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Our Every Morning

birdonbike — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:05:11 +0000

This video pretty much sums up how we feel every morning when we head out. Chad has to stop three times to balance his load, meaning he moves his shaving bag (he hasn’t shaved for four weeks) from the right rear pannier to the left and strapping the tripod to the opposite bag and then moving the pencil box from one to the other and so on and so forth until the bike handles right. Then Chad has to stop to refold the map because he forgot, then Jowita has to pee, then Chad has to put on his glasses strap because he forgot, then we see something beautiful and we have to stop and stare; then we realize we missed our turn an have to turn around; then we have to eat an apple. Yup, we think this video is pretty much Us. Enjoy

Holy Crap!

birdonbike — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:57:49 +0000

A couple of shots of our fresh made rasberry vodka to calm the nerves and we are out the door! I can’t believe we are doing this! It may be a few days before we post again so here is another polish cartoon to fill the gap.

Mushroom Picking with the Bridge Club

birdonbike — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:06:32 +0000

Out the door early this morning brought us back to Ciocia Marysia’s home and this time she brought the bridge club and out to hunt we went. This crisp, dewy morning was spent in the forest foraging for our dinner’s main ingredient, the wild mushroom, and with the bridge club, we were in good hands. These jolly women knew how to hunt! What a delightful set of friends!

Chad and Ciocia Marysia headed out to hunt grzyby ('gje-by')

After Picking many mushrooms only to be told 'ne dobry", Chad finally found a good one

Cake and Compote Break

Our Treasure

Jowita and the Bridge Club heading towards the one o'clock mini bus

Ciocia Marysia and her rose bush backdrop

And in the Grzyby spirit, another Czech cartoon (Thanks Marysia for reminding us of Krecik!)

And Everyone Stared

birdonbike — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:22:32 +0000

Jowita guarding the luggage in Klodzko

We were probably the single largest source of amusement for a good number of people today. The driver of our first bus put it best when he exclaimed Jesus Maria (‘hey-zeus mar-e-a’) at first glance at the luggage that drew so much attention. We suppose it is time to get used to extra attention as it is sure to only increase as we mount our bicycles. We couldn’t help be relate to the opening staircase scene of Sasiedzi ‘Pralka’.