Total hell!

A bunch of stuff.

Thursday morning we left for the mountains. Picked up cousin Ania aka Ania #2 then picked up Marcin and Ania. Got down to Szczawnica with no problems. Didn't do much Thursday; just went walking around town and got something to eat and drink. We got rained on walking back to the hotel (about 5km!) but we were in good spirits nonetheless.

Friday we parted company for the afternoon. Ania #1 and #2 went with Marcin somewhere up on some mountain to lay out in the sun. Paula and I went after the Haligovske Skaly cache in Slovakia. You can read our log on geocaching.com. Basically: beautiful but too many - way too many - flies. Paula hiked 16km round-trip, I hiked about 19.5km. She stopped at a picnic table/shelter area a bit before the cache and I went the rest of the way. By the time we got back, around 7:30pm, we were way tuckered out and a bit sunburned. Gosia, Greg and Gabby showed up around this time.

Saturday we rested. We went on a little rafting trip, ate and drank a lot and didn't do a heck of a lot else. A good day.

Sunday we parted company again and took Ania #2 back home. Glad to be back.

Today, Monday, Paula and I had to drive over to DHL's office which is inconveniently located across town. I bitched at them a bunch for making us drive over there after we explicitly told them when we'd be around so they could drop off her new laptop. They ignored those instructions and tried times when we weren't around. I'm burning her laptop in now; but so far so good. It's a big laptop but looks like a fairly good one. It's a "multimedia" laptop meaning it has speakers and a widescreen (16:9!) type screen plus some other goodies. Lots of connections via usb, wireless, bluetooth, s-video, etc. I had forgotten, though, how horrible it is to get a new machine and have to set it up - especially for someone else. Do you wipe the drive and install new? What software do you install?

This time I am letting Paula do everything. I'm sure it will be a good experience for her to deal with all the little crap that comes on a new computer.