Poland visit part one.

Poland, just 2.5 hours flying Wizz Air 😟 sounded a bit of a dodgy if you ask me, but gave us a very smooth journey to Krakow. Daughter in Law picked us up and 90 minutes later arrived at Nowa Sacz.

Strip farming is the way in Poland.

 Gosh, it was hot! The UK had it bad but I swear that was a different kind of heat. Humidity inland was draining, possibly because of the mountains nearby.

Iwona's parent's house.

 Plenty of activities planned for our visit and the first was a trip to the Krynicka Mountains, the playground for skiers in winter. The ski lifts remained static, but the cable car took us all the way to the top. Noticeably colder here, what a relief from all that heat. Then dark clouds appeared and a thunderstorm with sheet lightening was watched from the restaurant balcony, quite spectacular until we had to scuttle inside to avoid the deluge that followed.

Going up (that's grandson Oliver)

Us with son Colin and Daughter in Law Iwona

Storm getting closer

Now that is what I call a woodpile

Ready to descend

The weather changed again once we had descended.

  The main reason for the visit to Poland was to celebrate Iwona's mum, Wladyslawa and dad Josef's Golden Wedding Anniversary. Saturday's itinerary was all about the party, fetching drink and cake to the venue. It was also a day of relaxing for us and keeping the grandchildren entertained. By 4.30pm we were ready and after a 15-minute amble, arrived at the restaurant. I cannot believe the amount of food that was served. 2 courses followed by lots of different cakes. No sooner had we finished and the buffet food arrived. Toasts followed and then anniversary cake was wheeled in. More cake to eat!

Unfortunately, Josef had a bad fall several years ago ending up in hospital with two badly broken legs. He also has dementia but we all saw the glimmer of his old self when the family arrived.

The drink also flowed freely, more with the JD and coke then Vodka, which was surprising. A great night was had and it's amazing how one can communicate with hand signals when neither side can speak the language.

As an anniversary gift, Colin and Iwona bought a patio set. The delivery was quite late in the evening but the set just had to be put together to show Wladyslawa. So this is how to do it in the dark.

Taken with flash

the phones came in useful!

and how it actually was.

The completed set.

 To be continued.....

and wildlife,