Going to Kraków!

Flights overseas are hard with small children

The flight was hard. Flo stayed up until midnight and started screaming for about 30 minutes because she felt so horrible, but didn't realize she needed sleep. I got about 2 hours of sleep. After Flo woke up 4 hours later for breakfast and to get off the flight, she wanted to sleep so bad that she said, "I want to go back home!"

Fighting jet lag

The next morning, Flo woke up at 12:30am and was full of energy. Which basically means, Tymber and I were up all night too...

At 4:00am, the sun started to rise (yes, the sun rises that early here - crazy, right?) and Flo comes marching into our bedroom and exclaims, "Mom, Dad, the sun come up. It time to get up. You sleep for really long time!"

Later that day, I was falling asleep during work, while Flo took a 5-hour afternoon nap and Tymber a 3-hour one with Lawrence. They really needed it. I can't believe how people just take 2-hour naps to get over the jet lag. It's just hard.

That night, we tried to get out, so we went to a small park that's built into the common grounds of our apartments. Flo loved the swing, of course.

The Weekend!

Well, more like a sleep-end :D. Flo woke up at 1:00am, so we had 30 minutes of progress! Later, she and I took a 3-hour nap, and I forced us to wake up at that point. Flo came up, much like myself, she just showed it more on the outside, with a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.

We decided to go out for dinner to try things out, and basically because we were running out of groceries that we snagged from the corner convenience store, Żabka.

Of course the first restaurant we go to (because it was the closest to walk to) was a Japanese udon soup one. Nothing like Polish food.

We walked in to the store, upon which we were greeted by 3 kind staff, with "Dzień dobry" - a common way to greet people, meaning "Good day." I greeted them back, then sheepishly asked if any of them spoke English. I explained that this was our first time going to a restaurant in Poland.

They were so kind and helpful. Explaining how things were done, fishing out an English menu for us, and making our visit delightful. And contrary to common belief, water and bathrooms were free!

We forgot to take a picture of us eating out for the first time, so we snapped this cool church on our walk home.

Church

Flo woke up at 3:15am. Definitely an upward trend!

We walked a little over a mile to church today and proved that our stroller can whether very bumpy cobblestones. Woot!

The branch had about 25 people total. Half of which were surprisingly visiting from the United States for work reasons as well! Everything was translated into either English or Polish.

I partially introduced myself in Polish. "Moja rodzina i ja jesteśmy z USA z Idaho. Mam dwójkę dcieci. Moja corka ma trzy lata i moy syn ma cztery miesiące." Look that one up in Google Translate.

I had a long, fun chat with the district president, a new dentist, engaged to an American from Logan, Utah.

Stay tuned for our upcoming adventures!