... the saga continues...

So, who thought that Christmas was only one day? Come on, own up! Well, kiddies -here in Poland with my family it seems to have lasted from 24/12 - 27/12! We have eaten, drunk, talked, laughed, and generally had the best Christmas we could ever have.

Our latest adventure took us east from Lodz to stay overnight with Monika and Jacek and their two daughters. The roads were fairly empty and we only made one error - we set off west instead of east! Luckily, one SMS later we did a U-turn and were heading in the right direction. Thanks to Jacek and my trusty mapa!

We first met Jacek and Monika last year and were very pleased to see them again as they live in a little village, which in English terms might be said to have 'charm'. Godzianow lies fairly close to Lodz (see map) and it was lovely to get out of the city again and into the countryside.

http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?x=552022&y=437118&m=Brzeziny&w=%b3%f3dzkie&p=brzezi%f1ski&g=Brzeziny&z=3

Despite the freezing weather (and it is getting colder) we had a wonderful obiad, and just imbibed far too much wodka - as usual - and excellent food of course. All the young disappeared and left us to it so we put the world to right and finally fell into bed sometime after midnight.

I was wakened by two things - first the cat wanted in and then I heard that lovely country sound - crowing of cockerels! Breakfast was rather leisurely and we then had a lovely walk around the village and through fields.

Weather report - VERY cold, iced-up puddles, perfect for stomping in! Cold enough to freeze chins and noses. Excellent! Unfortunately we had to get back to Lodz to hand in our hire=car so we left our friends and headed back.

All in all this has been another excellent block. First in Krakow and now in Lodz. And tomorrow we head of again to Poznan to be tourists. Again we have a friend there - Agnieska - who has very kindly offered to meet us tomorrow night and show us Poznan Rynek at night. Fantastic'ne!!

My Poznan report will follow in a couple of days. For those of you who are reading this don't forget that comments are welcome, as are questions! And still NO SNOW!!!!