Weekend Update

Friday March 20
Friday morning went on a run. Had class at 2:30 which I had yet to prepare for. So I sent Niel(ski) off on his own for exploring. He visited Wawel Hill, ... other places (?), and seemed to have a good time if not exhausted from wandering around/not sleeping for the past few days. I would direct you to his facebook pics for a better sense of what he did. We met up at cloth hall at 4:30 and had some ice cream at a nearby café. Annoyingly enough, it seems like most of the museums/monuments close at 3, 4, or 5. So, we just missed going to St. Mary's. Took Niel grocery shopping. We decided to be daring so Matt, Neil, John and I headed to Sakura sushi. They had this odd set up where there was seating around a water moat holding these little wooden ships carrying sushi. You grabbed what looked appetizing and they charged you for how many plates you accumulated. Certain colored plates cost more. Its hard to stop eating there, which I guess is the point, as delicious sushi passes under your nose. Next, John took us to A dog in the fog, an English style pub beloved by his ex-patriot friends. Later, I made everyone join me at RESPECT hiphop/r&b club for dancing! WOW! that was "Fucking positive" as one guys flashing belt indicated. Full of broskis and breakdancers. Terrible music, 3 requests for soldier boy, strawberry juice and vodka made for a pretty good night. Some prissy guy from Harvard needed some prodding to start dancing :-) Just kidding, but the Americans were definetly the most flamboyant dancers there thanks to two silly Grinnellians.
Saturday March 21
Woke up pretty late so didn't have too much time to go to various spots. Took Neil to the Jewish Quarter, Ethnographic Museum and Chocolate Gallery where we got hot chocolate. The Ethnographic Museum was a really fun museum. Sure, we played around (pics) but I really enjoyed learning about Polish folk life. After the museum and chocolate gallery we returned to the dorm and Matt was surprised by his cousin and cousin's friends. Apparently today is the first day of Spring in Poland and they celebrate this day by not doing work and drinking "cheap" wine all day. That would explain why Neil and I saw visibly drunk men wandering around Krakow at 5pm, and that one dude who stopped pooped his pants, and headed back into the tavern. Nice. Neil, John, and I ate at Bar Smak before heading for a bar. Matt, 2 Pawels and Lucas (Matt's cousin) joined us later pretty far ahead of us (way way far ahead of us) in terms of drinking. Lucas and the Pawels took us to this one communist-kitsch bar that was packed. The dj's booth was seated in half of a Soviet truck. Lets see. One guy tried to pick me up, then pick a fight with John, then pick a fight with Neil, then made friends with the Pawels and Matt. This bro-ski was wearing a Georgio Armani t, totally juiced up, huge muscles, and would bait Neil with phrases like "Polish People are stooopid, right?
Neil: "What? No!"
Bro-ski: "City?"
Neil: "Boston"
Bro-ski: "No, schity"
Neil: "I'm from Boston"
Just trying to start a fight. Many silly things happened, we both learned Polish and taught English phrases like "cockblock" to our Polish friends. Neil, John, and I left "early" so we missed the fight that broke out later resulting in Matt needing stitches on his lip. Pic below (One of the Pawels and I)