Oh goodness. So. Another amusing story of me in Wrocław. So you see, I had to find the bus station. Ok, not a problem. My uncle showed me where it was, told me how to get there. I hopped on the bus, went to the trolley stop, got off at Arkady, and began to walk to the station. Unfortunately, I see that I am in front of the train station, and that the bus station is behind it. Ok, no problem, right? Well, I have about 12 minutes, I walk to another bus stop, a bus pulls up, which I instead of hopping on, decide to stare at the bus plans to make sure what buses might take me to the bus station so that I can save my legs (considering I am carrying my heavy dufflebag, thank you laptop...). Well, the bus drives off, I see the next bus to the bus station comes after the hour, and my uncle told me that the bus to Oława leaves on the hour (gee, no doesn't this sound familiar?). Infuriated that I allowed myself to miss the bus again, I walk off toward the bus station in the direction I'd assume would work. However, Wrocław is undergoing reconstruction, and eventually this path leads me to... the road. So instead of turning around, as I glance at my watch uneasily, I walk down the road, across the road, and onto a sidewalk! I arrive to the bus station five minutes after the hour, and the first times I see for Oława are five minutes before every hour. Great. I'll have to wait an hour. Nonetheless, I go to buy a ticket, find out that the next bus leaves at 17:20, and all is joyful! So I get on that bus, and off to Oława it takes me, with some stops at the village bus stops in between.
In Oława, the bus pulls up to the station, and I see my uncle, aunt, my cousin-in-law, and my little niece waiting for me. I get off, discover I have a bruise on my left hip due to the heavy bag banging against my hip as I walked to get to the bus station in Wrocław. But it's ok! Because I'm in Oława, my niece seems to vaguely recognize me. We figure this because she smiles at me shyly, so perhaps she sort of remembers that I met her in Gdańsk last year, and we took a small walk together. Luckily, the bus station is unbelievably close to where my cousin and his family live, which was where my uncle and aunt lived when I was younger. So we go up to the apartment, and I see my cousin, Grzesiek, who I last saw at his wedding, haha. I looked around the apartment, and it has changed quite a bit. The room in which I spent most of my time on the computer during my trip in 2005 is now a child's room with a bed where the desk is, and the living room was rearranged as well. Understandably so, of course, but still, I took note of it. You just can't ignore that sort of change, you know?
Not too long after we got there, my youngest nephew (3 months!) wakes up. So I meet him as well, we talk, catch up, Martyna, my niece, constantly bothers my aunt to play with her (her grandmother), and she does this while we try to fix my little phone problem. The phone my uncle brought didn't quite work, so my cousin gives me his old one, and hoozah! I have a working phone! With a long battery life! And a charger! So people can now contact me and not worry about killing my battery! Oh, and I held my little nephew for the first time today... He was absolutely silent when I took him, which was quite amazing, I thought. He was whining a little before hand, and then silence. Really, that was a wonderful feeling. But soon enough, we had to leave, cause my aunt had to go to my other cousin's, since they were going to leave for a vacation! At the beach! :D
We left my cousin's apartment for my other cousin's apartment. My mom's godson, Michał, finally managed to call me, which is wonderful, considering he couldn't get in touch with me otherwise. But that was cut short, as I got to see my other cousin, Agata, and her son! It was really nice to see her and catch up with her. She ensured everything was going well with my work and studies and everything, and talked quite a bit, as my nephew watched some English Disney discs to help him learn English. While my niece is more concerned with just running around, it was really interesting how Tymon loved to read and hear stories, look at an Atlas and learn about the animals and loves animals. Quite a different play method. If I remember correctly, they are seven months apart, and he's younger than her. It was also interesting listening to my aunt comparing him to me when I was younger. You see, Tymek was born a week ahead of me, so he's a Saggitarius, aka stubborn. Which has shown that once he has his mind set on one thing, that's it. For example, he wanted to read a story about a dog, and the other books my aunt found were not good enough. So then she compared that to a story of me trying to find a specific outfit for one of my dolls, and apparently, we went through five stores (mind you, I was 3 or 4) before we found what I wanted. So yeah, it was really interesting listening to these stories about me and how they compared him to me. As well as me to my grandmother. That came up somehow, I don't remember how, but it did. But it must've been brief.
Anyways, then Adam came home, and we talked for a bit as well. Somehow, it came up that they might eventually come to America, except Adam said with kids it's harder to travel. Ohohohohoho. You cannot say such nonsense in front of me. Absolutely not. My first trip? I was 3 months old. Of course, my family's a little crazy, in a wonderful way, so that's obviously not the norm, but still. I have been flying to Poland my entire life. My first trip to Poland? As in my first trip ever on a plane? I was barely one. And my legs were in casts! Yet, my parents still packed up and got in a plane to fly me to Poland for Christmas. So yes. Moral of the story? No excuses!
Regardless, it was wonderful to finally meet my two nephews. They're both absolutely precious. Oh! And in two weekends, I'll be attending Krzysiek's (the 3-month old) baptism. So it's truly awesome I'm in Poland during this time, and that it has worked out as it has! My uncle and I left my cousin's apartment so that they could get ready for their drive to the beach (they were going by night) and so that we could get back to Strzelin. I learned the difference in the words village, town, and city while driving back (in Polish, obviously, guys). We got back to Strzelin, and I immediately noticed how the stairs to the house were different (the house my uncle and aunt now live in was my grandmother's). The first thing I did when I came inside was look for this little wooden bird that my grandmother stored her cigarettes in. You would push the bird down so that it would "pick up" the cigarette in its beak. I was always so excited to grab a cigarette for my grandmother for that simple action. One of those childhood memories I'll never forget, you know? Anyways, I didn't find it, but when I asked my uncle later, he said they still had it, which is good to know. But the house is mostly the same. In fact, I even recognized where my cousins and I would play cards on the couch that I'm sitting by. How I would cheat in war by making up special rules, and they had no problem with it because it was just some nonsense I as a kid would make while having fun. An unimportant game, haha, and just for good fun.
So yes, we got home, we ate some sandwiches for dinner, and then I finally got to Skype with my parents! It was really nice hearing from them, since this was really our first chance to truly have a conversation since I got to Poland. Curse you, lack of internet! Besides that, the rest of the evening was spent relaxing. Random thought that just occurred to me while looking at a picture of my nephew, he has beautiful locks of curls on his head (the older one). One of the first things I noticed. And my younger nephew has these gorgeous slate gray eyes. Plus my niece has this long gorgeous hair that slightly curls at the bottom. They're all beautiful children. Though, it's hard to find a child that's not beautiful. <3 Plus, I have a personal bias, I'm sure. :P
Regardless, the rest of the day was wonderful. I truly enjoyed myself, and I love all my family. That's the best part of Poland; coming here to see all my family, especially since family is so important to me. Right now, though, I am incredibly tired, actually. While I originally planned on just drafting this and adding on a log of today's day and my thoughts on today tomorrow, I figured it'd be best to post this now, so everyone still has that constant update. (: Today was quite a flashback sort of day, though, I must say. I dunno; these memories just become that much more important to you as you get older. But you'll hear more about that tomorrow!
In Oława, the bus pulls up to the station, and I see my uncle, aunt, my cousin-in-law, and my little niece waiting for me. I get off, discover I have a bruise on my left hip due to the heavy bag banging against my hip as I walked to get to the bus station in Wrocław. But it's ok! Because I'm in Oława, my niece seems to vaguely recognize me. We figure this because she smiles at me shyly, so perhaps she sort of remembers that I met her in Gdańsk last year, and we took a small walk together. Luckily, the bus station is unbelievably close to where my cousin and his family live, which was where my uncle and aunt lived when I was younger. So we go up to the apartment, and I see my cousin, Grzesiek, who I last saw at his wedding, haha. I looked around the apartment, and it has changed quite a bit. The room in which I spent most of my time on the computer during my trip in 2005 is now a child's room with a bed where the desk is, and the living room was rearranged as well. Understandably so, of course, but still, I took note of it. You just can't ignore that sort of change, you know?
Not too long after we got there, my youngest nephew (3 months!) wakes up. So I meet him as well, we talk, catch up, Martyna, my niece, constantly bothers my aunt to play with her (her grandmother), and she does this while we try to fix my little phone problem. The phone my uncle brought didn't quite work, so my cousin gives me his old one, and hoozah! I have a working phone! With a long battery life! And a charger! So people can now contact me and not worry about killing my battery! Oh, and I held my little nephew for the first time today... He was absolutely silent when I took him, which was quite amazing, I thought. He was whining a little before hand, and then silence. Really, that was a wonderful feeling. But soon enough, we had to leave, cause my aunt had to go to my other cousin's, since they were going to leave for a vacation! At the beach! :D
We left my cousin's apartment for my other cousin's apartment. My mom's godson, Michał, finally managed to call me, which is wonderful, considering he couldn't get in touch with me otherwise. But that was cut short, as I got to see my other cousin, Agata, and her son! It was really nice to see her and catch up with her. She ensured everything was going well with my work and studies and everything, and talked quite a bit, as my nephew watched some English Disney discs to help him learn English. While my niece is more concerned with just running around, it was really interesting how Tymon loved to read and hear stories, look at an Atlas and learn about the animals and loves animals. Quite a different play method. If I remember correctly, they are seven months apart, and he's younger than her. It was also interesting listening to my aunt comparing him to me when I was younger. You see, Tymek was born a week ahead of me, so he's a Saggitarius, aka stubborn. Which has shown that once he has his mind set on one thing, that's it. For example, he wanted to read a story about a dog, and the other books my aunt found were not good enough. So then she compared that to a story of me trying to find a specific outfit for one of my dolls, and apparently, we went through five stores (mind you, I was 3 or 4) before we found what I wanted. So yeah, it was really interesting listening to these stories about me and how they compared him to me. As well as me to my grandmother. That came up somehow, I don't remember how, but it did. But it must've been brief.
Anyways, then Adam came home, and we talked for a bit as well. Somehow, it came up that they might eventually come to America, except Adam said with kids it's harder to travel. Ohohohohoho. You cannot say such nonsense in front of me. Absolutely not. My first trip? I was 3 months old. Of course, my family's a little crazy, in a wonderful way, so that's obviously not the norm, but still. I have been flying to Poland my entire life. My first trip to Poland? As in my first trip ever on a plane? I was barely one. And my legs were in casts! Yet, my parents still packed up and got in a plane to fly me to Poland for Christmas. So yes. Moral of the story? No excuses!
Regardless, it was wonderful to finally meet my two nephews. They're both absolutely precious. Oh! And in two weekends, I'll be attending Krzysiek's (the 3-month old) baptism. So it's truly awesome I'm in Poland during this time, and that it has worked out as it has! My uncle and I left my cousin's apartment so that they could get ready for their drive to the beach (they were going by night) and so that we could get back to Strzelin. I learned the difference in the words village, town, and city while driving back (in Polish, obviously, guys). We got back to Strzelin, and I immediately noticed how the stairs to the house were different (the house my uncle and aunt now live in was my grandmother's). The first thing I did when I came inside was look for this little wooden bird that my grandmother stored her cigarettes in. You would push the bird down so that it would "pick up" the cigarette in its beak. I was always so excited to grab a cigarette for my grandmother for that simple action. One of those childhood memories I'll never forget, you know? Anyways, I didn't find it, but when I asked my uncle later, he said they still had it, which is good to know. But the house is mostly the same. In fact, I even recognized where my cousins and I would play cards on the couch that I'm sitting by. How I would cheat in war by making up special rules, and they had no problem with it because it was just some nonsense I as a kid would make while having fun. An unimportant game, haha, and just for good fun.
So yes, we got home, we ate some sandwiches for dinner, and then I finally got to Skype with my parents! It was really nice hearing from them, since this was really our first chance to truly have a conversation since I got to Poland. Curse you, lack of internet! Besides that, the rest of the evening was spent relaxing. Random thought that just occurred to me while looking at a picture of my nephew, he has beautiful locks of curls on his head (the older one). One of the first things I noticed. And my younger nephew has these gorgeous slate gray eyes. Plus my niece has this long gorgeous hair that slightly curls at the bottom. They're all beautiful children. Though, it's hard to find a child that's not beautiful. <3 Plus, I have a personal bias, I'm sure. :P
Regardless, the rest of the day was wonderful. I truly enjoyed myself, and I love all my family. That's the best part of Poland; coming here to see all my family, especially since family is so important to me. Right now, though, I am incredibly tired, actually. While I originally planned on just drafting this and adding on a log of today's day and my thoughts on today tomorrow, I figured it'd be best to post this now, so everyone still has that constant update. (: Today was quite a flashback sort of day, though, I must say. I dunno; these memories just become that much more important to you as you get older. But you'll hear more about that tomorrow!
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