Hello from Poland! Day 1

Mom, Rosie, Dorothy and I made it to Poland in one piece!

My flight out of Seattle was late...because someone's seat wouldn't fully recline. I can't believe they delayed the flight by a 1/2 hour because of something so trivial. Whatever! The 3 hour flight wasn't that bad and before I knew it I was touching down in Chicago and would soon be meeting up with my family. I was starving so I stopped at the Pizzeria Uno stand to get a mini pizza before going into the international terminal. OK, so I think I found the world's worst pizza! But since it's pizza I still ate it, although I left the crust on my plate. Yuck. So I went through security and saw mom and the ladies sitting there. We spent some time catching up and then almost missed the flight as we didn't hear any announcements (in English that is). We sat on the ground for nearly an hour as some mysterious repair was being made (once again the annoucement was in Polish, so we don't know what happened). LOT airlines is definitely no-frills. Coach seats, crappy headphones and strange meals. Our dinner included chicken and rice, bread, jelly, lunchmeat and pico de gallo. Oh, and don't forget the Kit-Kat. The flight was long and my anti-anxiety stuff did not work! Finally we got a few hours of sleep and then woke to an equally bizarre breakfast. Upon landing the passengers broke out in spontaneous applause and cheering- must be a Polish thing.

After customs we picked up the bags, met our driver and headed to the hotel. Our accomodations in Krakow (pronounced Krakoov by the locals) are simple but very nice. Mom was lamenting over the lack of a coffee pot in the room, which I thought was kind of funny. I informed her that the coffee in Europe is not at all like Maxwell House and is very strong.

After cleaning up a bit we headed to the Old Town just to check things out. The main square is gorgeous! We did a little shopping and then headed back to the hotel, totally zonked but excited to finally be in Poland!