Molto Bene!: Weekend in Warsaw

As many of you know, this past weekend I went to Warsaw to visit Tristan, and let me tell you: it was quite the adventure. My flight was at 4:20pm and I had class that ended at 1pm. I knew that for my sanity it was going to be a close call considering I'd never gone from the heart of Rome to the airport by myself. Thinking about it, I'd never had to get to any airport by myself, so I was a little freaked out by that. It also didn't help that my class got locked in the Sancta Sanctorum (aka basically the most holy place on earth) for a while. I did, however, finally manage to get to the metro stop, the train station, and finally the airport. The flight was non-eventful, and I had a hard time understanding all the Polish, and even English over the intercom. Oh well, good thing I know the whole flight attendant spiel by heart.

When I landed, another slight freak-out moment happened. I exited the baggage claim area as soon as I could, because I didn't have any bags to get. I went through the doors, and was greeted by complete strangers. I had absolutely no idea where Tristan was, and I, of course, began panicking. As it turns out, the Warsaw airport has two exists from baggage claim and the boards said I'd be coming out the second one. In the end everything turned out okay, and we headed off to a restaurant- italian of all things! Don't worry though. I've become so used to Italian food that it didn't even phase me.

Friday, we took a bike ride and got some crepes (also super-polish), and later went down town to see some of Tristan's friends. On Saturday, I finally ate polish food! We got a massive plate of pierogis that we couldn't even finish. Once the food coma wore off a little, there was more exploring of the city. We went to the University Library and walked around the garden on the roof. We also ventured around Old Town, where we saw part of the street theatre festival. After that, there was a 4th of July party thrown by the American Chamber of Commerce, complete with fireworks and little kids running around with face paint.

Sunday morning I had to head back to Rome (which was also quite uneventful). It was an awesome weekend and as much as I love being in Italy, I'm really glad I finally got to get out of here for a bit!