Po trzech wspanialych tygodniach z Mama i Michalem przyszedl niestety ten smutny czas rozstania i powrot do rzeczywistosci, ktory nigdy nie jest latwy... Wylot mojej rodziny do Polski zaplanowany byl na poniedzialek 19 pazdziernika, na godzine 22:30 czasu lokalnego z lotniska JFK w Nowym Jorku. Przed ich wylotem postanowilismy zrobic sobie jeszcze szybka wycieczke po Nowym Jorku. W niedziele, 18 pazdziernika Majk odwiozl nas na lotnisko w Auguscie w Georgii. Augusta polozona jest na granicy Georgii i Karoliny Poludniowej. Lot do Nowego Jorku z Augusty zaplanowany byl z przesiadka na lotnisku w Charlotte w Karolinie Polnocnej. Okolo polnocy wyladowalismy w Nowym Jorku. Moja mama i brat mieli dwie duze walizki i bagaze podreczne. Wzielismy ze soba tylko najpotrzebniejsze rzeczy, a pozostale bagaze zostawilismy w depozycie na terminalu nr 8, tam gdzie wyladowalismy, po czym udalismy sie do polozonego niedaleko lotniska hotelu. Wazna informacja dla wszystkich podrozujacych do USA! Jesli macie loty z przesiadkami, musicie dlugo czekac na kolejny lot, a chcielibyscie udac sie np. na wycieczke do serca Nowego Jorku i nie chcecie zabierac ze soba wszystkich bagazy to z tego co ja wiem przynajmniej na trzech terminalach na lotnisku JFK sa depozyty bagazu. Mozna zostawic tam bagaz na 24 godziny albo dluzej. Ceny uwarnkowane sa wielkoscia walizek. W miejscu, w ktorym my oddawalismy nasze bagaze, cena za duza walizke wynosila $18 za dobe. W tym samym miejscu, na szybko mozna sobie rowniez zarezerwowac hotel, czy zamowic taksowke. Nastepnego dnia rano wstalismy, zjedlismy sniadanie w hotelu i nastepnie udalismy sie na terminal numer 1 skad odjezdza autobus na Manhattan. Do Nowego Jorku mozna dojechac miedzy innymi pociagiem albo prywatnym autobusem. Ja juz kilka razy korzystalam z uslug NYC Airporter. Przesylam link do strony, tam mozna kupic bilety: http://www.nycairporter.com/. Jesli nastawieni jestescie na zwiedzanie New York City to proponuje wysiasc przy Penn Station, ktora polozona jest niedaleko Empire State Building i generalnie wszedzie stamtad jest blisko. Lotnisko JFK jest olbrzymie, jest tam az osiem terminali, do terminali dojezdza sie pociagiem. Lotnisko to jak wiekszosc lotnisk dzis jest swietnie oznaczone, nie sposob sie tam zgubic. My troche pozwiedzalismy, zrobilismy troche zdjec, zjedlismy lunch i znalazla sie jeszcze chwila na zakupy. Moja mama zakochala sie w Nowym Jorku! Stwierdzila, ze nastepnym razem spedzi tam przynajmniej tydzien na samych zakupach! :) Po poludniu wrocilismy na lotnisko JFK... Z wielkim bolem serca musialam pozegnac moja kochana mame i cudownego brata, ktorym najchetniej zabralabym paszporty, zeby tylko tu zostali! Taki z reszta byl plan, ale nie wyszedl... :D Ze lzami w oczach pobieglam znowu na terminal nr 8, z ktorego odlecialam najpierw do Charlotte w Karolinie Polnocnej, a potem znowu do Augusty w Georgii, gdzie czekal na mnie Majk z psem:) Trzy tygodnie wykorzystalismy chyba najlepiej jak tylko sie dalo... Najwazniejsze bylo to, ze przede wszystkim bylismy razem... Mamie i Michalowi bardzo sie podobalo w Ameryce. Michal nawet planowal tutaj zostac juz od razu na stale...:) Bardzo pokochali Majka. Mama stwierdzila, ze jest on bardzo dobrym, madrym, spokojnym, smiesznym i rodzinnym czlowiekiem. Mama bardzo lubi ten "amerykanski" styl, piekne, praktyczne domy, czyste, zadbane podworka, dekoracje domow, rozne tzw."duperele" w domach, ktore charakterystyczne sa dla Ameryki... Niby w Polsce tez jest wszystko, ale pewne rzeczy tutaj sa zdecydowanie bardziej stylowe, maja klase... Ja zawsze mowilam mamie, ze ceny zywnosci, paliwa, ubran, mebli sa w Stanach duzo nizsze... Moja mama ciagle jednak po przylocie tuatj i zobaczeniu wszystkiego na wlasne oczy jest w szoku, ze sa az tak duze roznice cenowe miedzy Polska, a USA... zwlaszcza biorac pod uwage polskie zarobki, a amerykanskie zarobki... Stwierdzila, ze w Polsce jestesmy po prostu zwyczajnie okradani, ze jest to niedorzeczne, zeby za taki sam recznik kuchenny w Polsce placic 30zl, a w USA 3zl... Jest to przykre... Babcia Majka mowi: "Polska to moja matka, Ameryka to moja macocha, ale ta macocha jest bardzo dobra dla mnie" :D i ma kobieta racje! Moja mame urzekla tez mentalnosc Amerykanow. To, ze sa usmiechnieci, towarzyscy, rozmowni i nie przechodza obojetnie obok drugiego czlowieka np. w windzie albo na ulicy. Nie narzekaja, nie marudza, lecz wysylaja pozytywna energie do swojego otoczenia:) Teraz pewnie my polecimy do Polski, a w wakacje znowu czekam na moja rodzinke tutaj...:) Juz nie moge sie doczekac! :)
Three beautiful weeks with Mom and Michal have passed and unfortunately a sad separation and coming back to reality time came... It is never easy to make... My family departure for Poland was planned for Monday, October 19th, 10:30 pm local time from JFK airport in New York. We decided to make a quick trip to New York City before they leave. Mike took us to the airport in Augusta, GA on Sunday, October 18th. Augusta is located on Georgia and South Carolina border. A flight to New York from Augusta was planned with a connection in Charlotte, NC. We landed in New York City before midnight. My Mom and my brother had two big luggage and carry-on luggage. We took with us the most needed stuff and the other things we left in luggage storage on terminal number 8, where we landed, and then we went to the hotel located near by the airport. An important information for all travelers to the US! If you have flights with connections and you have to wait for a long time for the next flight, but you also would like to take a trip to the heart of New York City without carrying a luggage you might be interested in using a luggage storages, which are located, what I know at least on three different terminals at JFK. You can leave there your luggage for 24 hours or even longer. Prices are dependent on luggage size. The price in the place where we left our luggage was $18 per day, at the same place you can also book your hotel or take a cab. The next day we woke up early in the morning, had a breakfast in the hotel and went to terminal number 1 from where we took a bus to Manhattan. You can get to New York City with train or bus. I was using already a few times a NYC Airporter. Here is the link, where you can buy tickets: http://www.nycairporter.com/. If you plan to tour New York City, I recommend to get off at Penn Station, which is located close to the Empire State Building and generally everything is close by from there. A JFK airport is huge. There is 8 different terminals. You can get to terminals with train. A JFK airport as most of airports in the world is well marked so you can not lose in there. We were touring NYC, took some pictures, had a lunch there and we even found a time for a shopping. My Mom fell in love with New York City! She said that next time she has to spend there at least one week just for a shopping! We came back to JFK airport in afternoon... I had a very big pain in my heart when I had to say goodbye to my lovely Mom and my cute brother... I would prefer to take their passports and keep them in the US! It was the plan, but unfortunately it did not come true...:D I ran with tears in my eyes to terminal number 8 from where I flew to Charlotte, NC and then to Augusta, GA, where Mike and our dog were already waiting for me:) I think that those three weeks we used the best as we could... The most important thing was that we all were together... Mom and Michal liked America very much! Michal right away was planning to stay here forever...:) They loved Mike. My Mom said that he is a very good, smart, calm, funny, and family man. My Mom likes this "American" style, which are beautiful, practical houses, clean and neat yards, house decorations, house stuff, which are characteristic just for America... Poland kind of has "all" stuff, but some things here are definitely are more stylish, have a class... I was always saying my Mom that food, gas, clothes, furniture prices are much lower in the US then in Poland... My Mom is still shocked after coming to America and see everything on her own how big price differences between Poland and US are... especially when we compare Polish and American incomes... My Mom said that in Poland we are simply robbed. It is ridiculous that same kitchen towel costs 30 PLN in Poland but in the US it costs 3 PLN after conversion... It is just sad... Mike's grandmother says: "Poland is my mother, America is a stepmother, but this stepmother is very good to me" :D I think this woman is right! My Mom was also impressed of American people mentality. She likes that Americans smile, also are friendly and talkative. They will not avoid a human for example on the street or in elevator. They do not complain and grumble all time, they send a positive energy to their environments instead. Probably soon we will go to Poland and in the summer time we again expect my family here! I can't wait for that!
Three beautiful weeks with Mom and Michal have passed and unfortunately a sad separation and coming back to reality time came... It is never easy to make... My family departure for Poland was planned for Monday, October 19th, 10:30 pm local time from JFK airport in New York. We decided to make a quick trip to New York City before they leave. Mike took us to the airport in Augusta, GA on Sunday, October 18th. Augusta is located on Georgia and South Carolina border. A flight to New York from Augusta was planned with a connection in Charlotte, NC. We landed in New York City before midnight. My Mom and my brother had two big luggage and carry-on luggage. We took with us the most needed stuff and the other things we left in luggage storage on terminal number 8, where we landed, and then we went to the hotel located near by the airport. An important information for all travelers to the US! If you have flights with connections and you have to wait for a long time for the next flight, but you also would like to take a trip to the heart of New York City without carrying a luggage you might be interested in using a luggage storages, which are located, what I know at least on three different terminals at JFK. You can leave there your luggage for 24 hours or even longer. Prices are dependent on luggage size. The price in the place where we left our luggage was $18 per day, at the same place you can also book your hotel or take a cab. The next day we woke up early in the morning, had a breakfast in the hotel and went to terminal number 1 from where we took a bus to Manhattan. You can get to New York City with train or bus. I was using already a few times a NYC Airporter. Here is the link, where you can buy tickets: http://www.nycairporter.com/. If you plan to tour New York City, I recommend to get off at Penn Station, which is located close to the Empire State Building and generally everything is close by from there. A JFK airport is huge. There is 8 different terminals. You can get to terminals with train. A JFK airport as most of airports in the world is well marked so you can not lose in there. We were touring NYC, took some pictures, had a lunch there and we even found a time for a shopping. My Mom fell in love with New York City! She said that next time she has to spend there at least one week just for a shopping! We came back to JFK airport in afternoon... I had a very big pain in my heart when I had to say goodbye to my lovely Mom and my cute brother... I would prefer to take their passports and keep them in the US! It was the plan, but unfortunately it did not come true...:D I ran with tears in my eyes to terminal number 8 from where I flew to Charlotte, NC and then to Augusta, GA, where Mike and our dog were already waiting for me:) I think that those three weeks we used the best as we could... The most important thing was that we all were together... Mom and Michal liked America very much! Michal right away was planning to stay here forever...:) They loved Mike. My Mom said that he is a very good, smart, calm, funny, and family man. My Mom likes this "American" style, which are beautiful, practical houses, clean and neat yards, house decorations, house stuff, which are characteristic just for America... Poland kind of has "all" stuff, but some things here are definitely are more stylish, have a class... I was always saying my Mom that food, gas, clothes, furniture prices are much lower in the US then in Poland... My Mom is still shocked after coming to America and see everything on her own how big price differences between Poland and US are... especially when we compare Polish and American incomes... My Mom said that in Poland we are simply robbed. It is ridiculous that same kitchen towel costs 30 PLN in Poland but in the US it costs 3 PLN after conversion... It is just sad... Mike's grandmother says: "Poland is my mother, America is a stepmother, but this stepmother is very good to me" :D I think this woman is right! My Mom was also impressed of American people mentality. She likes that Americans smile, also are friendly and talkative. They will not avoid a human for example on the street or in elevator. They do not complain and grumble all time, they send a positive energy to their environments instead. Probably soon we will go to Poland and in the summer time we again expect my family here! I can't wait for that!
Nasz lot do Nowego Jorku i dla mnie z powrotem obslugiwaly linie lotnicze American Airlines. Michal uwielbia latac samolotami! Byl bardzo podekscytowany! Ja nie lubie latac malymi samolotami... Kiedy wsiadam do malego samolotu to wlaczaja sie we mnie jakies odruchy klaustrofobiczne... No ale niestety latac czasem trzeba...:D Takim samolotem lecielismy z Augusty do Charlotte.
Our flight to New York and my flight back were served by American Airlines. Michal loves to fly! He was so excited! I do not like small aircrafts... When I am getting on a small plane, I can feel some of claustrophobic reflexes... Unfortunately sometimes we just have to fly...:D On this plane we were flying from Augusta to Charlotte.
Tym samolotem lecielismy z Charlotte do Nowego Jorku. Tu czulam sie juz lepiej, bo i samolot wiekszy:)/On this plane we flew from Charlotte to New York. This plane is bigger so I was feeling better in there.
Takim samolotem wracalam z Nowego Jorku do Charlotte./On this plane I was flying back from New York to Charlotte.
A tym samolotem lecialam z Charlotte do Augusty./On this plane I was flying from Charlotte to Augusta.
PLL LOT. Z nimi mama i Michal przylecieli do USA i tymi samymi liniami wrocili do Polski. Mama byla pod duzym wrazeniem klasy Dreamlinera. Stwierdzila, ze lot tym samolotem to wielka przyjemnosc. Ja tez potwierdzam, lecialam kilkakrotnie i uwazam, ze to naprawde prawdziwa klasa i wysoki standard lotu. Start i ladowanie sa prawie w ogole nieodczuwalne, turbulencje bardzo rzadko czuc, a gdy sie nawet pojawia to sa odczuwalne w niewielkim stopniu.
PLL LOT. Mom and Michal arrived to the US and left for Poland with this airline. My Mom was impressed of Dreamliner. She said that a flight on this aircraft it was a pleasure. I can also confirm that. I was flying on this plane few times and I really think it is a very high standard of the flight. Take off and landing are almost undetectable. Turbulences appears very rare. If they even exists it feels very slightly.
PLL LOT. Mom and Michal arrived to the US and left for Poland with this airline. My Mom was impressed of Dreamliner. She said that a flight on this aircraft it was a pleasure. I can also confirm that. I was flying on this plane few times and I really think it is a very high standard of the flight. Take off and landing are almost undetectable. Turbulences appears very rare. If they even exists it feels very slightly.
Tutaj mozecie zobaczyc plan lotniska JFK w Nowym Jorku./Here is a map of JFK airport in New York.
Tak wyglada NYC Airporter, czyli autobus, ktorym mozna dojechac z lotniska do serca Nowego Jorku. Jesli bedziecie w Nowym Jorku i bedziecie chcieli skorzystac z uslug NYC Aiporter to juz wiecie za czym trzeba sie rozgladac:)
Here is a NYC Aiporter, which is a bus, which can take you to the heart of New York City. If you will be in New York and you would be interested in using their service, you already know what you should looking for:)
W oczekiwaniu na lot. Augusta, GA./Waiting for the flight in Augusta, GA.
Pizza! Charlotte, NC.
Nowy Jork/New York City
Empire State Building
<3 <3 <3
CENTRAL PARK
Lotnisko JFK w Nowym Jorku./JFK airport in New York.
Jedziemy na terminal numer 1./On the way to terminal number 1.
Ostatnie zdjecie mamy i Michala w USA! Do nastepnego!/The last picture of my Mom and Michal in the US! See you next time!
Goodbye New York! Zdjecie z samolotu zaraz po starcie z Nowego Jorku, kierunek Charlotte, Karolina Polnocna./Goodbye New York! A picture from the plane right after take off from New York. On the way to Charlotte, NC.
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