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Month 10 in Poland - May 2026

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  Hi everyone, The Evjes were busy in May! We had opportunities to travel a bit. School is continuing but winding down for the boys. And the weather is turning warmer. With the approaching summer, our thoughts are also starting to shift to our impending return to California in August. Read below for more! At the start of May, we hopped over to Brussels for a weekend city-break. We visited old friends there (the Wernerts, who many of you in Davis know). We enjoyed reconnecting with them, played baseball in a park (a very rare sight in Europe), and generally ate glorious amounts of Belgian fries, waffles, and mussels. We visited a cool science museum called the Atomium which is less of a building and more of a large, interactive sculpture with rooms and elevators inside. I encourage you to look it up and learn more about it. In general we recommend Brussels as a European city. It's often overlooked and underrated vs some of the other flashier tourist spots (Venice, Barcelona, Paris, ...
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Month 9 in Poland - April 2026

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  Hello everyone,  This month it is my (Adam's) turn to write the monthly update. In April, we did many things. Let's start with our trip to Spain. It was lots of fun. We went to Málaga, Ronda, Cala de Mijas, Mijas Pueblo, Parauta, Fuengirola, and Marbella. We saw a holy week procession in Ronda. We also saw their beautiful medieval bridge. We had several beach days and ate LOTS of ice cream, paella, and tapas. We also went on a hike and I found a waterfall. One day we went to an olive oil processing facility and had a tour with an olive oil tasting. I liked some of the olive oil but not all of it. Our friend from Denmark, Karolina, came to spend the last three days with us and it was fun. On our last day in Spain we went go karting and it was awesome.  Every year in Polish school, each class goes on a sleepaway camp for a week in the country or mountains where you learn about the place’s history, people, and nature. It's called Green School (Zielona Szkoła) and I went on...
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Month 8 in Poland - March 2026

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Well well if it isn't the middle of April. How the time does pass. This month it is my turn to write the update (Alex). March was another fun month here. Some highlights: We took a train from Karkow to Prague for a long weekend to see old friends of ours Jack and Agata (another Polish-American couple). The train was a fun experience for the boys, even if it was a little long for mom and dad (6 hours basically). The boys got to go in the front of the train with the driver. Monika and I have known Agata since the summer we met in 2008! (My god we are getting old). Prague continues to be a gorgeous city with excellent Czech beer; but it is no longer the cheap diamond in the rough it once was. It is very much on the tourist circuit now. We spent lots of time with our friends, including touring Jack's workshop where he makes prosthetics and puppets for the booming Prague film industry. So cool! We also did lots of walking around the Old Town and massive hilltop castle complex. Adam...
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Month 7 in Poland - February 2026

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  Hello everyone! Hi, Alex Evje is writing this month ( except for parentheses, which  is Tyler ). In February we did lots of fun things. We went to this fun place called Energylandia. It's like a Polish version of Disneyland. It was really cold there but everything was Christmas themed. It has lots of fun rides. I made a Christmas ornament there. I went down a really fun big slide. My mom went down the biggest roller coaster they had there. It was called Hyperion. We also went skiing two times in the Polish mountains. The first time was in Zakopane and the second time was to a place called Male Ciche ( Tyler: which literally translates to "small quiet" ). We stayed in a little mountain cabin in the forest. In the evening we made a campfire on a mountaintop with a view and made kielbasas and smores! My dad brought the parts for the smores from America. There were lots of other kids there and we all did night-time sledding. When we were in Zakopane we went through an ice l...
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