Labor Day News Ticker: Gustav and Polska

First things first. We're crossing our fingers for everyone along the Gulf Coast this weekend. Hurricane Gustav sent our favorite New Orleans family, The MacPhees, on the road at 4 am this morning.


No doubt they had hoped to wait a little longer before introducing their 6-week old son Jimmy to the Mandatory Evacuation drill.

Switching gears, we have some very long-range news to share this holiday weekend. We've received notice of our next assignment...

Next stop on the Moreno world tour: WARSAW, POLAND!

We are really excited to announce that we are headed to Warsaw. Remember, this is all still pretty far off, but here's what we've got planned for the next few years. First, we finish up here in Mexico next summer, then we're back to Washington to learn Polish, before moving across the pond early in 2010 to make our new home in the exact geographic center of Europe, a place where the continent's largest animals (the European Bison) still roam and where they make over 100 varieties of kielbasa! Here's a sneak preview of some of Poland's many charms...

Historic Warsaw!

Orange-ish Mountains!

Seriously, bison!

Led Zeppelin album covers!

Pretty umbrellas!

Half-naked Polish people! (It's not always cold).

Skiing! (Or possibly this might be our daily commute).

This specific job in Warsaw happened to be our #1 out of 20 potential choices. It is a testament to how odd this lifestyle is: if you had told us 6 months ago that our #1 preferred destination in the whole world would be Warsaw, Poland, well let's just say we would have been, um, skeptical. But after hours of research (mostly by Sasha), it just seemed to make the most sense. And when we found out we had gotten it, it made all the more sense. We are actually thrilled, and promise to continue sharing our little adventures with you when DF Days turn into Warsaw Wackiness. Na razie!*

* - See you later (Skater).