So I left off mid-day Tuesday, is that right? Right before Gosia, Kasia, Monika, Nate, and I headed on to the pierogarnia for some delicious weekly pierogi! :D I grabbed some with meat and cabbage. They were quite filling. Oh, and I ate the apple ones that Gosia ended up not liking, so it was like a trade. I most definitely had no problem with that. Bwahaha. But yes, went to history class. In history class, I figured out something quite amusing! You see, there's a guy in my Polish language class, Kuba, and he's also in my history and Holocaust classes. He's Canadian, so his native language is English, just like it's mine, yet... every time we see each other, we strike up a conversation immediately in Polish. No questions asked, just... talk in Polish. It's actually really nice, but at the same time a bit on the odd side, considering it's not our first language. xD So that was just a weird little observation I made in the day...
Our class was a continuation of World War II, which I always find interesting. I'm learning more and more about that time period. And ya know something? With my Holocaust class, and with this class, and with most of my life, I keep on realizing how deeply moving the Holocaust is for me, and how I constantly return to it, and how it's just something I really want to keep learning about. It keeps on making me think, why don't I dedicate the rest of my studies to the Holocaust? There's still so much to uncover. And honestly, I'd probably focus on some of the other minorities. Those that people seem to forget in the numbers. Everyone remembers 6 million, few remember the other 5 million, though... Perhaps that's selfish of me to say, hey look at the other people who died, whenever the Jews were the ones put into Ghettos and had to wear stars, but... honestly if Hitler had his way, once the Jews ran out (obviously from his perspective), he'd pick another group to specifically dehumanize.
But... let's move onto something not as depressing. ^^; During that hour after class, I had to find my displaced class for Polish language. Yeah, due to some event going on that evening, we had class in another building. Once again, finding classes and offices in Jagiellonian is an adventure in itself. Again, I walked into the wrong building, looked around, saw nothing of the number I needed, asked someone for helped before going to the next door over on the street. In my defense, they weren't numbered... We had our first quiz, though! Annnnd, I got a 10 out of 10! Boom! Besides that, we had to write a sort of argumentative essay on traveling, which was interesting. I just hope I understood everything correctly. lD'
From there, I walked back to the tram stop with one of my classmates. It was really sweet, because she made sure I got to the tram stop and tried to tell me to go inside to not freeze, and everything. Just very concerned for my well-being. (: I ran into Kasia and Michelle on the tram, and we planned out a dinner. Which, actually, I'm super proud of. I actually planned it out, without using a recipe. We used some of the frozen lecho that Michelle had, put in some more fresh veggies (tomato, bell pepper, and onion) to make enough for the six of us, fried up some shredded chicken, put in some garlic powder and sweet pepper powder and black pepper, and made some pasta. Voila. Dinner was served. And for once, all six of us sat down and had dinner. It was soooo nice! It was really enjoyable as well, as we exchanged amusing stories and laughed and had a good time. Group dinner was great. Super glad that it actually worked out. ^^
Wednesday was fun as well. History continued discussing World War II. In it, our professor shot a joke at America about the vice president and how they're useless until the president dies, and how it's like a beauty contest. xD The best VP, he said, would be a black Jewish woman. Baahahah. And all of us American's were like: YUP. Plus Hispanic. Then you've got a sure fire way to win! But really. I love our prof. He's hilarious. As is my Secularization professor. Hysterical, and awesome. Secularization was interesting too. We actually talked about Amurika. Particularly about Evangelicals, Pentecostals, annnnnd mega churches. We also watched a video of a mega-church preacher, to which everyone in the room called as a bluff and said he'd be great in Hollywood. xD Yeah, at the beginning of the video, Stan (our professor) introduced it as coming from Texas, part of the South, and promptly said, "Sorry, Nell. I know how you feel about the South."
The afternoon was a fun one as well! Came home, and then Monika, Nate, and I headed out to do some groceries... Finally... We actually hate a late lunch in the food court; I grabbed something from Polski Smaki, a self-serve Polish fast food thing. The potato pancakes were fried in fish oil, so I couldn't end up finishing them, cause... fish and I just don't get along... But groceries, got 'em done and went back home! Oh! And on the way home, we got carded on the bus!!! MY GOODNESS! This was my second time to get carded in Kraków on public transport! My first time was last Wednesday! So now, I know, Wednesday's are bad. And on buses. What the heck? You see, this is a big deal. In Wrocław, I can't remember the number of ticket and card checks they had, and none of which were on the buses. Yet, here in Kraków, it took a full month and a half to get one. But now there's two on the list. Oooooooo~~~~ Shiny.
That evening's dinner was a genius plan by Nate, actually. We had super soggy left-over pasta, so he said: Hey! Let's throw some cheese into it. Along with bell peppers! And the Monika added the idea of onions and dried basil. And we had a Polish folded over chicken, with butter on the inside. ... This dinner was honestly phenomenal. The pasta. Goodness gracious. The tastes were soooo intense and flavorful and wonderful! I dunno, I haven't spazzed out so much over such a meal before. It was really impressive. And I was very glad that we had that for dinner.
This morning, I finally said, screw it, I'm letting myself sleep in. I needed it. And it felt wonderful. I just relaxed and worked on some things before heading to class. I was nearly late too, which would've been quite bizarre, cause for this class I usually get there waaaay too early! Today was nice in class, as I actually felt alert and good tell that my notes were quite improved from normal. Sleep. It does wonders. The workshop part of the class was all right. We spent alll of our time on only one ethnic group instead of two. But eh! Whatever! Afterwards, I grabbed a Kebab (when I really should've just stuck with a zapiekanka) and headed to the post office to send out some more postcards. I know, it's never ending, right? :P Haha, one of these days I will be done. (But no, really, they're a lot of fun, and I don't mind!)
Besides that fun moment, I just waited a bit before class at the library. Class was quite interesting! We started with a debate over the phrase "Podróży kształcą." Travels educate. One side was on the yes and the other on the no. I was fortunate and had yes, and the no side really agreed with all of our arguments. So that was a wonderfully interesting way to start class. Of course, we went off on a tangent, about intelligence particularly. I really love this class, though, now. Our teacher gives us wonderfully interesting topics and makes us think and work, and I've never really had such a wonderful environment like this. We work on grammar and then just normal talk. It's a very healthy mix for language, I'd say. We ended the class with an optimistic sort of exercise which related to some grammar stuff, and we talked about how we are grateful for annoying things and why. Such as: I am grateful for my blurry Skype video, because it means I have internet and can keep in touch with family and friends. Or I am grateful for late trains, because it means I have an option for traveling... ... They all laughed at that! I mean, I found it amusing too, so really no issue, haha, but I sort of have to wonder if they laughed because of how annoying the trains can get. For me, it really is amazing. Public transport in the States? Where I live at least? Pfffft. You're joking right? So yeah, huge amount of gratitude for that option. <3
Then I came home. Voila. My day! And tomorrow I am heading out to my aunt's brother's family's place! I'm excited, as I haven't seen them since I met them in '05 while traveling Poland on my own! So here's to an enjoyable weekend! I hope all of you are enjoying your own lives. <3 (Why do I feel like I've left out a lot? ... Ah well!)
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