Tuesday

A lovely Tuesday.  Although I am still feeling slightly under the weather, I took the infamous physics test and passed.  It was a proper test sitting with a seat in between with various versions of the test.  The whole point of precourse was to pass this physics test and get 5 extra points for biophysics which we will take later in the year.  This was the first time students had the chance to pass the test for those extra points.  If you don't pass, you are recommended a week course of about 3 hours of physics a day then another chance to pass the test for those points.  Only a third of the students passed so it felt really good to do so.

After this test, and also getting another 88% on my Polish test, my friend and I met with this lovely Polish girl who he met the other day at the club chokolate.  Her friend came not long after and we had a couple drinks at a place called Sharks that is in the Rynek.  It's a 4 story bar/desert place and has great views of the Stary Rynek.  Following some socializing, although their English was slightly better than my Polish so not too much socializing for me but more learning to say things, we went back to their house to watch some movies.  We ended up watching 2 movies and were served tea and a common but delicious traditional Polish dish.  It was some kind of meat with rice wrapped in cabbage, VERY good!  They were wonderful hosts and we had a great time with them.  We ended up not sleeping that night and decided to go home when they fell asleep so today will consist of a lot of rest and relaxation.  Since precourse is done for me I have nothing to do finally!  My friend and I are planning on taking a train to Prague tomorrow evening.  I think the fare is roughly 100zl so $30 which is a great deal and the ride is only about 6 hours.  We should do some final planning on that later today but that's the idea.  I'm really excited to go there as that is the one place I want to go the most in the world with Maccu Piccu a close second.

I have noticed I have learned quite a bit of Polish since I am with a lot of Polish speakers.  I've been here exactly one month and I have made some good progress.  I can understand much more than before and speak basic things.  Bedtime for me!