When in the Poz

The adventures continue...

When we arrived in the gymnasium sized airport of Poznan, I just had this feeling that this would be the part of our trip that would be the most relaxing or party filled. Not sure what I thought exactly, but something along those lines. We were fortunate enough to have an amazing apartment to use for the three days that we were in Poznan- compliments of one of my friends- shout out to Malin! After getting ready for the night, we went to the first restaurant we could walk into due to the negative degree weather outside. Unfortunately, after dishing out the big bucks in Krakow, we realized that we could only really afford a bowl of soup each (gotten get the soup) and a bottle of wine, of course. After going to a bit less expensive restaurant and stuffing our faces like it was our job, we headed to a classic Irish Pub. Ha! When in Poland, right? Although we were all very tired, my friends Tim and Fil showed up and were determined to keep us out until the late hours of the night in which they succeeded. The next morning was slightly rough to say the least, but somehow we managed to dominate the shopping centers of Poznan aka the Old Brewery. We also got matching bracelets at a custom jewelry store called Lilou which we thought was just plain old precious :) After a full day of shopping, we went to my favorite sushi place, Hanami. A few dozen rolls and chicken teriyaki dishes later, we were getting ready to go out so the girls could experience a typical Poznan night out which we deemed successful after a quick pregame where we got to see Ethel, a round or two at Shot Bar and a hilarious dance session at Czekolada. The following day was even rougher than the previous day, but we were able to see my dorm room (don't worry, the girls took pictures and those will be posted as soon as I get them) and go to the Malta Gallery aka another shopping center where the girls were able to get most of their souvenirs from Poznan. Later that night, we attempted to watch the Lech Poznan soccer game, but every restaurant and pub was packed and we had to settle for Pizza Hut. After searching for food for quite a while, we decided to head back to "our" apartment and pack up for the last part of our adventures. Tim and Fil joined us, but unlike us, they decided that they would go out. They stayed at the apartment until about 1am after we decided we would have breakfast together at Bagels and Friends before our train left for Berlin the following morning.

Now picture this. You're sleeping on the couch covered in blankets. You're nice and warm. Dreaming about a traditional German meal or something. Then, all of a sudden your hear the doorbell ring-not once, not twice and not even three times. As you bolt out of bed, you realize it's pitch black outside and you're blind anyways because you can't find your glasses. When you walk closer to the door, you hear the giggling- yes giggling- of two boys that sound like those same two boys that you are apparently friends with. Opening the door, you realize that you were right- Tim and Fil are standing in front of you at 5:30 in the morning. Although you try to stop them, they think it's hilarious to wake up a certain Gill and Kasia which they insist on jumping on. Long story short, the boys woke us up at 5:30am. No big deal. Hahaha.

Since it took us a while to clean up, we grabbed a quick Mickey D's breakfast...sorry Bagels and Friends- maybe next time! We said a quick goodbye to the boys and headed towards the train station where we exchanged our wonderful Polish zloty to Euro. That's when we realized that we should probably stock up on food and drinks in Poland because we would have to pay three times the amount for everything in Germany. A full supply of water, candy bars and chocolate filled our bags. Once we hopped on the intercity train, we said goodbye to the second part of our adventure and prepared for the beginning of the adventures of the Schniztlenizzleland.