Ahhh! Polish Pottery. Now I know what all the hype is about. They had me at Zloti. (Which is the Polish money. Isn't is a cute name for money?) I even did my research. I mean, I HAD to, I was going with hard core pottery shoppers who had checklists and stuff. We even brought a Zloti to Dollars converter chart, so we didn't have to do math in our heads. Wasting time was NOT on the agenda. Do you know how many Polish Pottery patterns there are?? Me neither. But there are tons! And many I didn't even see online until I got there.
We stayed at this quaint bed and breakfast in Boleslaweic called the Blue Beetroot B&B and it was adorable. We had 9 women, 2 cars, 1 baby, 14 hours of driving, and 3 days of fun! I shopped for 22 people total and what better than to shop knowing that you can buy for someone else?? Okay, so sending it is going to be a pain, but Christmas is done. (Surprise! Surprise! to those family members on my Christmas list.) But if you know me and the post office, well, we just don't get along too well. There are few things that I HATE in this world and sending things is one of them. Don't ask. I would refer to my childhood and that would just stem boredom.
So next year, and yes, there will be a next year, I will only get a few items instead of 7 BOXES of pottery. Just so I remember, my list includes: sugar bowl, picture frame, the HUGE bowl in my favorite pattern, and a teapot. So I HAVE to go back.
The crew at the first place we went. This was the only pic of the shopping girls. No time for pictures. It wasn't on the agenda.
We went through Slovakia and we stopped at Mc-E-D's for lunch and I just thought this was funny... as if the whole IDEA of McDonald's isn't enough of a "taste of America." They didn't even know how to say these American words. I was listening to some Slovakians trying to order these and they were butchering the words. "beff" for "beef" and "toas-tes" for "tastes" are the ones that I can remember.
Dinner with the girls!
Typical Polish neighborhood. Complete with sheep and chickens.
This is some famous glass blowing factory that sells things for booku bucks. Needless to say, I didn't purchase anything here. It was fun to watch them make them, though.
The car crew among the giant pieces of pottery.
Male or Female?? He might just need a bro. (Instead of a bra.)
Haha! Definitely male. I do have to say that I know that my family reads this blog and you have to just disregard this and know that they count this as "art" here. It doesn't have to be beautiful. ummm, I was just trying to take a picture of the sunflower behind him???.... Sorry grandma.
I have a thing for cool cemeteries! I don't get why people think they are creepy. It's the alive people we should be scared of. This cemetery was beautiful!
I want a tree like this one. Money doesn't grow on trees, but in Poland, pottery does!
Until next year ladies!!
We stayed at this quaint bed and breakfast in Boleslaweic called the Blue Beetroot B&B and it was adorable. We had 9 women, 2 cars, 1 baby, 14 hours of driving, and 3 days of fun! I shopped for 22 people total and what better than to shop knowing that you can buy for someone else?? Okay, so sending it is going to be a pain, but Christmas is done. (Surprise! Surprise! to those family members on my Christmas list.) But if you know me and the post office, well, we just don't get along too well. There are few things that I HATE in this world and sending things is one of them. Don't ask. I would refer to my childhood and that would just stem boredom.
So next year, and yes, there will be a next year, I will only get a few items instead of 7 BOXES of pottery. Just so I remember, my list includes: sugar bowl, picture frame, the HUGE bowl in my favorite pattern, and a teapot. So I HAVE to go back.
The nudie photos--too funny because they're UGLY. I can't beliee you bought that many pieces to mail--you're crazy. It looked like a ton of fun, can't wait to see you!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like so much fun! I love the picture of the huge pottery, that's awesome.
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks like it was a lot of fun! SOMEDAY-when my kids are all grown up-I am totally going to live in Europe (for like a summer) and go shopping everywhere! I'll just put that plan in my file with: #1 get filthy rich, #2 retire at 40 and #3 convince Matt that these are good ideas...
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun trip! Love the pics and your commentary. Hilarious! Good luck battling the post office to send the pottery.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun! When we lived in Germany (I was 1-5 years old) My parents and frien ds always went shopping at the polish flea markets, I guess they always had great stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hate the post office too!
Wow, that is some interesting art, but what is the point in being where you are and not experiencing every single thing that you can. Glad you had fun :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! And how woefully uninformed I am - I had no idea that Polish pottery was something impressive - go figure! You learn something new every day!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! I want more photos of the famous pottery!
ReplyDeleteThat looks pretty cool. I wish I could go to Europe! Looks like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a ton of fun. Awesome pictures as always =) I can't wait until you are here in January!!
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