restauracja i jest w艂asno艣ci膮 mojego kuzyna, wi臋c bywamy tam, kiedy tylko mo偶emy.
We czw贸rk臋 rozmawiali艣my i jedli艣my przez oko艂o dwie godziny, rozmawiaj膮c na r贸偶ne tematy i sp臋dzeniu Bo偶ego Narodzenia w nowym domu Marty w Niemczech. Jako艣 nadano mi imi臋 艢wi臋tego Miko艂aja i Joan jest Pani Santa Claus. Mo偶e to przez siwe w艂osy i brod臋. Jak zwykle, spotkanie z Mart膮 i Joann膮 by艂o bardzo dobre i bardzo cieszymy si臋 z ich towarzystwa. Obie s膮 lud藕mi my艣l膮cymi bardzo pozytywne i to jest jedna z tych rzeczy, kt贸re w nich lubimy. Obie s膮 bardzo inteligentne i lubi膮 podr贸偶e, i to jest jeszcze jedna wsp贸lna z sprawa, kt贸r膮 z nimi mamy.
Wcze艣niej tego dnia, po zrobieniu zakup贸w w Carrefour i Bistry, zatrzymali艣my si臋 u Kandulskich na kaw臋, a nast臋pnie udali艣my si臋 do domu, aby przez jaki艣 czas uczy膰 si臋 j臋zyk贸w, zanim poszli艣my na kolacj臋.