Saturday, January 19, 2019

One less worry.

Using Live Chat, I was able to arrange Special Assistance to help me get Joan on and off the airplane to Alicante on Tuesday. The lady, Anita, was very helpful. She rearranged our seating on the plane going and coming back. There will be someone in Pozna艅 with a wheelchair to get us through the airport, security and then on the plane. In Alicante it will be the same. That takes a big load off of my mind. The service is free of charge and they even refunded Joan the cost of her reserved seating.

It's been sunny and the same temperature as in Santiago the last few days. Almost makes me wonder why leave? However, I know psychologically it will be better for Joan. Walking will be easier in level sidewalks wherever we go,whether it is the short distance to the center of town or to the beach. There will be more English speakers for her to talk with and maybe, maybe she will try a little Spanish although I think the language block is in her mind already. She was doing very good with Spanish a few months ago but that has changed with this new development.

Here in Poland, many cities broadcasted the funeral of the President of Gda艅sk and plazas were full of people denouncing hate and violence.

I was thinking about my friend, John, who now waits for the President to sign his Polish citizenship paper. I am happy that everything went smoothly for him. He did not have the obstacles in his path that I have. After years of studying the language and being married to a Polish citizen who passed away a few years ago, he speaks the language well. All his documents were in order so it went quickly through the system.

Korzystaj膮c z czatu na 偶ywo, uda艂o mi si臋 zorganizowa膰 Pomoc Specjaln膮,  aby pom贸c we wtorek i wtargn膮膰 z samolotu do Alicante. Pani, Anita, by艂a bardzo pomocna. Przestawi艂a nasze siedzenia na pok艂adzie samolotu i wraca艂a. B臋dzie kto艣 w Poznaniu z w贸zkiem inwalidzkim, kt贸ry zabierze nas przez lotnisko, ochron臋, a potem samolot. W Alicante b臋dzie tak samo. To wymaga du偶ego obci膮偶enia mojego umys艂u. Us艂uga jest bezp艂atna, a oni nawet zwracaj膮 Joan koszt zarezerwowanych miejsc.

Jest s艂onecznie i w tej samej temperaturze co w Santiago w ci膮gu ostatnich kilku dni. Prawie sprawia, 偶e ​​zastanawiam si臋, dlaczego odej艣膰? Jednak wiem, psychologicznie, 偶e b臋dzie lepiej dla Joan. Zwiedzanie b臋dzie 艂atwiejsze na poziomych chodnikach, niezale偶nie od tego, dok膮d jedziemy, czy to w niewielkiej odleg艂o艣ci do centrum miasta czy na pla偶臋. B臋dzie wi臋cej os贸b, z kt贸rymi mog艂aby rozmawia膰 po angielsku i mo偶e, mo偶e spr贸buje troch臋 hiszpa艅skiego, chocia偶 my艣l臋, 偶e blok j臋zykowy ju偶 jest w jej g艂owie. Kilka miesi臋cy temu radzi艂a sobie bardzo dobrze z hiszpa艅skim, ale to si臋 zmieni艂o wraz z rozwojem.

Tu, w Polsce, wiele miast nadawa艂o pogrzeb Prezydenta Gda艅ska, a na placach pe艂no by艂o ludzi pot臋piaj膮cych nienawi艣膰 i przemoc.

My艣la艂em o moim przyjacielu, Johnie, kt贸ry czeka teraz na Prezydenta, aby podpisa艂 jego polsk膮 gazet臋 obywatelsk膮. Ciesz臋 si臋, 偶e wszystko posz艂o g艂adko dla niego. Nie mia艂 przeszk贸d na swojej drodze, kt贸re mam. Po latach nauki j臋zyka i ma艂偶e艅stwie z obywatelem polskim, kt贸ry zmar艂 kilka lat temu, dobrze m贸wi j臋zykiem. Wszystkie jego dokumenty by艂y w porz膮dku, wi臋c szybko przesz艂y przez systemu.