2012
2003
On a cloudy, sunny day at 9AM we hit the road to visit cousin Luka, her husband, Marek, and their daughter R贸zia in Trzcianki. Leaving Pozna艅 we took route 92 east to Wrzesnia and then road 442 south to Pyzdry. The road to Wrzesnia is a double lane so it wasn't a long trip to get their. We've taken it many times on our way to Golina so I know it well. 442 is just a country road, one lane in each direction so it is a little slower to travel on but we didn't have far to get to Pyzdry. Once there we drove through the town, over the Warta river and took the second rood on the left. We were there once before, in 2004, but came from the other direction and yet it wasn't difficult to find the tiny road that leads through a forest into the village.
I saw that there are three new houses built since our last time here and knowing Marek's house now had a green roof on it that's what I looked for. Only the roof was visible obove a corn field in the distance so we headed in that direction. It was like being back in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan because the road is only dirt and big enough for one car at a time. When we made the right hand turn toward Marek's place the road was only grass that went along a cow field with several cows. One of the cows tried to chase the car but it was stopped by the electric fence surrounding the field.
We pulled up in front of their house and they all came out to greet us. I was impressed with the changes and renovations made to this old, red brick house. The outside is now covered in the typical gray plaster manner but inside the rooms looked great. There are only three, a kitchen, bedroom and living room but all the walls, floors, ceilings have been renovated and the place looks great. They still do not have electricity or running water inside the house and it reminded me of when I lived in the woods of Michigan in the house I built.
Outside in the yard are apple and plum trees and to the side of the outbuilding they have a nice vegetable and herb garden. In the place where the old falledn down shed was they erected a stone wall with bricks they got in Pozna艅 from houses that were being torn down. Marek said it took about a thousand bricks to build the wall. At the end of the wall it where they have the outside toilet, another reminder of Michigan.
We had some coffee outside and when a dark cloud was finished passing by we took a walk through the fields to the forest that is nearby. Another reminder of Michgan came upon me when I saw a clearcut area in the forest. How strange it looks to walk through a forest and all of a sudden there is a huge space when many trees once stood.
After returning home Luka prepared obiad of cabbage, rice and green beans because they are vegerarians and don't eat meat.
When obiad was over, Marek, R贸zia, Joan and I played a card game called osiol, which means donkey. It's played with aces, kings, queens and jacks and the object is to get all four of one kind and when you do you immediately lay down your cards and it's up to the other players to do the same, no matter what they are holding. The last person to lay down their cards looses the hand adn gets the first letter of the word donkey. Whoever gets all the letters of the donkey word first looses. Unfortunately it was R贸zia.
At 5PM it was time for us to return to Pozna艅 and Luka gave us a large bag of fresh green beans, zucchini and squash to take home. It was a nice day spent in the wide open spaces of farmland with no sounds of traffic, neighbors, noise or TV. We enjoyed ourselves
W pochmurny, s艂oneczny dzie艅 na 9 rano razem ruszymy w drog臋, aby odwiedzi膰 kuzyna Luka, jej m膮偶, Marek, i ich c贸rka R贸zia w Trzcianki. Pozostawienie Pozna艅 wzi臋li艣my trasy 92 na wsch贸d do Wrze艣ni, a nast臋pnie droga 442 na po艂udnie do Pyzdr. Droga do Wrze艣ni jest podw贸jny pas ruchu wi臋c nie by艂o to d艂uga podr贸偶, aby ich. Wzi臋li艣my go wiele razy na naszej drodze do Golina wi臋c wiem to dobrze. 442 jest po prostu droga krajowa, jeden pas ruchu w ka偶dym kierunku wi臋c jest troch臋 wolniejszy podr贸偶owa膰, ale nie mieli艣my daleko aby dosta膰 si臋 do Pyzdr. Kiedy艣 jechali艣my przez miasto, nad rzek膮 Wart膮 i zaj臋艂a drugie Rooda po lewej stronie. Byli艣my tam raz przedtem, w roku 2004, ale pochodzi艂 z innego kierunku i jeszcze nie by艂o trudno znale藕膰 ma艂膮 drog臋, kt贸ra prowadzi przez las do wsi.
Widzia艂em, 偶e istniej膮 trzy nowe domy budowane od naszej ostatniej chwili tu i znaj膮c Marka dom teraz mia艂 zielonego dachu na to, 偶e w艂a艣nie szuka艂em. Tylko dach by艂 widoczny obove pole kukurydzy w oddali wi臋c poszli艣my w tym kierunku. To by艂o jak powr贸t na G贸rnym P贸艂wyspie Michigan bo droga jest tylko brud i wystarczaj膮co du偶y dla jednego samochodu w czasie. Kiedy dokonali艣my w艂a艣ciwego kolej r臋k膮 w kierunku miejsca, Mareka droga by艂a tylko trawa, kt贸ra posz艂a na polu krowy z kilku kr贸w. Jedna z kr贸w pr贸bowali goni膰 samoch贸d ale zosta艂 zatrzymany przez ogrodzenia wok贸艂 pola.
Mamy zatrzyma艂 si臋 przed domem i wszyscy wyszli nas powita膰. By艂em pod wra偶eniem zmian i remont贸w dokonanych w tym starym, czerwonym domu z ceg艂y. Poza jest obecnie obj臋ta w typowy spos贸b szarego tynku, ale wewn膮trz pomieszcze艅 wygl膮da艂 艣wietnie. Istniej膮 tylko trzy, kuchnia, sypialnia i salon, ale wszystkie 艣ciany, pod艂ogi, sufity zosta艂y odnowione i miejsce wygl膮da 艣wietnie. Oni wci膮偶 nie ma elektryczno艣ci ani bie偶膮cej wody wewn膮trz domu i przypomnia艂 mi kiedy mieszka艂em w lasach Michigan w domu zbudowa艂em.
Na zewn膮trz w ogrodzie s膮 jab艂onie i 艣liwy i na stronie oficyny maj膮 艂adny warzyw i ogr贸d zio艂owy. W miejscu, gdzie stary falledn d贸艂 przelana zosta艂a wznie艣li mur z cegie艂 dostali w Poznaniu z dom贸w, kt贸re by艂y zburzone. Marek powiedzia艂, 偶e to trwa艂o oko艂o tysi膮ca cegie艂 do budowy 艣ciany. Na ko艅cu 艣ciany to gdzie maj膮 WC na zewn膮trz, inny przypomnienia of Michigan.
Mieli艣my troch臋 poza kaw膮 i gdy ciemna chmura sko艅czy艂 przechodz膮c przez zrobili艣my spacer przez pola do lasu, kt贸ry jest w pobli偶u. Inn膮 pami膮tk膮 Michgan zst膮pi艂 na mnie, kiedy zobaczy艂em clearcut obszar lasu. Jak dziwnie to wygl膮da na spacer przez las i nagle znajduje si臋 ogromna przestrze艅, kiedy wiele drzew kiedy艣 sta艂.
Po powrocie do domu Luka przygotowany obiad z kapusty, ry偶u i fasolk膮 szparagow膮, poniewa偶 s膮 one vegerarians i nie je艣膰 mi臋sa.
Kiedy Obiad si臋 sko艅czy艂, Marek, R贸zia, Joan i ja grali艣my w gr臋 karcian膮 zwan膮 osiol, co oznacza, os艂a. To gra艂 z as贸w, kr贸l贸w, kr贸lowe i walety i obiekt jest uzyskanie wszystkich czterech jednego rodzaju, a kiedy ty natychmiast ustanowi膰 swoje karty i to do innych graczy zrobi膰 to samo, bez wzgl臋du na to, co oni trzymaj膮. Ostatni膮 osob膮, kt贸ra okre艣la swoje karty traci ADN r臋ka dostaje pierwsz膮 liter臋 os艂a s艂owo. Kto pobiera wszystkie litery s艂owa traci osio艂 pierwszych. Niestety by艂o to R贸zia.
Przy 5PM to by艂 czas dla nas do powrotu do Poznania i Luka da艂 nam du偶膮 torb臋 艣wie偶ych zielonych ziarnach, cukini膮 i squasha do domu. To by艂 mi艂y dzie艅 sp臋dzony w otwartych przestrzeni p贸l uprawnych bez odg艂os贸w ruchu, s膮siad贸w, ha艂asu lub telewizj膮. Bawili艣my si臋




