Poland!

Well, (finally!) here is our post on Poland! But first, a little update:

Cori had a great time playing a bit of tour guide to Angela, Amber Mooney (who you will meet in this post)’s sister, and her college group on Friday. Angela and her group are going on a 10 day tour of Europe and it was really fun to meet them all and witness first-hand their immediate impressions of Berlin! We were both going to try and meet up with them again while they were in Berlin, but unfortunately, we both we laid waste by a horrible cold over the weekend. So, for Memorial Weekend, while most of the Americans back at home were visiting graves, having family reunions, BBQs, going to the lake, and having a nice, long weekend, we pretty much sat in bed and watched movies, read, blew noses, and Cori vainly tried to keep her food down. However, we do have a new-found appreciation for the BBC “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” and the classic 1939 version of “The Four Feathers”.

Anyways, Poland! We went over the long Easter weekend and had a great time with Cori’s friends Jake and Amber Mooney. The last time Cori had seen them in person was when she took their wedding pictures in Washington State back in 2008! 6 years, 3 Mooney kids (Eric, Amy & Emily), and 1 Thonen wedding later, and Isaac got to meet them for the first time in Poland. Our friendship has definitely been international!

Our welcome basket from the Mooneys!

The Mooney’s hospitality is awesome. After being cooped up in the big city of Berlin, both of us were glad to be in the small town of Kolo, with the Polish countryside all around. Our weekend involved going to see castles, a basilica, the site of a former extermination camp, bike riding, an Easter dinner, and playing with the Mooney kids. And we LOVED IT. Here’s pictures to prove it.