Miliewo

So you know it was Tomek's birthday a few weekends ago, and at the last minute he sprung it on me that his birthday wish was to go to Miliewo for the weekend (I use the word 'sprung'  because at this time of the year it is a bloody cold weekend you're looking at). 

Miliewo is T's brother's country house, its very picturesque and supremely peaceful and quiet. Behind the house there is a lake with a jetty stretching out onto it that you can sit and meditate on; there are often swans on the lake and local fishermen. Surrounding the house are woods which smell wonderfully 'woody' and have that kind of velvety muffled silence. They sort of remind me of the Narnian woods but perhaps not quite so lively. And this place is teeming with European wildlife like boars and deer and moles to boot! 

It was frigging cold but ultimately a really lovely weekend!