Well, it was a hell of a strenuous trip to Poland from Chicago, but more about that tomorrow (no seats on the train, so I had to sit on the floor for two hours). Right now I’ll just provide empirical evidence that I have finally made it to Dobrzyn.
Dinner here was an excellent chicken stew with peanut butter/coconut milk sauce over rice, served with salad, but I nommed it before I had a chance to photograph it. However, there was aksi a freshly made cherry cheesecake for dessert. It’s a big one, and Malgorzata cut slices for dessert.
A small slice for me, as I’ve hardly eaten anything since the morning of the day I left Chicago (that was yesterday). I will get my appetite back after a good night’s rest, for I’ve been up for over 24 hours.
The cats are here, too. I haven’t yet seen Baby Kulka, who lives mostly upstairs, but Hili seems to remember me and was friendly:
, , , and Szaron is still the world’s Most Affectionate Cat:
And, after dinner, it’s back to work on Listy for Andrzej and Malgorzata.
As for me, I’m going to brush my teeth and hit the hay. I’ll be in Dobrzyn for a week, and then on to Katowice to give science talks.
I hope all American readers had a good Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, LOT Polish Airlines didn’t serve turkey for the holiday (it is of course not celebrated in Poland), but the food on offer was so bad that I rejected both dinner and breakfast. My comestibles on the plane consisted of two glasses of blackcurrant juice, a wonderful drink that you’d never be served in America.
Bis bald!
Glad to hear and see it – cheers!…
Maybe even sitting on the floor – to reconnect with the wild adventurous spirit?…
So glad to know you’ve arrived and have seen 4 of the important 5 beings in Dobrzyn! The humans among them seem to have survived the virus they had several weeks ago, which is good to see. That cherry cheesecake looks absolutely wonderful, so when you recover, have some for yourself, as well as some for your readers.
I will post a photo of Baby Kulka when she appears. I had a big piece of cheesecake for breakfast~
Glad to hear from you. Cheesecake makes for a great welcome!
Good to hear you’ve arrived. Love the kitty pics. 🐈🐈🐈
So sorry to hear about the strenuous trip but glad to hear you made it! The cherry cheesecake alone looks like it’s worth going for, but add on the cats and Andrej and Malgorzata it looks like an amazing place to be even through a difficult flight with lousy food. Enjoy your time there and keep us informed. I would love to see Kulka in your interactions if she appears.
Kulka will appear today, I suspect, and I will post a photo of her when she does.
Too bad about the LOT food. I only flew it once, in 1995. This was shortly after the USSR had broken up and the plane was a brand new aircraft. The food was excellent. (But that is the only time I’ve ever flown Business Class, so I don’t know what regular passengers ate.)
The chicken on rice with peanut butter sauce served in the warmth of your hosts blond wood surroundings and that huge, amazing-looking square cheesecake with local cherries from the orchard grounds (I expect) and of course the fine reunion with all your hosts sounds like a definite positive change of fortune. Hope you doze off to a good night’s rest.
Yes, those are cherries from the orchard picked this summer. There weren’t enough to make several pies, so Malgorzata made a cheesecake instead.
I slept for nine hours!
Excellent! A good night’s sleep. I checked earlier than usual this morning thinking Hili dialogue might be on European time.
Nice to see the cats “live and in person” as it were.
Look for “Ribena” in a British specialties shop – it’s a blackcurrant concentrate and is excellent diluted with either cold or hot water. You can even add a dash to champagne and make a kir royale if you have no cassis.
Blackcurrant products are not sold in the US for regulatory and market reasons. In addition blackcurrant crops carried white pine blister rust, a fungus. I was born in the UK so am used to deserts like blackcurrant crumble. So many foodstuffs that I love are not generally available in the US: haggis, black pudding, calves liver, pork pies, scotch eggs, oxo cubes, faggots, marmite, bovril – the list goes on.