We have been feeling a tiny bit under the weather. Lack of structure, drinking way too much wine, eating way too many sausages and walking distances of epic proportions takes a toll on our fragile bodies. My wife is feeling a bit loopy.
We may have to call in sick tomorrow.
We’re hooked on Maggi. Using it instead of salt on pretty much everything, it’s a soya saucey-like fluid that’s delicious and great for your overall health, strength and well being.
Here is the WIKI.
Our life is so funny.
We wake up whenever, go shopping for food and wine, eat said food and wine then go to the beach.
After we go to the beach we get more food and wine, eat said food and wine then go back to the beach.
Wander the streets, take pictures, laugh hysterically and lie around in between. Can’t complain.
I bought a SIM card for my iPhone.
I walked into an Orange Telecom store and after giving them just over $6CAD, I got the card itself, 1GB of Internet and pretty much unlimited calling throughout Poland for a month. The funny thing is that if I decide to keep topping it off, the price is $3. It makes me angry with a fiery rage when I think about my $100+ monthly cell phone bills in Canada.
Ohh, and I bought this card in a super touristy, fancy mall store right downtown. I am sure if I shopped around I could possibly find a better deal.
To keep in touch with my people and my clients back in Canada I have been using the (free) MajicJack software on my Apple phone. After purchasing the $59 dongle at Best Buy and registering my email address on their website, I get a new 250 phone number which I forwarded my old cell phone to and I get unlimited calls anytime, as much as I need, for a year….no matter where I am (renewal costs $20 A YEAR!!!). This way I can be sitting in the Swiss Alps eating a banana and my people can reach me like before, with just a local call. Love it.
I can also use the goofy looking USB dongle with my computer and a bluetooth headset, but why bother.
The only shitty thing is that I still have to pay Fido $10 a month till the end of the year to ride out my contract, after which I will simply port my Fido number to a MJ# and VOILA!!! I AM FREE FROM FIDO’S CLUTCHES.
We are staying in one of these cabins. A 30 second walk from this pearly white beach on the Baltic Sea. Cheap food, booze, and amazing people everywhere
“Dangerous Signs”. This is what the church teaches you to avoid.
I especially like the peace sign.
WE ARE IN POLAND. Here is Amalia’s Spanish infused Polish dance. Should have taken a video.
Frankfurt.
We left Frankfurt last Thursday and the visit to this great German city was an amazing experience. Spent our days wondering the streets with a bottle of German lager, eating everything in sight and staring at all the people. Frankfurt was a little sterile for my tastes, it’s a financial hub mostly filled with business types, fancy cars and people on the go.
These are all of our belonging, ALL OF THEM.
The overnight train to Poland.
Our ride was a very oldschool Russian sleeper train, we had a private room which was a bit tight but perfectly manageable for our shenanigans and a miniature dance party.
After about a 9 hour trip on one train, we had to switch in Poznan for another 5 hour trip and head north to Gdansk.
Eating a Frankfurter in Frankfurt with SUPER HOT mustard. Absolutely delicious.
Just a few random iPhone shots from Frankfurt.
One of my favorite periodicals.
Food here is incredibly cheap, I am talking dirt cheap and EVERYTHING is available everywhere.
Pizza machine at the train station.
The new VWs need to be seen in person, one of the prettiest cars I’ve ever seen
A machine that dispenses bread. Press button, get bun.
I drank it with a bit of Jager.
Amazing Amalia has been making these little lunches for us throughout the day. We have these cool blue rubber bowls. Here is a boccaccini salad (this cheese is very different in Germany, stringy and full of flavor, just delicious) with pate and raw minced pork on a baguette.
I have a feeling we’re about to cover at least 100km on foot over the next few days.
Brzezno, Westerplatte, beaches of Sopot and Gdynia…here we come.
…also house shopping.
Adventure begins.
I can’t quite pinpoint when we decided to do this, I know it was a long time ago, even before we started dating. Way before. Quitting work and donating most of our belongings was surprisingly easy and straight forward. Not having my own vehicle or a place to live wasn’t such a big deal, thank you Amalia’s Mom.
The Air Transat flight to Frankfurt was completely trouble-free, packed our electronics, a bundle of clothes and our 8lb cutting board without incurring any weird looks or extra luggage charges. Arriving in Germany was awe inspiring, no jet lag. Inviting and polite people and a hotel right across from the train station. We requested a top floor room, it wasn’t any less luxurious as our condo in Victoria.
I have so many things to write about but there is so much food, so much fun, so many $2.50 bottle of champagne around me that I am having a very difficult time sitting in front of the computer. Bye for now.
Sorry for lack of updates.
We’ve been having way too much fun and this place is nothing short of unreal. I’ll start posting photos as soon as I get a sim card.
Many hugs from Frankfurt.
