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so chris and me spent the last week teaching in a city near here called konin.. it was pretty good, being able to explore another place, and meet some interesting people. the students were really excited to have some canadians, so that sure makes our jobs a lot more fun.

we were able to walk around quite a bit, the pic on the left is chris in the old town. its kind of funny cause people in this area think that konin is very ugly, and has nothing much to offer, but to us it was very cool, the old streets, yeah, stuff is run down, but the history is pretty impressive. we met some interesting people, this one man in particular, who we met at a cultural centre, anyways, when he found out we were from canada he started giving us all of these books, brochures and pamphlets on konin, very friendly..

what else... the hotel we were staying at was a bit shady. but they did have a free breakfast, we were a little surprised when it was boiled kielbasa, cottage cheese, tomatoes, pickles and cheese!!

the other thing here we like to laugh at is that all of the student drivers have to drive around with a big "L" on the top of their cars (looooossseeerr). chris was a little embarrassed of me when i was taking this picture, cause the people in the car were all watching me and wondering what i was doing, but i thought you would appreciate it dad.



here's a nice polish bike, maybe not as classy as the one's in holland, or yours greg, but still worthy of a picture. we find not too many people ride bikes here, mainly because the drivers are nuts, and there are not real bike paths so for the most part its pretty dangerous




one of the highlights so far!! all of the tiny fiats.. except that most mornings we're woken up by either squealling fan belts or squealling tires... i'm pretty sure that there can't be any sort of safety regulations on cars cause we've seen some scary ones..





yesterday one of our students took us on a tour of this massive cathedral near konin. it was pretty interesting... i guess at this spot there was suppposed to have been a miracle a long time ago, hence the reason for this church, which is basically in the middle of the countryside. it sure makes you think about priorities, not only of the church, but of everyone. this cathedral cost millions, and in a such a poor part of the world?

anyways, hope you enjoy the pictures. chris is actually teaching a private lesson right now so i guess she'll have to update you all later.

hope all is well