Blogs from Pomerania, Poland, Europe - page 16

As it turns out, when you start your birthday by getting eaten by an elevator in Poland, the rest of the day only gets better. Lindsay and I were on our own this morning, and we decided to do all of our last minute gift shopping. First thing, we had to drop our wedding clothes off at the 90 minute pressing place across the street. They will be ready before noon tomorrow. Truth is so much funnier than fiction! Then we set off to shopping, but decided to go to it a different way. I can’t say what exactly it was that we found, and I haven’t had time to look it up, but there’s a small lane that leads behind a museum a few blocks from the hotel. There’s a long section of old brick ... read more

Yet another night of not nearly enough sleep. I’m up at 4.00, packed, showered, dressed and out the door by 5.15. We headed to Luton Airport by cab, the first ride in a car I’ve had since parking in Tallahassee. Security there is tight, we're being herded like cattle through a number of rows for the x-ray and metal detectors. Then we bought champagne for the wedding at the Duty Free, and grabbed some breakfast, two chocolate croissants, the lightest and fastest breakfast I’ve had in England. We walk out on the tarmac and board a large, purple WizzAir (pronounced Weezer, neither spelling, nor pronunciation instills faith) Airbus 320. I had never seen this exact shade of purple before, but oddly I will see it again later in the day, very nearly twice. A short and ... read more

One moment Rich and I were standing in the train station at Iwava in central Poland feeling lost, and only hours later we were sitting down to a three course dinner cooked by a polish Grandma, full of garden-grown ingredients: potatoes with chives, dill and cucumber salad, and homegrown cherry juice to name just a few. We are currently being lovingly hosted by the family of Ursula, Carolina, and Natalia, with Grandmother and Grandfather Wienska, the unparalleled chef and gardener respectively. We are in a village just west of Iwava, halfway between the Baltic coast and Warsaw, where Ursula and Carolina invited us to come and pitch our tent, when Ursula overheard Rich asking in the train station for directions to a camping site. The train station attendant was being outright rude, ignoring Richard in order ... read more

Today I was supposed to go with a boy from Monar to see his school and meet his class. was looking forward to it but unfortunately the school has exams going on and the visit was not possible. so as there was no other work I decided to make the trip to Malbork Castle. This i situated in Malbork near Gadansk. I won't dwell into the history of the castle. The link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbork. In short the castle is supposedly the largest Gothic style fortress in Europe. Built in 1274 by the knights of the Teutonic Order. The castle is built of red brick and the architecture and sixe of the castle is quite magnificant. I saw the ineterieors of the castle which has nice frescos and the colection of amber artifacts which is beautiful. as ... read more

Easter weekend in Poland is Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter sunday and Easter Monday. - Good Friday attended mass at the local church. It was really packed and cold but the service was nice. Though I missed the sung gospel like in India. I also helped with the decorations. Remember I mentioned about cutting the easter shrubs from the forest? well same stuff was used. I decorated the drawing room. and made like an arch over the doorwaty. everyone was impressed and really liked it. also it made me happy. Lot of pain is taken to decorate for Eater its like cristmas. will put picteures on the blog when I get back home. - Saturday is a big day coz preperations are made for the big Easter Sunday breakfast. I totally involved myself with everything. I ... read more