So I realized that Poland is rapidly becoming a distant memory and new things have happened in Berlin that need to be recorded before they too become distant memories, therefore I'll give a more abridged version of Poland.



We saw some castle in Warsaw that was bullshit, then I went to an Art Gallery and it was crazy.


Also Polish kebab is pretty good, or at least that one place was.



Some guy at a polish dance club yelled at me to get out of his seat, he was in a wheelchair so I got confused because he was already sitting.


We ran into some guys late at night who weren't from that particular hood and asked us for beer money.



Warsaw Day 2


Saw another bullshit castle, the guide was really rude and would yell at other groups were louder than he was. I accidentally yawned and he made a bunch of bizarre signs with his hands around his mouth that I eventually interpreted to mean I should have covered my mouth.

Marcin took us on a tour of the old city, it was gorgeous.

Greg, Brian and I walked around Warsaw. We stopped in at this place for lunch that had no english on the menu. Thankfully Greg had asked Marcin how to say chicken and mashed potatoes in Polish so we had an amazing meal for 11,50 zloty each.


Greg bought some Spiritys, which is 95% abv. It is very gross.



The train ride was uneventful.



KRAKOW!


Krakow is gorgeous, we ate at a restaurant that was communal dining. The portions were huge and one of the dishes was a huge chunk of meat wrapped in a leaf of cabbage which you then garnished with a generous portion of tomato soup. This was one of 7 courses, of which we had already had 4.



Auschwitz is depressing, but a necessary stop. Sorry not to include more, but it was pretty emotionally taxing for all of us.



Jew food is great! We went to a little restaurant in Kazimir, which is the jewish district. They played Klezmer music and I had 2 glasses of wine.


We went to this club called Kitsch that played nothing but 90's american pop music in one room and minimal techno in the other. It was a great time, I actually talked a Polish girl. Her name was Olga and she was very nice.



I somehow found my way home after not paying attention to how I got to the club at all.




Day 2!


Toured yet another bullshit castle (way too many people built castles in europe)


Walked around krakow, it is gorgeous. Bought a silly hat, saw a huge pillowfight, ate dinner



omygodpolandisgoneImissyoupoland!



The train ride back was even worse, because instead of just three to a cart we were six. German pass control is really terrifying.




I'll post pictures momentarily.





Also I started school this week, it looks to be pretty easy. I start Humboldt next week, that terrifies me.


I went to the Philharmonie today becuase my host couldn't go. It was fantastic.



The Polkaholix were off the chain, imagine a german speaking Brave Combo.



I had the worst falafel ever today, it was microwaved and essentially a dry paste that was so bad.




gross