Sunday, July 23, 2023

Going-Gone


Another iconic restaurant in Pozna艅 is going out of business. "The time has come to close the chapter".

The "Pizza a Pezzi" restaurant operated on Ratajczaka Street for 11 years.

The situation was becoming increasingly difficult due to renovations, which were making access to the premises difficult and also resulting in far fewer customers showing up at the center. Now the owner has finally made the decision to close.at the end of this month, 11 Years, then gone.

79 years and then how many more? That is always the question, isn't it? As many as Joan is all I ask for. We have had a good life in Poland even with all the bureaucratic problems we had in the beginning. It got better for quite a while but with the rise of popularism, nationalism, Covid, and the war it seems a little more difficult now for foreigners wanting to move here. One person who was always helpful with medical problems was our friend Joanna but sadly she passed away last year at a young age. Our other friend who was also very helpful, Zbyszek, died almost 2 years ago. He was the first friend we made here. We do have other friends who are helpful but those were the main two. Our plans for the future all changed 3 years ago and now it's just a day-by-day situation. I've read a lot about dementia and the opinions of how long it will last are varied but I choose to take the most optimistic one. I won't accept the pessimistic version.

Kolejna kultowa pozna艅ska restauracja ko艅czy dzia艂alno艣膰. "Nadszed艂 czas, by zamkn膮膰 ten rozdzia艂".

Restauracja "Pizza a Pezzi" dzia艂a艂a przy ulicy Ratajczaka przez 11 lat.

Sytuacja stawa艂a si臋 coraz trudniejsza ze wzgl臋du na remonty, kt贸re utrudnia艂y dost臋p do lokalu, a tak偶e powodowa艂y, 偶e w centrum pojawia艂o si臋 znacznie mniej klient贸w. Teraz w艂a艣ciciel w ko艅cu podj膮艂 decyzj臋 o zamkni臋ciu. 11 lat, a potem koniec.

79 lat i ile jeszcze? To zawsze jest pytanie, prawda? Prosz臋 tylko o Joan. Mieli艣my dobre 偶ycie w Polsce, nawet pomimo wszystkich biurokratycznych problem贸w, kt贸re mieli艣my na pocz膮tku. Przez jaki艣 czas by艂o lepiej, ale wraz ze wzrostem populizmu, nacjonalizmu, Covid i wojn膮 wydaje si臋, 偶e teraz jest troch臋 trudniej dla obcokrajowc贸w, kt贸rzy chc膮 si臋 tu przeprowadzi膰. Jedn膮 z os贸b, kt贸ra zawsze by艂a pomocna przy problemach medycznych by艂a nasza przyjaci贸艂ka Joanna, ale niestety zmar艂a w zesz艂ym roku w m艂odym wieku. Nasz drugi przyjaciel, kt贸ry r贸wnie偶 by艂 bardzo pomocny, Zbyszek, zmar艂 prawie 2 lata temu. By艂 pierwszym przyjacielem, kt贸rego tu poznali艣my. Mamy jeszcze innych przyjaci贸艂, kt贸rzy s膮 pomocni, ale g艂贸wnie to by艂o tych dwoje. Nasze plany na przysz艂o艣膰 zmieni艂y si臋 3 lata temu i teraz to tylko codzienno艣膰. Du偶o czyta艂em o demencji i opinie na temat tego, jak d艂ugo potrwa s膮 r贸偶ne, ale ja wybieram t臋 najbardziej optymistyczn膮. Nie zaakceptuj臋 pesymistycznej wersji.