So here it is, Christmas, and I am sitting here in Poland, enjoying the full feeling after devouring cabbage rolls and mashed potatoes, and talking to my mother on Skype. Ahh.
Here, Christmas isn't overly Christmasy. And by here, I mean the Szlowieniec household. In order to deviate from the rest of the country - which is the most Catholic country, like, ever - they simply don't celebrate Christmas. There is no tree, no gifts, no Christmas Dinner, no stockings hung by the chimney with care. But there was wall painting, which I did my fair share of. They have been building their house for about 15 years and there is still much to be done, and so while we are here, Rob and Agnieszka and I are pitching in.
On Sunday we attempted to drive to Czech Republic for some skiing and snowboarding, but the car broke down on the way there, and we got towed back... it was a little saddening considering I had spent the whole previous day trying to mentally prepare myself for my first attempt at snowboarding, and for nothing, but in the end we had a good day at home just hanging out watching movies with Polish subtitles and then on Christmas Eve eve, we went out to the city of Wroclaw and saw some sights and Christmas lights and ate at Pizza Hut (random) where they put corn on the pizza (also random).
On Thursday we are taking the bus to Krakow and then spending the weekend there... Rob has a friend from home who also has a Polish girlfriend, and they happen to be in Poland at the same time as us, so he wants to meet up with them, hence the trip to Krakow. I'm just going along, taking pictures, and avoiding being in the way of all the couples and Christmas mush.
Africa tales yet to come... probably won't be posting them until after Poland due to limited Internet access (it's only available on one computer, and it's in Michal's room (Michal = older brother - he likes to tickle me).
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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