G'day

Yesterday after a much needed nap and some important studying, Fil and I walked down to the Stary Rynek.  He wanted to take some photos.  Unfortunately I left my camera at my place beside my keys.  Luckily my roommate doesn't leave the room much so later in the night I was able to get back in.  I took some photos with my phone, not the best quality but decent nonetheless.  We walked around and decided to get some food at one of the restaurants in the Rynek.

Wow look at that blue sky!  It is pretty gloomy normally but yesterday was clear with crisp air.  In the 50s.  There was a friendly match between Poland and Ukraine on.

As you can see on the right of the photo the game was playing at the restaurant on the outside patio.  It was pretty cold, I wonder what they do when it is 0 degrees Fahrenheit...  We got some delicious food.  I ordered Argentinean steak infused with bacon, salad with bell peppers, and friend potatoes (French fries).  It was 36 zl.  That is equivalent to $12 USD.  What a deal! 

Sadly Ukraine scored in stoppage time to tie the game at jeden to jeden (1 to 1).  During this, we saw a bum get kicked in the face by 2 older people for stealing his scarf.  It was kind of funny, this guy kept yelling stuff at people who were not there, schizophrenic? I think yes.  Fil and I kept wondering if some guy was going to think that he said it to him personally and do something about it.  In Poland there are numerous badasses walking around so you have to be somewhat careful.  Less than 20 yards away the bum got kicked in the face and spat on numerous times for sealing this man's scarf!  Ha guess he deserved it.  After the lovely meal, we went back to Fil's place and then met up with others from the 4 year Polish medical program.  We went back to the Stary Rynek.  We met up with some of our friends and had some drinks and explored the square.  There are MANY great places there to enjoy.  We went to another restaurant and got more food, which again was very cheap but very good.  We ended up making our way to this club Chocolate.  We've been numerous times but it is one of the best.  There were a bunch of people from our program there.  Clubs in Poland don't close.  Many of them have a sign on the outside Hours: 10am-?.  I met this very nice Polish girl at Chocolate but she spoke next to no English and I spoke next to no Polish.  Very funny conversation we had.  It was a hybrid of sign language and Polenglish.  Another interesting thing about Poland is that you are not supposed to tip.  I just learned that yesterday, I have been tipping people like in the states but no one expects it here.  

Here it was nearing 5am when we decide to make our way back to the dorms.  Luckily Dennis let me in because I forgot my key!

This is our toilet paper aka holy sand paper.  Must be careful using this.  In Poland you can find EVERY color of toilet paper possible in the store.  I must get to some studying today and resting up for class this week.  

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