*FROM 11/8*
So last night after I finished packing up all my belongings, my roommates and I spent our last night together watching the European Music Awards and eating ice cream. The awards ended around 12:15 and we decided it might be a good idea to get a little sleep. Passing out wasn’t much of an issue, however 1:15 am wake up was. By 2 we were on the bus and ready to go to the airport. When we got to the airport we were given our passports, questioned by security, checked our bags, got out tickets, went through passport control, and lastly went through security. Then we had free time until 5:20. The majority of us went to the food court and had “breakfast”. But was we discovered breakfast isn’t served until 6 am (or at least according to McDonalds). So I had more of a late dinner, which was penne with pesto (it was ok- too much olive oil). Then Mikah and I decided to go walk around the toy store for fun. They had Polly pockets, barbies, play mobile, legos, and even scrabble but with Hebrew letters! (Don’t worry we didn’t buy anything). Then we went to the gate and played cards until it was time to board. The flight wasn’t bad at all ( I slept through it) and passport control and baggage claim were easy. When we got to the bus we were greeted with breakfast (a cheese sandwich, banana, and orange juice), which was my 2nd “breakfast” and some people’s 3rd (if they had had the breakfast passed out on the plain). Then we got on the bus and headed for the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery. We walked around for about 2 and half hours learning what certain symbols meant and about important figures that were buried there. One of the graves we saw was Mirek Edelman’s and everyone thought that it was a relative of mine but I have no idea if that is true. After we finished at the cemetery we went to a mall for lunch. We were given 40 zloty for both lunch and dinner (20 per meal). I walked around with Sydney and Larissa. We decided to all try and spend less than 20 on lunch so we would have more for dinner b/c D Sol had told us there were nicer restaurants where we were going. There was a Mexican place but the food looked kind of gross and we couldn’t read the menu so we decided not to eat there. Instead we had McDonalds. After we ate we went to the super farm (like cvs) to find hand warmers but were unsuccessful. So we decided to try ice cream flavors to waste our remaining time. But the ice cream place didn’t like the idea of tasting before buying so we ended up not getting ice cream there, rather we shared a McFlurry. After lunch we went to the hotel to rest. Then at 5 we went to the only synagogue in Warsaw to survive WWII. Then we went to the Old Town Center for dinner. Luckily we were able to stick to the idea of a cheaper lunch and were able to go to a nice restaurant for dinner. Asher, Sydney, and Larissa, and I had a nice sit down dinner at a restaurant were the employees spoke English (unlike the employees at McDonalds). I had a delicious chicken ceaser salad and left over spinach from Larissa’s pasta. When we finished eating we had about a half hour left before meeting time so we walked around in an attempt to find everyone else (it worked). After everyone was accounted for we got on the bus and went back to the hotel.
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