Day 4 - July 1, 2018; Guess I know what We’ll be Eating for the Next Few Day

Finally, the first day of July! This means only three more days to July 4th. Today, we had a really fun day in a new place called Torún. They are known for their gingerbread. No joke, it is AMAZING! In the morning, I woke up at six, so I could write yesterday’s blog. Unfortunately, I didn’t get far because we had breakfast: cottage cheese with strawberry jam, and milk to down it all. (See, I’m keeping up with my calcium, Mom). After breakfast, we got in the car for a two hour journey to Torún. During the car ride, I was writing my blog, and Isabella played games on the iPad and read and slept. 

When we finally reached Torún, I immediately loved it. Torún is so lovely, quaint and old with small, medieval style two story building and cobble-stone streets. We walked down main street enjoying the view and looking at their unique gingerbread molds spread around the city. Finally, we got to the main square. There, right in the middle of the square, was a gingerbread shop. 

We went in. Of course we did. Grandma got us two gingerbreads each. Isabella got two rectangular looking ones covered in chocolate. I, on the other hand, got two lovely wild strawberry filled ones. Hopefully, they were good. After that, we walked into a beautiful chapel. And you would never guess that the priest was a woman! Hehehe, women’s rights! 

After that, we walked around for a few minutes, just marveling at the emptiness of the city. There were also statuettes set up on every fifth house. There were usually four, so Isabella and I played a game that match what the statuettes were doing with our personalities and our cousins’, Sasha and Victoria’s personalities. 

Eventually, Dad decided to go to the Live Museum of Gingerbread. We waited in that line for 15 minutes. 15! But when we got there, there was only one spot left. 😞 I was disheartened. 

We went to the old, ruined castle after that, stopping by a playground and then after we saw that to get to the castle ruins you had to pay, we stopped by another playground. Afterwards, Grandma, Isabella and I went to another Museum of Gingerbread. It was very informative, especially when touched a gingerbread and the security guard lady screamed at me. There wasn’t a sign or anything!!! 

When we finished the exhibit, we decided to go to their most famous restaurant in the city. We were very greedy and got seventeen huge pierogies. We ate nine. I guess I know what we’ll be eating for the next two days. Then, we walked around for a few minutes and went home. On the way, we stopped by a rest area. There was a truck in a ditch. It must have been a bad turn. And that’s how this day went down in history; July 1, 2018.

Day 3 - June 30, 2018; Grandma and Grandpa Ho!

Today we had a really, really, really, really, really, extremely fun day. It started out with us being very healthy because we walked for 40 minutes to get our breakfast in the awesome Bulke przez Bibulke (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗). The moons are stars. Unfortunately, there was a line spanning half a  block to get to the store. 


Having no further options, we decided to eat at a Galirea Wipikof, also known as a Gallery Bakery. As many of my family members know, the doctor said I had to eat more calcium because I was’t growing enough. Therefore, I have to eat four serving of calcium daily. Phew, that was a mouthful. I, being the docile girl that I am (Just kidding 🙂) ordered ........ drumroll please........ a glass of milk and a pastry filled with cottage cheese. Isabella got orange juice and a sausage in a croissant, while Dad ate a cheese and bacon covered bread. 

After a long breakfast we definitely deserved, 😉 😉, we went to explore a completely new part of the city. First, we went to their Palace of Culture and Knowledge. We paid $13 to go up to the top, not knowing that there was a marathon up there. It was very crowded up at the top of the Palace. Also, if you do not know anything about the Palace, it was built during Soviet rule of Poland, and it was built in all the major cities under Soviet rule. Anyway, after the boring and crowded time at the top of the Palace, we decided to got with what Isabella wanted to do. There was a tarantula/poisonous spider/ scorpion exhibit in the Palace, so we decided to go there. Turns out, there is a scorpion that glows a bright turquoise color in black light. 

After the exhibit, we went to a store near the Palace of Culture and Knowledge. It had some nice middle eastern souvenirs; Dad got us some really cute owl keychains. Afterwards, we stopped by another store and got Mom a pretty present. Soon, it started to rain so we had to run into a cafe. There, I wrote my blog from yesterday, and Isabella read SEVEN PAGES in her book! Then, we went to the old city, got me a Polish sim card and went to a store Dad found in the other side of town. 


On the way, we stopped for lunch at “The Red Pig”

It was amazing. I had a proper Kiev’s Culet, a hollowed out breaded cutlet filled with cheese, minced mushrooms, garlic, and some sort of butter. Isabella, of course, ate spaghetti bolognese, and Dad had spicy Lamb burger with plum sauce. When were leaving, I asked for a balloon from our server and the man gave me it. After lunch, we walked to the store, but it was closed. 

Finally it was time to pick up grandma and grandpa from the airport and we went and picked them up. We are all so excited to see them again. Unfortunately, grandpa, when asked to go walking with us, declined the offer. When we got to the old city, Dad got us ice-cream, but not Soprano ice cream, because it was closed. It was okay, but definitely not as good as Soprano. Then, we went down the street, and there it was! 

The thing that was on my bucket list for so long now. I walked over to the guy who had tamed white pigeons and he put them on my shoulders. All 6 of them! 

Finally, we called a taxi to take us home because grandma was so tired. And that’s how this day went down in history, June 30, 2018.

Day 2 - June 29, 2018; I Really Hope I Won’t Turn Into a Bouncy Ball!

Hello, and welcome back to “Travel with Georgia!” Just kidding. Today, I’ll tell you about what happened today. Also, sorry for the lack of pictures; I still do not understand how to upload my photos from my phone onto the iPad. 

First, Isabella, the sleepy pants, slept for twelve hours straight. I don’t know why she was so tired. I mean, she slept for like four hours on the plane and three more in our rented car. While she slept, I was able to write my blog from yesterday. ( If you have not read it, you are not welcome to read this one beyond this point...... 😡)

After Isabella finally woke up, we had the opportunity to go to Starbucks, so Dad could work with coffee at constant supply. We pounced at the opportunity and soon enough Isabella, Dad and I were eating a chocolate muffin, blueberry muffin, and cinnamon bun, respectively 🍽. We stayed at Starbucks until about 2:30 p.m., playing games on the iPad, reading (this one was mostly me) and eating lunch. At 2:40, we got home, and pretty much did nothing for the next three hours, since Dad was working. 

After that, we went exploring again. First, there was a trek to the old part of the city. In case we got hungry, Dad got us raspberries from a nearby street vendor. They were delicious! I don’t usually like to eat raspberries, but I was gobbling them up like Isabella and Victoria usually do. 

We came to the old city and walked around for about an hour.  Then Isabella became hungry. I swear, eat like this for the next three weeks, we will not be able to get on the plane; they would have to roll us on. We looked for a good place and then Isabella remembered that she wanted to try plain potato pierogies.

I had really good borsht with some kind of fish pastry, while Dad had meat. Afterwards, we got Soprano ice cream again. Then we walked around the old city and started to walk home. On the way, we saw really cool street performers. Also, it is really cool here in Warsaw. ALL OF YOU HAVE TO COME!!!!!!! And that’s how this day went down in history, June 29, 2018.

Also, grandma and grandpa were supposed to come to Warsaw today but somehow, their flight got cancelled.

Day 1 - June 28, 2018; Poland, Pierogies, and All That Jazz

Hi. My name is Georgia Fishteyn. You may remember me from my blog in Vilnius, Lithuania 2017😀, and the same for Vilnius, Lithuania 2016 😛. Well, this year, we decided to change things up a bit and go to Poland. So here I am, writing this blog for you in our apartment here in Poland’s capital, Warsaw. 

On June 27, at 3:00, we took a car ride with Mom to the Newark airport. Sadly, Mom did not accompany us to Poland this year. Anyway, Dad, Isabella and I got out and were in a massive hurry to get to our gate, C98. When we were done with all the passport control, security check and all that jazz, we got to a small table in our terminal, very close to our gate. Isabella and I were sent to investigate our dinner choices. We settled on homemade cheese pizza, and watched in awe as the skilled pizza makers made our pizza in a matter of seconds. But, this was not nearly as impressive as the speed at which Madame Isabella, Monsieur Daniil and Madame Georgia, the renowned magicians made the pizza disappear! After dinner, we went to our gate and waited, and waited, and waited and then, waited some more. Finally, we were let into our plane. 

The flight was mostly uneventful, but I’ll tell you everything I did anyway. First, I watched a movie, then the flight attendants walked around with dinner. I don’t know why they call that dinner. So, I pretended to be asleep so the flight attendant would not bother me. Then, ice cream was passed around. It was okay. Yada, yada, yada. That was the most interesting stuff ever. When we finally landed, we were ushered out of the plane and sent to passport check. You know where we landed? You probably can’t guess. We landed in Berlin! Afterwards, we rented a car, which Dad had to drive for 6 hours to get to Warsaw. 

There, it was only around 2:02 p.m. We looked for our apartment and ended up finding a really nice one. When we finally carried all our bags to our apartment, we set to organizing them; we couldn’t get to exploring the old city because Dad had a call he needed to make for work. Now, since Dad ended quickly, we got to exploring. First, we walked for about fifteen minutes to the old part of the city. After that, we got Soprano ice cream!!! So, we walked around, eating ice cream and looking for coffee shops where Dad could work on workdays. After we found five coffee shops, we decided to search for something to eat. We went to an all polish cuisine. I had polish pierogies, filled with potatoes, cottage cheese and sauerkraut, while Isabella had a salad and Dad had a sznitzel. My pierogies were amazing! After that, we walked home. Dad pointed out signs and we read them, because Polish is easy to read if you know Russian. 

We were so tired when we got to our rented apartment, that we almost immediately went to bed. Isabella was so tired that she slept 12 hours! And that’s how this day went down in history, June 28, 2018.

June 26th, Starbucks in Millington

Last evening in NJ before Dan, Georgia, Isabella, and Michael and Anna start their adventure in Warsaw. Georgia will be writing this blog. Will miss you awfully back home! Rachel

Day 13th, September 2nd, 2017

Blarney Castle

Onto the new adventures!!

Day 12th, September 1st, 2017I

Awesome Gap of Dunlow. Totally worth the ride

Irish Wolfhound 

Day 11, August 30th