68 years

Well it took a while to get here but we made it: Polska
We had some good laughs on the way to Poland, alot of them seemed to come at Rob's expense. Rob picked up poison ivy in Germany from Natalie's shoes from when she was on his shoulders and his face has the characteristics of a terrorist. So that combined with our terrorist van gave Polish immigration some fun. We crossed the border into Poland and there was snow instantly. It looked like they had at least a few inches. Today was the first day Peter put on long pants, he has been in shorts up until now, he still is running with no socks though. When we were in church today in Opole a few funny things happened. First Jackie was taken to task on not dressing Natalie warm enough, the woman who of course did not speak any English was insistent that Jackie bring Natalie to a warmer place. After church someone came up to Jackie and gave her some loose change and then a little later in the parking lot another person handed Olivia 20 zloty. There must be a custom that we don't know about or we are starting to look pretty rough. The first time in a Polish church was pretty memorable, also at this church there are 9 masses Sunday. We counted 6 priests at the alter and at least 20 alter servers. The church was packed right to the outside. Standing room outside. We are continuing east to the village of Wierzchowie where we will stay for a week.