Wednesday, July 20, 2005

We've arrived..... Warsaw, Poland


We're here!

We left Monday night at 11:20pm (Ottawa time) and arrived at Heathrow at 11:00am (London time) for a 6 hour layover. We immediately found ourselves a cup of coffee and the smoking area so that we could perk ourselves up (It was impossible to sleep on the plane.... gotta save and fly business class next time). The cigarette and coffee didn't help much so we found ourselves a vacant bench and took a nap. Luke slept for a couple of hours but I was antsy so I grabbed a magazine and hung out in the smoking area where I proceeded to dump my Cafe Mocha all over my white sweatshirt (Big f*ing surprise......).
The flight from London was ok, only 2 hours so we had a beer and chatted to pass the time.
Luke's cousin Marcin and his new wife Dagmara picked us up from the Warsaw airport at 9:20pm (Warsaw time) and brought us straight to Luke's Grandpa's where we were told to eat, eat, eat (This was not surprising as we were told to eat every 2 hours when we here in November...). We were dead tired by that point so we headed to bed early.
This morning we ventured out on our own to the train station where we purchased our train tickets to Krakow (We leave Friday, July 22nd at 1:10pm) and then hit the Arkadia (A HUGE mall here in Warsaw). Luke told me it was warm outside so I wore a tank top but it ended up being pretty chilly so I HAD to buy myself a pretty new shrug to keep my arms warm (Bonus!). We had a beer on the patio at the mall and headed back to Luke's Grandpa's for lunch (Delicious!). Now we are at Marcin and Dagmara's for dinner, drinks and a sleepover. Tomorrow we will get up early with them (They both have to work... I've almost forgotten what that's like....!) and go out for breakfast before heading to the Warsaw Zoo. Tomorrow night we're having dinner at his other Grandparent's house and then heading to Marcin's parents for drinks and to meet up with Luke's other cousin RafaƂ. It's mainly family time here in Warsaw, which is nice cause I'm missing MY family and they're all huggers so it's making me feel right at home.
As I mentioned before, we're heading to Krakow on Friday (A 3 1/2 hour UN-Airconditioned train ride) where we will meet with Mike and Anna at 5:00pm for dinner and a night out and then we will plan the rest of our days in Krakow (We plan to see the salt mines, Zakopane (the mountains), and anything else we have time to see.) We leave Krakow on the 26th and fly to PARIS where the REAL ADVENTURE begins.
Until next time, Czesc.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey baby, nice to hear all is well and I will keep checking out your progress. It was a good idea to do this blog thing, Thanks
Love you sunshine
Emily

7:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sounds like your busy...but having fun!!...we miss you here..cant wait to read more! much love
regards
lawless ;)

9:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad you are having fun so far! Can't wait till we get together in Ireland/Scotland next year! Have a great time!


-John B

7:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Guys,
sounds like you are having an adventure already!! Have fun, take care, can't wait to hear about the rest of the tour. Luke I am still waiting for that CD!!, Love ya both, Laurie

6:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey guys!!
I'm glad you'rer having fun
I miss you sooooo much, and love you even more than that.
Be safe.
Jess, your hair looks great!! Crazy!
Love Laura xxoo

8:51 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Guys; Miss you, love you, hope you are enjoying Paris! Love Mom xo

11:39 AM  

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