Ah, a day of travel. This morning was nice, to be honest. I got all of my things ready in time, without too much of a rush, which is always a huge plus. We got into the car and drove to Wrocław for my meeting. My meeting was very short. More of a "come by and pick up papers" deal. The reference letter I get was really nice, to be honest. I felt a bit honored while reading it, because while I know I didn't do too much, obviously they read that I had a good personality that they would recommend for other work places? So that's always awesome! I said good bye to Aldona again, and to some of the other girls in the office. This good bye was far more pleasant. I got hugs from them, and they asked me for my number so that if they were planning some party or something they could invite me, despite the fact I'll be in Krakow. Or better yet, they've been intending on going to Krakow, so we might meet up there. I felt soooo much better after that, because I felt like I made a difference in my workplace instead of just sitting there and doing nothing. They were super nice about all of my plans, and Paulina said that I was ambitious. So, yes, far better "last day" situation. (:
Then my aunt and uncle and I headed off to Galeria Dominikańska, to meet up with Agata to return Michał's keys. I was actually really glad it was Agata, because I got to give her a proper good bye. I hope that we see each other again before I leave Poland, but my last two weeks in Poland will be super intense. So we'll see how that goes! Then we had some ice cream. I got blueberry and cinnamon. Delicious. Ah! I also printed out some photos! It was really easy, so I'm going to prep some more photos to do that with. ^^ And the price was very reasonable, I'd say.
Hmm, what else was there. We went to Rynek, for my last time. Went around the entire square before eating at the Sphinx, an Egyptian restaurant. It was good. This was my first time that I ran into child beggars. My aunt told me that one time, she had given some money to a gypsy mother with her child, and a few minutes later, when she came back, she saw some rich gypsy man coming and gathering all of these women with their children... So now she never donates to gypsies anymore. And all these children were gypsies... Honestly, I was surprised by the amount of children that were coming by and begging. One even came into the eating area, and a waiter chased him out. It's really sad how these people take advantage of children to try and grab money from people. I mean, you feel awful, seeing a child begging for money so that they can eat something, but... you never know if it's a scam... *sighs*
We headed on out to the train station after that. Which was a good thing, as the lines were long, and we thought the train was leaving 20 minutes later than it did. So I would've missed it if we took our sweet time. However, the entire platform thing is still a mess. You never know until the train arrives. But fortunately, they announce it over intercoms across the station. So my uncle and aunt sat me into one of the station wagons, which is like the Harry Potter movies, fyi. A little cabin. I was in what was normally a first class wagon, although it was relabeled as second. So super comfortable, and I was fine with that. My cabin was full of girls. Three older women, including a nun, and three college/late high school girls, including me. So it was pleasant. Although, it was unpleasant to find that the trains were going to be late, thanks to the fact that a lady jumped in front of a train and killed herself... ... /: I... don't know why you would choose such an awful way to die. It was sad to hear that, and worse to hear people getting mad about how the trains were being late and joking, "She should've just hung herself." ... That's truly awful. Although, our train wasn't the only one delayed thanks to it, and this affected a train across the country. It's insane what one accident in one place will do to the entire transport system.
So yes, the train ride was unpleasant. Because we kept stopping and waiting at places. It ended up being delayed an hour. Which even then, I figured ended up being good time, as I was expecting two by the end of all of the stops. It was really funny whenever at one of the stops, a lady came to our cabin and asked if there was an empty seat. Asking once, ok, but then she asked again, if there is a second empty seat. You see.. it was a six person cabin... ... With six people in it. So she must've pretty much been blind, unfortunately. Ah, so while traveling across the country, I noticed how dark the soil is. For me, that's different. East TN? ... You don't get soil. You got clay. Red clay. I don't know how anything can grow, so seeing such dark, natural clay was pretty awesome.
My cousin, her husband, and my niece picked me up. It was awesome Piotr, cause I don't think I've seen him for a very long time. And I SO called it. My niece? She's my oldest one, turning 11 this year. ... She's taller than me. Called it. Tall family, I'm tiny, she's athletic. It was funny, I asked her about school. "Don't like it." Favorite class? "UF." Physical education, essentially. Total sports girl. Not surprised, though. So, my cousin has a nice new house, though. (: Two wonderfully beautiful dogs. One's younger, so they had to hold him back from jumping. My niece has a pet rabbit, a turtle, and a parakeet. Pretty awesome. Pretty house, everything's good. xD
I'd say that's all there was to my day. A bit boring, I guess, but hey, it's a travel day, eh? ^^ I wonder how this weekend will go then. Cause I have no clue what the plans are about my uncle and aunt, and how I'm going to see them. Super grateful I decided to go to Bydgoszcz, though. Shorter train ride. I would've been miserable having to go to Gdynia with all of the mess that was going on. (I'm assuming other problems were happening as well.)
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