Shabbat in Poland

*FROM 11/13*
Today was a pretty relaxed day. We (Yael, Sydney, Larissa and I) got up 15 min. before breakfast ended. We ate and then got ready for services. After services we had an hour break and then lunch. After lunch there was an optional tiyul to the castle but I wasn’t allowed to go b/c I had been sick. So I read a little and took a nap. When everyone got back we had havdalah in front of the old synagogue. A bunch of people stood around and watched us (it was awkward). Then we went back to the “big square” for dinner. I was really excited b/c D Sol gave me his camera to use until the end of Poland. For dinner we went back to the Ice cream place (they also had real food). I had a chicken and bree cheese sandwich. It took forever to get our food! But we kept giving mean looks to the waiters and they eventually brought our food. Since they didn’t write down our orders my sandwich didn’t come without cucumber and with corn but it was ok (I took of the cucumber and it was all good). Then we had ice cream and walked around the square for a while. It is very odd and a little sickening to see signs everywhere for tours of Auschwitz. This country makes a profit off of Jewish tragedy, it’s disgusting. Then we went back to the Hotel and Sydney, Larissa, and I played go-fish we 2 decks and sets of 8 instead of 2 or 4 (it was pretty intense).