Saturday, January 09, 2016
Something new. 2 posts(keep reading)
Joan made a new dessert called date-nut bars. It is a combination of dates, walnuts, flour, sugar, raisins, butter and a few other things. She saw a recipe for it in one of her cookbooks and thought she would try it. It's very good.
Another Saturday means more protests against the new Polish government. I saw videos of the protest on a German television channel, DW. Tomorrow is going to be a very interesting day because each year at this time there is the biggest charity drive held all over Poland to help young children. Thousands of volunteers stand on street corners or walk the streets with donation cans. The government, I have heard, said that any police or military personnel who volunteer to help will be forced to resign their position the next day. I don't know the reason for that.thinking. Maybe because now, each month on the 10th, there is a military memorial for the victims of the Smolensk tragedy when 95 of the top officials including the President died in a plane crash. The presidents brother, Jaros艂aw Kaczy艅ski, and leader of the PiS party that controls Poland now has done his best to keep the tragedy alive blaming Russia for it.
During the night it continued raining so most of the snow was gone when I woke up. It was a rare, sunny day and that also helped to get rid of snow.
Joanna wykonane nowe deser o nazwie data-orzechowe bary. Jest to po艂膮czenie dat, orzechy w艂oskie, m膮ki, cukru, rodzynek, mas艂a i kilka innych rzeczy. Widzia艂a przepis na ni膮 w jednej ze swoich ksi膮偶ek kucharskich i my艣la艂, 偶e go spr贸bowa膰. Jest bardzo dobry.
Kolejna sobota oznacza kolejne protesty przeciwko nowego polskiego rz膮du. Widzia艂em filmy z protestu w niemieckiej telewizji, DW. Jutro b臋dzie bardzo ciekawy dzie艅, poniewa偶 ka偶dego roku w tym czasie znajduje si臋 najwi臋kszy charytatywny jazdy w ca艂ej Polsce odbywaj膮 si臋 pom贸c m艂odym dzieci. Tysi膮ce wolontariuszy stoj膮 na rogach ulic lub chodzi膰 po ulicach z puszkami dawstwa. Rz膮d, s艂ysza艂em, 偶e wszelkie policyjnych lub wojskowych, kt贸rzy po艣wi臋caj膮 pomoc b臋dzie zmuszony do rezygnacji swoj膮 pozycj臋 na nast臋pny dzie艅. Nie znam przyczyny that.thinking. Mo偶e dlatego, 偶e teraz, w ka偶dym miesi膮cu na 10, znajduje si臋 pomnik wojskowy dla ofiar tragedii smole艅skiej, gdy 95 z najwy偶szych urz臋dnik贸w, w tym prezydenta zgin膮艂 w katastrofie lotniczej. Brat prezydenci, Jaros艂aw Kaczy艅ski, lider PiS, kt贸ry kontroluje teraz Polska zrobi艂a w jego mocy, aby utrzyma膰 przy 偶yciu tragedi臋 obwinianie Rosji za nim.
W nocy nadal pada deszcz, wi臋c wi臋kszo艣膰 艣niegu znikn臋艂a kiedy si臋 obudzi艂em. To by艂 rzadki, s艂oneczny dzie艅, a tak偶e pom贸g艂 pozby膰 si臋 艣niegu.
Yesterday we left home about 12:30 to do shopping and it was snowing. First we went to Carrefour to buy one item for the evening meal of 偶urek and then on to Bistry. It's been three weeks since we were there due to the holidays and were surprised to find the store was empty and closed. I asked a lady what happened to it and she told me it had moved to a better location in the outside shopping center, right next to the parking area. We found it and inside everything was new including the sales people. It was still the same with one exception, they don't have as many types of kie艂basa as before. Now they only have 5 plus my favorite kabanosa. Kabanosa is essential for the 偶urek that Joan makes.
From there we drove across town to Galeria Malta to buy brown sugar from Marks and Spencer because Joan does not like the brown sugar in the stores we normally shop like Carrefour, Real or Piotr & PaweL We also checked out a few stores for a long winter coat for Joan but couldn't find one. Maybe it's too late for that. I took my camera to take pictures of the Christmas decorations Too late again because they are all gone now.
On the way home it started raining and kept raining after we got home. I received a call from the place where our wrecked car is and they told me they would buy my car for 3,000 zl if I agreed. I did and will go there Monday to sign the papers releasing it. That is one less problem to deal with because our insurance company, PZU, tried to sell it in an auction buy there were no buyers so it was up to us to sell it. I was going to start dealing with that on Monday and now I don't have to.
Wczoraj wyszed艂 z domu o 12:30 na zakupy i pada艂 艣nieg. Najpierw udali艣my si臋 do Carrefour kupi膰 jedn膮 pozycj臋 na wieczorny posi艂ek z 偶urek, a nast臋pnie do Bistry. Min臋艂y trzy tygodnie, poniewa偶 byli艣my tam ze wzgl臋du na wakacje i byli艣my zaskoczeni sklep by艂 pusty i zamkni臋ty. Poprosi艂em pani膮, co si臋 z nim sta艂o, a ona powiedzia艂a mi, 偶e przeni贸s艂 si臋 do lepszej lokalizacji na zewn膮trz centrum handlowego, tu偶 obok parkingu. Znale藕li艣my go i wewn膮trz wszystko by艂o nowe w tym sprzedawc贸w. To by艂 wci膮偶 ten sam, z jednym wyj膮tkiem, nie maj膮 tak wiele rodzaj贸w kie艂basy, jak wcze艣niej. Teraz maj膮 tylko 5 oraz m贸j ulubiony kabanosa. Kabanosa jest niezb臋dne dla 偶urek, 偶e Joan czyni.