Go to Poland

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Went to Poland. Saw Max and Kasia get married. Danced all night. Witnessed extreme vodka drinking. Reconnected with old friends. Made new ones. Drove through beautiful countryside in a tiny car. Remembered how much I love stick shift. Ate pierogies. Met an adorable puppy. Learned how to say "thank you" in the native tongue. Learned no other Polish words. Didn't get lost...that much. Saw castles and cathedrals in Krakow and Prague. Found a fire-breathing dragon. Took ice cream breaks and pictures and had very few stressful moments. Relaxed in bustling historical squares over coffee. Slept in palaces and former communist holding cells. Watched our child charm countless strangers. And more stories to come. IMG_4932

An adventure, all right

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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.