Wed 18 Aug 2010
I’ve been in almost non-stop Poland planning mode this past week, to the point where J had to state strongly, “Cara! Everything’s fine! We’ll get it all done!” this morning because I was asking repetitive questions regarding certain items on my to do list. That’s just how I am about travel. It makes me nervous, and it’s multiplied by 1,000 since having a child, because I have to pack for her, too.
Plus, there is the level of unfamiliarity involved with this particular trip to the Czech Republic and Poland. Here is one of the lines from the Google Maps directions I got for the drive from the Prague airport to our destination on Friday:
Continue onto Ji?æn?? spojka (signs for Teplice/Mlad?° Boleslav/Hradec Kr?°lov?©/Spo?ôilov)
Now, COME ON.
But in all seriousness, there is something about the thrown-together/unknown lands/chatty toddler/Polish wedding part of this trip that makes me all the more excited. It’s going to be really fun, and really, really funny.
Nora’s beyond ready and has been screaming about Poland for a couple days now, despite the fact that she doesn’t know what Poland is. When I told her we were going upstairs to change her diaper earlier this morning she said, “No! Poland! Airplane!” and I was like, you’ve got it, little one. One more day. And we are going to have the time of our lives.
August 19th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Have a great trip!! Give big hugs and kisses of congrats to Max and Kasia from me and definitely take lots of pics (and VIDEO, i want video of you all trying to navigate these unpronounceable streets!! :), but most of all, have a fun and hilarious adventure. Can’t wait to hear all about it!
xoxo
Sarah
August 20th, 2010 at 1:03 am
You know…it is going to be funny. Enjoy that. Seriously. Gawd, I was lost in Prague and whatever-the-hell city in Poland I had to spend the night in on my way to Moscow. I remember sitting on the famous bridge in Prague, and the most we could communicate to an artist was that we were American (20 years ago). So he did a beautiful John Lennon-thing that blew us away while we drank cold Urqual Pilsners (or whatever they are) and laughed our butts off! But my friend Carl at one point turned and looked at me, as we were all hot and sweaty and clueless, and said, “It would be better to have a kid with us right now. We have no cute card. When you have no language, you at least need a cute card.” Still one of the greatest lines ever on a travel adventure in college. You’re goingwith an AmEx of cute.