Man, this week
is going by great! :D Seriously. Work was work, although I did send
in my ASB site leader application! Here’s to hoping! <3 After
work, I met up with my cousin Agata, and her husband Adam! We met up
in front of the Fredro statue in the square. From there, we went on a
walk to see the Bar Bazylia, which is a student’s cafeteria,
essentially, where you pay 2.49 for every 100 grams. Basically, it’s
a good deal. We were going to eat there, but since there was a
line out the door, likely courses had just got out, so something
similar to Vanderbilt lunch hour in Rand, we decided against it. They
showed me more of the side streets by Rynek and the nifty things they
have. Such as handmade art and crafts stuff and a really good
chocolate place, apparently. I’m definitely going to go
visit there sometime. Unfortunately, a lot of it is under
construction in preparation for the Euro Cup… ya know… so it’s
pretty and people who come from all over Europe say, wow! Poland
actually has something nifty going on! Hahahaha. Instead of thinking
we’re still backwards people… Which… some people do think that.
Anyways. We ended up eating in the
square anyways, at some Mexican restaurant. I got a chicken and
veggie tortilla omelette thing, which was delicious, actually.
Incredibly filling. I mean, I’m still stuffed. Plus, I ate
all of the peppers on Adam’s plate, or well, most of them, cause he
doesn’t like them for whatever crazy reason. :P After that, we
headed on out. We were considering ice cream, but we were all
stuffed, so yeah, we skipped out on that. Then we drove to the new
museum that had been opened on Friday, the modern era art museum, or
something like that. It… honestly didn’t have all that much in
it. At all. Although, it was in an above the ground bunker, which was
really nifty; I always love historical things like that, especially
related to WWII, but I’m still confused why it was… above the
ground, and not below, if it was a bunker… Ah well! There was some
train on train tracks standing outside. When I mean standing, I mean…
the tracks rose up into the air, not… settled on the ground, haha.
We went to the top of the bunker, which gave us a beautiful 360 view
of Wrocław from that area. You could see down to Rynek, and
obviously SkyTower… And inside the bunker, they’re building this
colorful coffee shop. It is really neat! It’s essentially
these colorful strips, white, lime green, blue, pink, and black, and
they are put up at different levels. Honestly, it’s difficult to
explain, so I’ll try and share a picture with you guys if I get
one; we took some with Agata’s phone.
Then we left, incredibly grateful they
did not make us pay a fee… I mean, it was a nifty walk about, but
to have us pay for it, I think we all would’ve been a little bit
upset. Where did we go from there? Wellll…. To Ikea! Bahahah! I
haven’t been to Ikea in forever, and they actually needed to get
some things anyways, and I was more than happy to go, cause I just
like imagining what my future home will be like… Get ideas, ya
know? :) …. I’ve probably picked that up from my mom… which
will likely be to my dad’s horror…
However, before then, we took a little
side trip on the newly built highway by Wrocław, which cuts down
travel time from 45 minutes tooooo 15ish minutes. Major improvement.
Three lanes, one direction, and Agata was just in shock, because it’s
not normal in Poland. Not necessarily in shock it exists, but ya
know, just adjustment shock. The bridge we went over was gorgeous:
very tall, white support cables, just pretty. And it was lit up all
pink from the sunset! We passed by the stadium as well, which is
looking better and better; they’re still working on the parking
lot. It’s really nifty, cause it’s on an incline and a turn. Of
course, Agata and Adam noted how dangerous that is, because if one
car loses its brakes while in the parking lot or something, then
they’re will be some accident… but I just thought of Tennessee,
so it really didn’t make a difference to me, haha. Although, I knew
a lot more about the stadium than they did, hahaha. Obviously, that’s
because Michał has told me a lot, but still, it’s weird not really
being a native yet knowing more about something. Anyways, so we just
drove down the highway so that Adam could show how amazing of a drive
it was, simple and clean, and I agree. We ended up turning back
finally, at the first chance we got, and the sunset was absolutely
gorgeous. That drive was worth it just for the sunset. Pinks,
purples, beautiful orange globe. Stunning. I haven’t seen one like
that in a while, so I was happy with that.
Then we finally arrived to the area
were Ikea was. Along with Castorama, ElectroWorld, Obi, and some
other major stores. When we pulled into the area, my first thought
was how American it was. It looked incredibly American, and even
while driving up to it, on the high ways and stuff, it felt far more
American than in the middle of the city. I mean, I was even in a bit
of a daze with all of the driving, like Agata was, simply because a)
I’m from small town Maryville and b) I’ve adjusted quickly to the
more European setting. Either way, we went into Ikea, I got a Lingon
berry drink, Adam got some sort of dessert, which I tried as well,
and was delicious, and we went through the store. They even bought me
a really nifty picture frame set! It’s like a roll of film, and you
can put pictures in it, and I’m so going to print some out to put
in it and hang on the nails already in my bedroom! So excited!
It was really fun looking through the
kids area with them; they got Tymon some stuff, including a rabbit in
a racing carrot and a set of plushie vegetables, since Tymon “feeds”
his animals a lot. I’m sure he’ll take full use of those veggies,
despite what Adam thought. The kids section was adorable, though, of
course. It was really fun watching them pick out things for Tymon.
So yeah, that was this afternoon! I’ve
had a busy week, and tomorrow, I’m going to go get my hair trimmed
and relax for the afternoon! I’ve done a lot this week, which has
honestly been wonderful. (: But a day to sit back and relax once in a
while doesn’t hurt either! Although, I can’t believe it’s going
to be Thursday already! Madness!
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