Saturday started out all gray, early morning, but a little sun did appear during the day. It was nice to see. Amazing how it changes peoples attitude. Both, the sun and the gray, easily creep into attitude it seems. Maybe the first year or so here it was the same for me but I learned to think sunshine everyday after that. That is not to say I am not looking forward to our 3 months in Spain but that has more to do with temperature and practicing the language than attitude.
I had two nice conversations earlier. One with a young man who was doing an internship in a financial firm in Warsaw during the summer and the other with a lawyer here in Pozna艅. I hadn't seen the young man since last June so it was interesting to hear his adventure living in Warsaw, working there, discovering the difference between pubs there and in Pozna艅 and what he is doing now back at university. The lawyer talked about his participation in marathons, we talked about our fathers and only a little about politics.
Joan was home alone most of the day so I took her to Sowa's for coffee and ciasto. She's been busy the last two days house cleaning and I thought she needed a little diversion.
Soon November 1st will be upon us and we will make our annual pilgrimage to Golina to honor my ancestors and relatives in the cemetery. It's one of my most favorite times. It is such a beautiful event.
Sobota zacz臋艂a si臋 szara, wczesnym rankiem, ale troch臋 s艂o艅ca nie pojawi艂o si臋 w ci膮gu dnia. Mi艂o by艂o to zobaczy膰. Niesamowite, jak zmienia nastawienie ludzi. Wygl膮da na to, 偶e s艂o艅ce i szaro艣膰 s膮 艂atwe do skr臋powania. By膰 mo偶e by艂em dla mnie taki sam. Nauczy艂em si臋 codziennie my艣le膰 o s艂o艅cu. To nie do powiedzenia. Nie czekam z niecierpliwo艣ci膮 na u偶ywanie tego j臋zyka przez kilka miesi臋cy.
Mia艂em dwie mi艂e rozmowy wcze艣niej. Jeden z m艂odym m臋偶czyzn膮, kt贸ry odbywa艂 sta偶 w Poznaniu. Nie widzia艂em tego m艂odego cz艂owieka odk膮d studiowa艂 w Warszawie, pracuj膮c tam, odkrywaj膮c r贸偶nic臋 mi臋dzy pubami. Prawnik m贸wi艂 o swoim udziale w maratonach, rozmawiali艣my o naszych ojcach, a tylko troch臋 o polityce.
Joan by艂a sama w domu. Zabra艂em j膮 do Sowy na kaw臋 i ciasto. Przez ostatnie dwa dni by艂a zaj臋ta i my艣la艂em, 偶e potrzebuje troch臋 rozrywki.
Wkr贸tce 1 listopada 2009 Golina na cze艣膰 moich przodk贸w i pielgrzymki. To jeden z moich najbardziej lubianych razy. To takie pi臋kne wydarzenie.