So yesterday we had a huge christmas dinner for the workers and volunteers of our organisation. The food was traditional polish christmas food and we learned also some of the polish christmas traditions, like making wishes and sharing bread (opłatek) and that you should eat 12 dishes during this meal. Also polish people don't eat any meat on christmas, except for fish, usually carp. I don't know if i actually ate twelve dishes because I don't eat fish, but I enjoyed everything else and ate a lot. Also I experienced some new polish foods, like barszcz with uszka, which is beetroop soup with kind of like mushroom ravioli.
It was really nice for us all to get together, especially when the holidays are starting and people are heading home. I feel again very privileged and grateful for being here and among all these great people.
Poppy seed cake and of course, pierogi, my absolute fauvorite. Some of our muslim family members had never experienced christmas, so it waskind of fun and new for them. We're all the time learning other cultures and enriching our world view. Still I love how the indonesian girls always bring their own spices to the table. Also we wished merry christmas and a happy new year, and whatever else (we didn't make translation so I don't know what was actually said), in all languages presented in the table. I always feel super weird speaking in finnish in situations like this; it's hard to imagine that it sounds exactly the same to the others than georgian or romanian language to me, and that no one understands. Except a little bit for my estonian brother. Still it was really nice atmosphere was just lovely and christmasy. And did I mention that the food was delicious?
Wesołych Świąt!
Tomorrow at school we're going to have our own christmas celebration -my last work last day before the christmas holiday. The day after that, I'll be travelling to experience the finnish christmas (from what I already know, the food will be delicious).
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