May 3, 2013

May 1st and today are holidays for the Poles.  No stores are open and there is hardly anyone out on the streets.  It has been raining for the past couple of days and very muggy.  We will be having the new sister missionaries over for dinner tonight.  I can make spaghetti without ruining it, so that's probably what we will have.

We went to the city government building yesterday to try and finish up our paperwork for our residency cards, but were not successful.  We needed to show them a copy of our lease and of course we don't have it.  We called the mission home and they faxed one over, but the date on it was November 2011.  And the Brother in the office that would have had the current one is in Germany on a Temple trip.  So now we have to wait until Monday.  We didn't get much accomplished this week because of the holidays and the mission transfers. 

We did have to inspect the missionaries apartments,  When we went to the Elder's apartment there were two stacks of empty pizza boxes in one corner.  One stack went from the floor to the ceiling and they were starting on the second stack, which was about waist high.  They told us that Thursday was "Pizza Thursday" and that's all they ate on that night.  They had been saving the boxes since they started three months ago.  The pizza comes from a place called "Pizza Capone"and it actually tastes like American pizza.  We joined them for dinner last night.

Here are some pictures that we have taken and I didn't post. 

This is the view from our chapel windows.

This is the crazy parking that happens on all of the streets.  People park any where they can.

This is our little bread store we go every other day.

The first picture is the flour and sugar.  They come in very little bags.  The picture above is the mile aisle.  No refrigeration here.

This is what all of the sidewalks and streets are made of.  Very hard to walk on and women do it with high heels.

Monday is laundry day.  Hang it up on Monday night and fold it up Tuesday morning.

 

I forgot to tell you about Sis. Malinowska.  She invites all of the missionaries over for dinner the Thursday before transfers.  She had soup, stuffed cabbage leaves, potatoes, sauerkraut, carrot salad, and dumplings.  When you cleaned your plate she would just add more.  Then for dessert she had an awesome apple pie and ice cream.  Needless to say, we were all stuffed when we left her home.  You can see how tiny the apartments are.