it was soooo hard to wake up at 5:40 but we had to get to the train staion and buy our ticket to Wengorzewo. We were already all packed, took our luggage downstains, Les made coffee, Dzunia made breakfast, we grabbed our snacks for the train (3 years ago we had NO water, NO food, nada for the 9+ hour trip !!) This time, we were more than prepared - sandwiches, water, beer, 3 kinds of chips and even a huge piece of the cheesecake Les had made day before with his sister. And we ate a little and drank a little of all the above ...
the ride was uneventful and the rocking of the train put both of us to sleep for hours, wake up to a 20 min talk and look out the window,and then guess what ???? right back to sleep again. Since we were 1st class, we had the whole cabin to ourselves ... ooooh nice ...oooo rock us to sleep .... I stretched out over all three chairs with our 2 plush jackets as a pillow and dreamed dreamed dreamed
the few times we looked out, we saw changing landscape - from fields to trees and more trees and more trees. I did see a fox. very few horses. very few cows, very few chickens. very few storks. fields forest fields forest fields forest
Maciek and Kystyna were right at the train door when we arrived, just as well, we had our bag of food, our big suitcase and one other case full of presents, my purse, another bag full of wires for computers and cameras and lastly, the computer. And we are trying to travel light.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
but we really are trying !!!! to be honest, this is the last of the heavy gifts. we did good, I think. everyone was thought of, I think everyone loved their Mexico crafts. I spent so much time preparing for this - months really. we brought beautiful abalone shells, ana fisher shell boxes, abalone hearts, T-shirts, an enormous Mexican sombrero, unique mexican christmas decorations and small hand-painted wall mats which are truly original pieces of art ....big family, many gifts, so much fun to hand out !
here we are. wengorzewo is a beautiful town. the houses have red roofs which are steep due to snow, they have quite large yards since land is plentiful, it is not the custom to say hi as you walk down the street (which everyone does in the south). Actually, in the south, the teen guys just walk up to each other and shake hands -don't even say anything !! and there eveyone says DOBRE which means good - the first part of GOOD morning.... and in La Bocana, eveyone waves as they pass you in the car. whether you know them or not. really a nice custom.
jumping back here again: the trees here are mostly bare of any leaves but spring is in the air and some are full of flowers already. white and pink and red.
this morning we walked to Remiks new house which is in the process of being built. huge. house. huge.yard. it is about 15 minutes away on foot.
his baby will be born at any minute. Asia, his wife, did not gain too much weight, she looks amazingly pretty and smiling and healthy and ready for the baby !!
we are talking about our trip to Paris ... plans change by the second ..not the minute...excitement is in the air !!!!
the ride was uneventful and the rocking of the train put both of us to sleep for hours, wake up to a 20 min talk and look out the window,and then guess what ???? right back to sleep again. Since we were 1st class, we had the whole cabin to ourselves ... ooooh nice ...oooo rock us to sleep .... I stretched out over all three chairs with our 2 plush jackets as a pillow and dreamed dreamed dreamed
the few times we looked out, we saw changing landscape - from fields to trees and more trees and more trees. I did see a fox. very few horses. very few cows, very few chickens. very few storks. fields forest fields forest fields forest
Maciek and Kystyna were right at the train door when we arrived, just as well, we had our bag of food, our big suitcase and one other case full of presents, my purse, another bag full of wires for computers and cameras and lastly, the computer. And we are trying to travel light.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaa
but we really are trying !!!! to be honest, this is the last of the heavy gifts. we did good, I think. everyone was thought of, I think everyone loved their Mexico crafts. I spent so much time preparing for this - months really. we brought beautiful abalone shells, ana fisher shell boxes, abalone hearts, T-shirts, an enormous Mexican sombrero, unique mexican christmas decorations and small hand-painted wall mats which are truly original pieces of art ....big family, many gifts, so much fun to hand out !
here we are. wengorzewo is a beautiful town. the houses have red roofs which are steep due to snow, they have quite large yards since land is plentiful, it is not the custom to say hi as you walk down the street (which everyone does in the south). Actually, in the south, the teen guys just walk up to each other and shake hands -don't even say anything !! and there eveyone says DOBRE which means good - the first part of GOOD morning.... and in La Bocana, eveyone waves as they pass you in the car. whether you know them or not. really a nice custom.
jumping back here again: the trees here are mostly bare of any leaves but spring is in the air and some are full of flowers already. white and pink and red.
this morning we walked to Remiks new house which is in the process of being built. huge. house. huge.yard. it is about 15 minutes away on foot.
his baby will be born at any minute. Asia, his wife, did not gain too much weight, she looks amazingly pretty and smiling and healthy and ready for the baby !!
we are talking about our trip to Paris ... plans change by the second ..not the minute...excitement is in the air !!!!
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