Thursday, January 24, 2013

Interesting day.




 
Normal shopping day for food took us to Real where we spent 136 zl for the week. Even that was a little high for us but I bought two new cheeses to try and Joan bought salmon for a new dinner she will make tomorrow.

After we were done I remembered a promise I made to myself some months ago and went back to a meat store we shopped in once before. It's called Bistry and they have excellent kie艂basa and lunch meats.  We especially liked their white kie艂basa for breakfast.  I bought eight links of it and also some salami for lunches. We both thought the salami tasted great and we made a commitment to go there each week on Wednesday just before we go to Kandulski's because the store is close to there. We plan on buying small portions of different lunch meats, try them and then decide which ones we like the best.

I received an interesting email from our acquaintance in the immigration department. It seems that since August 2012 new regulations concerning polish citizenship are in force. According to the new act, I am entitled to apply for polish citizenship based on the fact that I have acquired permanent settlement permit in 2008. What is also important, I won't be asked to renounce my U.S. citizenship, it's no longer an obligatory condition. I can apply anytime and have double citizenship. The procedure is very simple. Once I get a polish citizenship, Joan's legalisation procedures will also become much, much easier. I think it is something I will look into.

The pictures above of that interesting flower and Joan and I were taken yesterday.

Normalny zakup 偶ywno艣ci skierowa艂 nas do Realu, gdzie wydali艣my 136 z艂 na tydzie艅. Chocia偶 cena by艂a troch臋 za wysoka dla nas, ale kupi艂em dwa nowe sery , 偶eby spr贸bowa膰 a Joan kupi艂a 艂ososia na jutrzejsz膮 kolacj臋.

Po sko艅czeniu zakup贸w przypomnia艂em sobie obietnic臋, jak膮 zrobi艂em sobie kilka miesi臋cy temu i wr贸ci艂em do sklepu mi臋snego , w kt贸rym robili艣my kiedy艣 zakupy. On si臋 nazywa Bistry i maj膮 tam doskona艂e kie艂basy i mi臋sa na lunch. Szczeg贸lnie lubi臋 ich bia艂膮 kie艂bas臋 na 艣niadanie. Kupi艂em osiem kr膮偶k贸w, a tak偶e troch臋 salami na lunch. Oboje uwa偶amy, 偶e salami smakowa艂a wy艣mienicie i zobowi膮zali艣my si臋, aby tam p贸j艣膰 co tydzie艅 w 艣rod臋, tu偶 przed wyj艣ciem do cukierni Kandulski, poniewa偶 sklep jest w pobli偶u. Planujemy zakup ma艂ych porcji r贸偶nych mi臋s obiadowych, aby je wypr贸bowa膰, a nast臋pnie zdecydowa膰, kt贸re z nich lubimy najbardziej. 

Otrzyma艂em ciekawy e-mail od naszej znajomej z departamentu imigracyjnego. Wydaje si臋, 偶e od sierpnia 2012 nowe przepisy dotycz膮ce obywatelstwa polskiego wesz艂y w 偶ycie. Wed艂ug nowej ustawy, jestem uprawniony do ubiegania si臋 o polskie obywatelstwo na podstawie faktu, 偶e nie uzyska艂em sta艂ego zezwolenia na pobyt w 2008 roku. Co wa偶ne, nie b臋d臋 poproszony o zrzeczenie si臋 mojego obywatelstwa USA, to nie jest ju偶 obowi膮zkowy warunek. Mog臋 wyst膮pi膰 o to w ka偶dej chwili i mie膰 podw贸jne obywatelstwo. Procedura ta jest bardzo prosta. Kiedy otrzymam polskie obywatelstwo , procedury legalizacyjne dla Joan stan膮 si臋 r贸wnie偶 du偶o, du偶o 艂atwiejsze. My艣l臋, 偶e jest to co艣, co b臋d臋 sprawdza膰.

Zdj臋cia powy偶ej zrobi艂em wczoraj,one a przedstawiaj膮 one interesuj膮ce kwiaty oraz nas.