The Kongs are HERE!

Yay for the Kongs finally getting here! We had a fantastic weekend in Warsaw and finally got to enjoy what seemed to be the first weekend of Spring weather. Lets hope this weather is here to stay because we just caught a small glimpse of what Summer is going to be like here in Warsaw and lets just say it looks MARVELOUS!

The Kongs travel on to Krakow and Austria and we will meet up with them this upcoming weekend in Budapest for a Hungarian filled weekend before they are back off to Houston. We are soo grateful they came to visit and what a treat to get to hang out with our buddies again.  =)

The Manards & The Kongs
Warsaw March 2011

Night #1

Just Jammin!

The Boys picking up the MOST delicious
Kebabs for a late night snack!

Night #2

First time experiencing Poland's "Klubs"

 Polish Shots: "Mad Dog"
&
The beginning to a very memorable night

=)

Josh rocking out the Fist Pump

Awwwwwww

Josh showing off his dance moves!

Miss you already

I knew it would be hard when Mom left today but I did not think it was going to be this hard. =(  Something about knowing she is thousands and thousands of miles away, makes it that much harder. The last 3 weeks flew by and I am left wondering where on earth did all time go!?!  I miss you already Mom and I can not wait until we are together again! To the most BEAUTIFUL person I know..............

I LOVE YOU!!!!! 

Berlin

Berlin is an easy weekend getaway from Warsaw. In just 5hrs by train we were in chic, posh, ohhh soo lovely Berlin! I am not really sure what I was expecting but 2 days simply was not enough.  Of course we got a good overview of the city but Josh and I have already planned to return to experience the vibrant night life. Sausages and beer are plentiful and as soon as we arrived they had us at HELLO!!!! It was our first visit for all three of us and we left incredibly impressed. Its amazing to see what this city has gone through and how it has managed to come out on top in such a short time.  I wish I had taken more pictures of the city at night but there is always next time.

Enjoying some good German sausage

Have some good German Beer

The east side of what is left of the Berlin Wall

Josh illustrating how tall the Berlin wall is

Berlin's HUGE (brand new) train station: Hauptbahahof
Bye bye Beautiful Berlin

Bring 'Em On

Mother was the beginning of our visitors for the next several months and to be honest I could not be happier to get to play tour guide. It keeps me busy and it makes the time go by fast.  I am so happy to get to spend time with all the people I love and it warms my heart to know that our family and friends would make it so far to come visit us. =)

Recently, Edy flew solo to spend some girl time with me and my mother here in Warsaw.  It was so fun getting to run the town together.  We had an absolute blast and we made the best of the SUPER cold weather.  Ian later joined us for the weekend where we returned to Krakow for a short day trip. Sadly Edy & Ian had to go but I am super excited for our next set of visitors!

 Bring 'Em On!!

Edy, Ian, and Mom

Valentine's Day

Sweet Josh was lucky to have three Valentine's this year! All three of the Ladies (Mother, Mia, and I) got beautiful roses from one of the most WONDERFUL men I know! Josh and I spent our Valentine's attending a dinner dance/party at the Hilton in Warsaw in Support of a foundation called Corporate Social Responsibility. "They are a network of 90 international corporate Ceo's actively working in Poland to affect positive social change through corporate philanthropy". This past Christmas the foundation raised enough money to feed hot meals to 10,000 children across Poland. During the dinner we received a treat by getting to watch a little show put on by the kids. It was sooo nice that Josh and I could be a part of such a special cause and we enjoyed getting to know some wonderful people!

Hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day!

We are such lucky girls!

 Me and my lovely Valentine

7th Annual Dinner Dance