After the pierogi making class we strolled around Nowy Plac (New Square, in the Jewish Quarter) where we bought souvenirs and had a quick bite to eat (and some alcohol, naturally). I bought a WWII Polish military medal for my jean jacket. Then we rushed to the Rynek Glowny for our tour of the underground.
Interestingly, the tour operator had sold us tickets online for today at a certain time... failing to mention (to know? to understand? to have awareness?) that the Rynek Underground was CLOSED the entire effin' day. Really? So, while it's not a whole lot of $$ after conversion from zloty, it IS a whole lot of currency when you convert it into good will.
So after this disappointment we found a bar on the outskirts of the Rynek and sat for hours, drinking and eating...
I popped out to hit the artists on the square... one of which asked me to marry him... even after I told him that with new US immigration rules I couldn't get him a US passport, he said he didn't care ...He just really liked me... (and seriously, who doesn't...) Jacek... "Like Jack", he said... only really it's more like Hachet... He plays guitar in a band (classical, blues and bossa nova!!) and sells art in the city center. He has a nice smile, a nice voice, and a ponytail. He speaks excellent English... and has lived in Berlin... If he could give me a December sunset at 5:15 instead of 3:15, I might consider the proposal!
Then my friends wanted to walk through a (yet another!) church and I... didn't... so I strolled through the Easter market in the Rynek... I happened upon a Welsh bachelor party and hung with them for long enough to get really drunk up... So Leanne read the maps and found our way back home.
All in all, it was a great day. And tomorrow... Off to the mountains for an adventure!
