to England for some brown sugar

Ok, there was more to it than that…but our backpacks sure were heavier on the way home, signs of being spoiled I guess, from our brown sugar and whole wheat flour (which are impossible to find in Poland), to a game of “Scrabble” and new music and books.
(Chris making me pose for a picture in Poznan on our way to London)

We flew with this super cheap airline called Ryanair, and that in itself was a bit of an adventure. They have this system of boarding where no one has assigned seats, but its sort of a rush seating deal (the Poles love this). It took us awhile to catch on seeing as every announcement was in Polish, but we managed to find a seat. The other strange thing was that when we landed everyone started clapping… it made it seem like they were surprised that we made it safely???
(the green grass of Cambridge, that you're not allowed to walk on)

But England was great. Awesome to see familiar faces again (our cousins Tim and Chandra for those out of the loop), to be able to understand signs and what people are saying, (although sometimes when you have to listen to annoying peoples conversations on the train it made us wish we were back in Poland where we couldn’t understand anything).

Looking at all of our pictures, most of them seem to involve food, which we think is kind of funny. From the sausage dogs, world famous “chelsea buns” from Chandra’s work, sticky toffee pudding, apple cider, fish and chips, beans for breakfast to the crispy crème donuts.

(the most exciting part of our trip to London)

We spent a day in London. And a day was enough. I guess 12 million people really is a lot. Laughing at the palace guards walking around was one of the highlights, and seeing an Islamic rally at Trafalgar Square was pretty interesting. The buildings were amazing though, so huge and well kept, but the swarms of tourists was sometimes a bit crazy.


But we’re back in Poland now, and were greeted to some colder weather and falling snow this morning when we woke up… ahh, its great to be home, at least we have our brown sugar and flour…