Polish Picks

It has been awhile since I wrote a top ten list so I'd like to recap the highlights of this past weekend in Poland with our relatives with such a list.

The Top Ten Things that Made our Weekend in Poland so Memorable:

10. When we crossed the border into Poland, Grady was eating a sandwich. The Polish border guard's first words were, "Enjoy your meal!" (in Polish) and then he went on to look at our passports, etc. What a welcoming culture!

9. Driving on the brand spankin' new Polish autobahn with cool reflectors to outline the lanes.

8. Eating PEROGIES, my absolute favorite Polish food!!! (see picture)
7. Visiting the "Panorama," a round building featuring a 360-degree panoramic painting of one of the major wars in Polish history.

6. Attending our first ever pantomime performance. A very interesting type of artistic expression!

5. Seeing Jola, a cousin of my dad's and gourmet cook, try to figure out what was in her Vietnamese mixed vegetable-rice dish and make great faces in the process.

4. Witnessing as John, Jola's husband, ate his Vietnamese soup that was a little spicier than he expected--he ordered two bottles of water afterwards!

3. Hearing Jola, who I had never heard speak more than a couple English words, say to Grady, "Don't eat too much because lunch will be at 12." A perfectly constructed complete English sentence! Amazing!

2. Leisurely walking around Wroclaw with everybody, enjoying the unusually beautiful November day and each others' company. We even heard some way cool live music as we walked through the town marketplace.

And the number one highlight of our trip to Poland:
1. Spending time with such wonderfully hospitable and generous family! We cherish the time with them so much and hope to visit them again in the summer.

some of the family as we stroll around the city of Wroclaw