It was a fabulous time, all except the daunting 9 hour bus trip. To begin the trip, I made an emergency trip to the bathroom and vomited all within 40 minutes of the bus moving. Man, was it a tough ride, but I felt 80% better than when we first started the trip. Once we got to Poland, I was in shock. The cities we drove through were poor and run-down. It felt like we were driving through a third world country. I'm sure it was just the area we were in since we were just off the border of Germany, saying it's Germany's fault for the run-down towns from when Germany was separated? Anyways,, we finally arrived in Boleslawiec Poland and it was truly pottery city, it was EVERYWHERE, a ton of small shops, factories and many people shopping to find the perfect pottery dish. There were 24 of us on the group I went with, but there was other groups as well, so the competition was definitely visible. Running throughout the stores to see what was available, then going back to get that piece you saw before someone else grabbed it. It was so much fun, and everyone seemed to get along great.
We got back early morning Sunday. I went to the store to get some groceries as we are trying new recipes this week. They are all recipes off the Olive Garden website, one is Chicken Marsala, however, I cannot find the Marsala wine sauce to go with it...oh the inconvenience of living in a foreign country...ugh!
On the adoption front, AA received our FBI and VA state background checks from BCS. Now we only are waiting on the CPS checks. I received hubby's SS statement on Monday so that was exciting to see in the mail :)
Poland pics:
rows of unfinished pottery at the factory
Lady painting the pottery
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