We did get there in time for dinner, early, in fact since dinner wasn't until 18:00. It was the normal Polish Wigilia starting with the sharing of op艂atek. The young kids were as happy to see us as we were them, the parents too. It's been three years since our last visit and they have both grown a lot. Kacper, the son of Magda and Wojtek, is much more conversant in English now and Maya, the young girl, is beginning to learn the language also. Their father, Wojtek, has been learning the Chinese language. We were also joined by Magda's mother, Magda's sister, Agata, and her son, Mateusz. After dinner was over it was time to drink the 3 bottles of wine on the table and relax before bed.
On Christmas day, obiad was prepared by her mother and we ate at 13:00, then spent the rest of the day with another 3 bottles of wine, talking and watching a little TV. We went to bed early because the next day we had to return to Pozna艅 because the car is being repaired on Wednesday. It was an excellent visit for all of us, I think. You can tell from the pictures we really like the kids. I felt a little bad for Joan because she could not participate when Polish was being spoken and had no idea what was being talked about if I didn't translate.
Wigilia zacz臋艂a dla nas d艂ug膮 przeja偶d偶k膮 do Alwerni w 5 1/2 godziny. Pogoda mog艂a by膰 gorsza, gdyby pada艂 艣nieg. Ca艂a podr贸偶 pada艂a, wyj膮tkowo m臋tna i zimna. By艂em wyczerpany psychicznie, zanim tam dotarli艣my.
Dotarli艣my na czas na kolacj臋, wcze艣nie, bo obiad nie by艂 do 18:00. To by艂a normalna polska Wigilia zaczynaj膮ca si臋 od dzielenia op艂atek. Ma艂e dzieci by艂y tak szcz臋艣liwe, 偶e widzia艂y nas tak jak my, a tak偶e rodzic贸w. Min臋艂y trzy lata od naszej ostatniej wizyty i obaj bardzo si臋 rozwin臋li. Kacper, syn Magdy i Wojtka, jest teraz znacznie bardziej bieg艂y po angielsku, a Maya, m艂oda dziewczyna, r贸wnie偶 zaczyna uczy膰 si臋 j臋zyka. Ich ojciec, Wojtek, uczy si臋 j臋zyka chi艅skiego. Do艂膮czy艂a do nas tak偶e matka Magdy, siostra Magdy, Agata i jej syn, Mateusz. Po kolacji nadszed艂 czas, aby wypi膰 3 butelki wina na stole i odpocz膮膰 przed snem.
W Bo偶e Narodzenie, obiad zosta艂 przygotowany przez matk臋 i jedli艣my o 13:00, a reszt臋 dnia sp臋dzili艣my z kolejnymi 3 butelkami wina, rozmawiaj膮c i ogl膮daj膮c ma艂y telewizor. Poszli艣my wcze艣nie spa膰, bo nast臋pnego dnia musieli艣my wraca膰 do Poznania, poniewa偶 samoch贸d jest naprawiany w 艣rod臋. To by艂a wspania艂a wizyta dla nas wszystkich, jak s膮dz臋. Z obraz贸w, kt贸re naprawd臋 lubimy, mo偶na powiedzie膰. Czu艂am si臋 troch臋 z艂a dla Joanny, poniewa偶 nie mog艂a uczestniczy膰, gdy m贸wiono po polsku, i nie mia艂a poj臋cia, o czym m贸wiono, gdybym nie t艂umaczy艂a.
