Last night the kids all slept all the way through the night. I could not fall asleep until about 1:00 a.m. (6 p.m. Olathe time). I got up about 9:00 this morning. Myles had already gone in for a work thing and was on his way back home. We woke the kids up at 10:00. We got ready and headed out for some exploring. It was a beautiful day here today. The weather feels like early November to me. You definitely need a jacket if you are outside. I think the high temperature today was about 55 degrees.
Myles has been here for a little while so he has wandered already and showed us around. There is a tiny little store right across the street from us that sells soda, meat and a few other things. It is like a very tiny convenience store. There is another one about two blocks away and then a bigger grocery store about six blocks away.
We walked by our landlord's home (he and his wife and 18 year old daughter live right behind us, or actually a better description is that we live in the house in their back yard). He was outside and we got to meet him, though he does not speak any English. We don't speak any Polish so it was a quick meeting. He shook all of the kids' hands and then kissed mine!
After that we got on the tram and rode to the University where Myles is teaching.
It is a very pretty place. We did not stay long, just got an idea of where it is and what it looks like. We then went to the big mall and looked around for a bit. We submitted a request for public transportation passes and those will be ready with our pictures on them next Tuesday.
After we got home, Ben and I walked to the bigger grocery store. We cannot understand the labels so we are not exactly sure what we got! We definitely came home with pasta and something that certainly looks like spaghetti sauce. We'll see how dinner turns out tomorrow! We also got some meat filled pierogies, vegetables and bread. We did not buy eggs because in Poland they do not refrigerate them. They are just sitting out in an aisle and I'm not sure I'm brave enough to have everyone eat unrefrigerated eggs just yet. Since our refrigerator is small and we have to carry all our stuff home we will be going to the store every couple of days.
The people here have been very nice. There is one thing I have seen on three women since I have been here that is a little different. They have normal haircuts but then a little part of their head is shaved completely bald. I saw one woman with about one inch above one ear shaved. I saw another with part of her bangs shaved off and the other one had a small point shaved on the back of her head (pointing up!). If that is the new trend in hairstyles, I don't like it!
Our first load of laundry is in the teeny tiny washing machine. In the morning we will hang it outside to dry. This is all new to us!
Myles is working all day tomorrow so we will finish getting all of our things organized and maybe do a little schoolwork. If we are feeling brave we might head out and explore a little more.
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