Monday, January 01, 2018

2018


It's the first 5:45 of the new year in Whoville. The majority of the party people have gone home or stayed where they were partying. Joan and I stayed home and watched the fireworks from our balcony. They lasted about 20 minutes. We could have watched the pre-celebrations on TV but instead we watched an old movie.

We've lived another year and that's worth celebrating. We're not "perfectly" healthy but have no life threatening problems either. We look forward to this new year with enthusiasm for travel and continued learning. I another wee we will take down the tree and prepare for departure. We will visit one new county this but not sure which one yet. Bulgaria, Romania, Montenegro, Ireland or Macedonia. Of course, there will be more travels inside of Poland to new places also.

It's now 13:30 and the first family news I received was not good. Another cousin here in Poland has died, Janek Ka藕mierczak, from Grudziadz. He was 79, 6 years older than me. We first went to meet him and his family in 2004 and 3 times after that when we moved here. In-between we kept in touch via letters or cards. I was happy when he joined FB last year.  He was the last of 11 children of my grandfather's youngest brother, Stanis艂aw.

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