On the drive back to Jelenia Gora it started to snow with rain!!! The green fields started getting slightly white!
Being home is great! I was able to finally wash my clothes, go food shopping with Ciocia and start organising the package I want to send home.
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| Put straight to work |
After dinner, Ciocia put the pot of soup outside on the balcony (because there’s not enough room in the fridge) and that way she could just defrost it tomorrow. Outside is a fridge for half an hour and a freezer overnight. It’s fantastic!
Anyway, Saturday night Mariola and I went to her friend’s house when I tried tartar. I’m not sure how it’s actually spelt in Polish but it’s raw mince meat mixed with garlic and spices, an egg cracked on top and chopped up gherkin and onion on top of that. It was actually really tasty but I couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that I was eating raw meat! I did not finish it.
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| My shop |
The next day we went to the Sunday markets, Mariola’s friend’s place for lunch and my cousin Violeta’s for afternoon tea. Honestly, everyone in Poland is so inviting and welcoming. There is tea and cake everywhere you go and people are always inviting you to come over again soon. I think I find it different to Australia because we sit outside with beer or wine, and cheese and crackers and that’s how we socialise. Whereas here, it’s all about the tea and cake and sitting inside. Maybe it’s different in summer, when it’s warmer here but there’s just a different vibe in Australia. Australia has always been my norm but now I think I can truly say that we are definitely very casual, easy going and laid back when it comes to socialising with our friends and family. I like our casual, don’t need to talk about anything in particular way better but it’s interesting to see how it’s taken more seriously here.
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