Orientation Day!

Today was our orientation! Talk about overwhelming. That castle dowtown is next door, and the A building (main building) has these big pillars outside (I promise pictures will be here soon!) like you would see on any... "old" university. Classes are a little messed up, I will need to make a meeting with Magda stat... but other than that, all is well! We went to Stare Browar (Stary Brow-are-ee) to look around. It is one of the best mid-sized malls in the world (apparently) so everything is rather pricey (IE: out of the student budget) but part of the building used to be an old brewery. Speaking of breweries, I found my favorite beer (so far); Lech (pronounced: L-eec-k, sorta). The IESN did a presentation at the orientation today, it stands for International Exchange Erasmus Student Network. Erasmus is basically a student group in Europe, I think? Anyway, when we do trips around Poland, or have private parties planned it is through the IESN (ESN). Including the party Kinga and I are attempting to prepare for tonight! Smirnoff is diiiiiirt cheap here, as is my Lech :) so it should be fun. We are going to some club downtown, the name meaning chocolate, or something like that. Today was such an overload of information all my facts are turned around. My mentor, Daniel, has been such an enormous help, and since I know he is keeping up on my blog, I had to write a DZIEKUJE DANIEL :)!!!! Back to the orientation, we will be doing a tour to a Lech brewery (so I hope it remains my favorite!) is planned for later on, plus a trip to Krakow, I think. Obviously I don't know much, eh? Oh I got caught saying eh by the British guy today too. Oh, and I told the Finnish guy at the table that Canada was better at hockey, I hope I am right? Kinga and I went to the big mall with Chrissy, who is from Germany, but I really don't know how to spell anyone's name over here... sooo... I must say though, the Polish style is impeccable, I love it and REALLY wish I could actually afford to fit in. Skinny jeans and cute flats or heels (good luck on cobblestone) or boots seems to be the main trend… and leather jackets. EVERYONE owns one it seems. I know I wrote about style last time, but being Canadian and used to wearing my tie-die and jean shorts when its 25 above and being stuck in jeans (so I don’t look like an OBVIOUS foreigner) drives me nuts! But people keep speaking Polish to me, so that must be an ok sign. I just don’t shut up when I get going hey? Sorry, but everything is so new and exciting, and you all know how I talk and have a complete inability to focus on anything. Just have to say if any Harry Potter fans are reading this, the castle next door looks like Hogwarts, mind you it’s only a hundred or so years old. But Daniel is here now, and Kinga’s mentor, Agnieszka is on her way so we have to get ready! Oh, one more thing, Agnieszka took us to a cathedral! I love seeing churches! Anyway, bye now.

Xoxo From Poland