Feb 18- Should probably mention that last night was great. Hung out with American friends from Swarthmore at a very potent hookah bar. One mint, one peach hookah. On our way to the 24 hour pierogi stand ran into a mob of British 18 year olds on a "booze cruise" of Krakow.Woah.

Today was another wonderful day. During my Polish lesson Pani Jagoda -Jagoda means blueberry in Polish :-) - and I went to the outdoor market to use my new vocabulary for shopping. She is very sweet and patient with me. During my 2.5 hour break I ducked into a cafe for a honey latte than took pictures of Wawel Hill in the snow ...again. I hope to go take pictures of Kazimierz tomorrow. After our art history lecture I went back to the Massolit bookstore, drank vanilla chai tea and practiced my Polish. Once I became hungry I left to find dinner and ended up running into 3 other English speakers! What good luck! 2 Americans and one Brit who have been here since the summer, fell in love with Krakow and are now 'indefinite students'. They were very cordial and I joined them for dinner at the local cheap but delicious Bar Vega (vegatarian cuisine). I invited them to join us tomorrow night when Matt, the Swatties + I hit up the town! It is becoming 8 people, quite the group! I'm happy to have made more friends!