Girls Poland Shopping Trip

My first girls weekend here!! Ben was in the US so Jenn's husband Bob took care of my girls with his own for the night and then handed them off to a babysitter the next day. Whatever it takes to get out of the house!

So 5 in one car and 4 in another and we headed off to our first stop, Seiffen, Germany. (about 5 hours away) This little town was way up in the mountains, snow everywhere! And our faithful leaders drove their cars with summer tires all the way up with not one fatality! In Germany you do not have all weather tires. You have to have summer and winter, which means you have to store your tires that you are not using in a tire hotel. Nice! Wonder if there is room service.

Anyway this town sells Christmas items all year round and is the officia

l Christmas village in Germany. The locals make many wooden Christmas items and sell them in their shops. Like wooden candle pyramids, angels, nutcrackers, and toys. This is the main income of the village.

I just followed Natalie around the town, she was looking for a wooden pyramid with 3 different colors of wood. She said she had been looking for a year for this item. So when she found one that she loved and for a good price I asked "do you mind if I copy you? If you have been looking for a year at all the Christmas fairs and this is the best one, I will get the same one". I mean really why should I look around if she has already done it for me? Quality friend.

So after 1 1/2 hours we loaded our cars with all our goodies and got back into the

car for another 2 hour drive in the sleet, rain, cold, dark night.

We arrived in Poland around 9 and went straight to our Blue Beetroot Bed and Breakfast. Very cute place, highly recommend. We quickly order food since the kitchen closes at 10. Perogies for everyone! Yum!! Then we head upstairs where we see 3 other American ladies getting pedicures and mani's! We were like "they do this here"?! It was only 5 eruo for the pedi, come on! The exchange rate was ridiculous! If you spent a 100 Zloty it was 40 euro!

So the next morning we are up for breakfast at 7 and out the door. After a few hours we filled up our 7 passenger van and roof trunk, again very impressive shopping.

Then we had to get back into the van, with less room...and drive back for 6 hours in close comfort. What better way to find out about your friends, then to be trapped with them for 7 hours with no elbow room.

Now we just have to find our next destination.