Simply Beautiful.

I know I have taken a million pictures of the same old picture from our balcony, but I can't help myself. It is just......

Simply Beautiful.

Night out in Warsaw

Friday we spent a great night out with friends. Josh and I dined at a swanky Asian/Fusion restaurant called Papaya. The food was delicious and I am sure we will be back there real soon. After Josh and I's date we met up with our friends for some wine and sangria at a Tapas restaurant right off of Nowy Swiat. It was a fun night getting to catch up with friends and also getting to meet new people. The night ended at a nearby bar called "Warszawa Powiśle", an old train station from back in the communism days that has been converted into a bar. It is a busy and lively place, where we all got to enjoy some good old hip hop jams! =)

We really enjoyed ourselves and we even managed to lose track of time. It has been awhile since we've stayed out that late and I have to admit we didn't exactly feel our best the next morning. It is sad to say but we are realizing more and more how hard it is to recover from a late night out, now that we are getting older. I guess that just happens when you start to approach your thirties. HA HA!

Caitlin breaking it down! =)

Old train station in Warsaw converted into a bar.
Pretty cool place! =)

My support system here in Warsaw! =)

Mini Me

A couple weekends ago we got to play doggie parents to our friends sweet snoodle, Charlie.  He is such a cutie and Mia and I always get super excited to have him over. The two play really well together and Josh was even happy to have some male testosterone around. Although the weather was pretty rainy all weekend we still managed to entertain. Josh even played a few tunes for them with his guitar. They were thoroughly amused! =)


I also think it is so cute that when we take them out together people assume Mia is Charlie's momma. So we have nicknamed Charlie "Mini Me". Here are a few pics of our weekend dog sitting. We even got a 1am surprise. We learned later that the firework show was due to Poland taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union. But since it was so close to the 4th of July I like to think it was secretly a little celebration to our wonderful country. Happy Birthday America!! We Miss you!!

The kids during their music class

Sweet sweet Charlie! "Mini Me"

Please excuse the hideous bright orange sheets.
They are obviously not my pick! ha

 Pretty great surprise!
Congrats Poland and Happy Birthday America!!

To Friends!

Yesterday Josh and I spent a lovely evening with our Polish friends. Magdalena, my friend from work in Houston, came to Poland to pack up her daughter Olivia so they could head back to the States where she will begin her medical school rotations. I am so sad she won't be near us anymore. It was a huge comfort knowing she was only a few hours away but I know Momma is one happy Lady now!

We are so thankful we were able to spend an evening together before they parted ways. Josh and I are lucky to have these wonderful people in our lives and we know that we will be remain good friends as time goes on. After all, they will forever be our Polish family! Thank you Magda for a delicious dinner at Nu Nu's! We absolutely love that place!

Me, Magda, Olivia, and Monika (Magda's Niece)  =)

Corpus Christi

This past Thursday Poland celebrated the Catholic Holiday of Corpus Chrisiti, so in other words that meant Josh got to have the day off of work. Poor guy needed a day of relaxing so we set out to just do that. I snapped a couple pictures with my iphone of our day. We went and had some margaritas and some Mexican food at one of the only decent Mexican restaurants we have found here so far. Although it can't even compare to what we find in Houston, El Popo does the trick for those Mexican food cravings we get ever now and then. Mia even got to come along with us. Afterwards we made a quick stop in Old town for some ice cream where we decided to venture out for a walk in New Town.

A Pleasant day indeed!

At El Popo for some Mexican food in Warsaw

Ice Ceam!

Walk through New Town

Always interested in what everyone else is doing!
Gotta love her though! =)

Happy Father's Day

Although I was unable to be there in person I was most definitely there in Spirit. I thought of him all day and I just want him to know how blessed and proud I am to have him in my life! He has always been such a huge inspiration to me and I strive everyday to maintain his positive and light hearted outlook on life. He is the reason I have learned to LOVE to travel and to live everyday as if it were my last. Thank you for always teaching me all those wonderful life lessons. You are incredible Man and I am honored to call you my PAPI! Looking forward to your visit at the end of next month. We will definitely be celebrating!!!

LOVE YOU

&

Happy Father's Day!!!

Mediterranean & Tuscany Pt. 2

So Krisitie sent me an email with all the phrases, words, sayings that sum up, pretty much our entire vacation. It is Funny stuff so I thought it would be nice to share with you guys.  Josh and I had so much fun with the Phillips and we are so grateful we got to share this time together. We are so lucky to have such amazing friends and this trip will definitley be one of those that we will reminisce about when we are old and gray!! Truly unforgettable.  Love you guys and thank you so much for making it such a special vacation!! MWAAAA!!

*Constantly comparing the exchange rate*Aaron's pirate booty- lovin Euro coins!*BROST!!! *SWITCHBACK!* *Hatred of tollroads*Human encyclopedia*"My sciatica's flairin up!"*Driving in Florence*Reading the street names in Florence*Drinking wine out of coffee mugs*No GPS or Maps*Scuba Steve AKA Rickie Steves*PIVOT!* *Swimming to the buoys*Topless on the beach*Rude French*Josh's way with the waitstaff*Kebabs!*Vino della casa*69 stairs*Rihanna*"Look at Monica's face, it will make you laugh"*Weak bowels*Looking Cubano*1000 Business Ideas*"Child-like Wonderment"*Adult conversations*Rude Italian waiters*Genova traffic*Wine Vinyard snobs!* 

*Levorno, Levanto, Levante...what is the difference?!!*Discovering peppery olive oil* *Hypochondria*

*No run-ins with the Jersey Shore cast* *"I got dibs on top bunk"*Mimosas on the beach - we are so *smart!*2400+ Photos*13 bottles of wine/22 beers/mixed drinks/sangrias*"It is impossible" everyone says this in France*AYO TECHNOLOGY**Break Dancing in the hotel room*"Living to work or working to live"*Old Man Pizza*Strongly worded letters/ satisfaction surveys*Not liking curry*Most expensive fruit EVER*Biofreeze*Getting car sick in Tuscany*Our grocery store wine sommelier*Getting in trouble at the train station*Brushing teeth at night...sometimes*Surviving on Honey-Roasted Peanuts in traffic*Our beach days!*5am wake up*Josh's driving speed = 130 kilometers per hr in the rain, on the side of a mountain*"I want a baguette!"*Lemoncello... Josh's favorite*Shortbread cookies*1 Euro for 6 HUGE bottle of water.....what a steal!*Long ass walks with our luggage*Wine crawl*Resturant service charge*Pizza-"It's the way you like it!"*No fish & chips in Florence?*Topless big chested lady taking pictures in the window...yikes!*Chocolate GELATO*House wine*Chocolate crepes-"NOT nutella!"*Italian coffee/aka motor oil*Tall boys on the beach-"is this legal?! why is no one else drinking?!"*JOSH turn down the music!"*Pisa-Scary street merchants*Museums...What?*$8 coffee's at the holiday inn...what?!!!*Speedos*Salome Pizza*Food Crawl*

And here is the rest of the pictures..............

Pisa, Italy

Josh taking a cheesy picture.

Florence, Italy

Out Hotel in Florence. Apparently
I was very intrigued.

Cheers to the beginning of our
wine crawl.

Representing class of 2001 & 2002
"Edison"

Love this picture.

LOVE!

Kristie was Jammin!

Great night out in Florence even though
we didn't get to meet up with Snookie! HA!

Sienna, Italy

Delicious Pasta!

LOVE Siena!!!

Beautiful couple!

Silly boy

One the best PIZZA's!!!

Beautiful Tuscany

In the beautiful little town of Radda
In Italia's Chianti Region (Tuscany)

Love him!

Not sure how much pizza we ate while we
were in Italy but lets just say it was a lot. I don't
think we ever got sick of it! YUM!!!

Back in Nice, France

Lazy afternoon after our drive to
 to Nice from Italy.

Josh finally got his Baguette! =)
Such a happy boy.

The BEAUTIFUL waters of Nice, France. Thank
goodness for one last day at the beach
before our return back to Poland.

Relaxing after our jam packed week.

Boys swimming out to the Buoys.

SEXY!

Nice and refreshing beverages.

Love this picture.
Perfect way to end our last day of the Trip.

My Miami Vice Hubby! =)

GORGEOUS

Last picture of the Trip. =(
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!