I spent New Year's eve with Maria and part of her family in
Mazury, a region with many lakes in the north east of Poland.
The small and hidden village where Maria's uncle has a house was called Racibor. It is so hidden that it doesn't appear in google maps. The closest place is
Spychowo.
Poland in general was cold, but north of Poland was even colder so smoke was coming out of many chimneys. This region reminded me about a
comic I drew last year, titled Mayak.
Yeah, it was cold hehe probably the coldest place I had been until then, with temperatures around -16C.
But I was
born in the Basque country, so it was not long before I got used to the cold :P
Maria's uncle's house was in a beautiful location near a lake whose surface was completely frozen. Although at the beginning I hesitated whether it was really safe to walk on the lake, finally I decided to cross it. Next day, we found out that it was a bit reckless from my part (^^).
One night we all rode sleds pulled by a tractor. We went to the forest in the middle of the night and had a barbecue there, surrounded by wolfs (a few weeks before they found a huge wolf nearby).
Inside the house it was very warm, thanks to a firewood. They had two dogs who were quite calmed until you would put a balloon nearby!
I played billiard long long hours!!I kind of started getting the hang of it. When something like this happens i can't help it and it's hard to stop myself!
I did not mention anything about the delicious and abundant food that we had. In the picture just a few dishes that we ate. It was very tasty and I learned many polish words for food :D
More pictures at Maria's website
here and
here.
The small and hidden village where Maria's uncle has a house was called Racibor. It is so hidden that it doesn't appear in google maps. The closest place is Spychowo.
Poland in general was cold, but north of Poland was even colder so smoke was coming out of many chimneys. This region reminded me about a comic I drew last year, titled Mayak.
Yeah, it was cold hehe probably the coldest place I had been until then, with temperatures around -16C.
But I was born in the Basque country, so it was not long before I got used to the cold :P
Maria's uncle's house was in a beautiful location near a lake whose surface was completely frozen. Although at the beginning I hesitated whether it was really safe to walk on the lake, finally I decided to cross it. Next day, we found out that it was a bit reckless from my part (^^).
One night we all rode sleds pulled by a tractor. We went to the forest in the middle of the night and had a barbecue there, surrounded by wolfs (a few weeks before they found a huge wolf nearby). 
Inside the house it was very warm, thanks to a firewood. They had two dogs who were quite calmed until you would put a balloon nearby!
I played billiard long long hours!!I kind of started getting the hang of it. When something like this happens i can't help it and it's hard to stop myself!
I did not mention anything about the delicious and abundant food that we had. In the picture just a few dishes that we ate. It was very tasty and I learned many polish words for food :D
More pictures at Maria's website here and here.
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2 comments:
we didn't eat candles though ;)
Sure? the candles looks delicious ! ;P
Pero donde vas en camiseta con esa nieve, del centro de Bilbao! ja ja ja
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