Nic nie szkodzi!*

What a day! Class was fantastycnie! Our second teacher was so full of energy and enthousiasm and spoke ONLY Polish!! The pace is fast, non-stop and there's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide in a class of two! Brilliant stuff - so much so that we came out and have been talking to each other in Polish! And the woman in the cafe now smiles at us as we order our drinks etc. Mistakes don't matter at all as Poles really appreciate the fact we are trying.

For any of you interested in the pedagogical side..... this communicative method really works. In fact I didn't realise that she wasn't talking English at all till the end, when she said in English "Do you have any questions?"

It's been much colder today but I still ask "Gdzie jest sneg?" Where's the snow? Had to put on the scarf and gloves AND hat. We went to the Muzeum Narodny this afternoon after class and saw part of it. Trust us to choose the day they close early - 3.30pm. Never mind, it's free entry so we'll go back again. Then we wandered along and found ourselves in the old Jewish town. But at 4.00pm it was getting very dark so we found a little cafe, had a beer and then caught a cab back to the Stary Miasto Old town, for obiad. Poles still eat the main meal of the day sort of late afternoon and we enjoy that too. Of course we are also into the way of picking up a begel en route from the tram to home which fills the gap till obiad. Heaps of people do it so we feel very at home.

Big events of today - the taxi driver thought I was Polish! Hurrah, and the teacher says I have accurate pronunciation like a Pole, so I must have picked that up from my father. Dave managed to put his trousers in for dry cleaning - we aren't exactly sure when they'll be ready either 6 hours ago or on the 16th!! Alternatively, we may never see them again if we mistook the place for the Polish equivelent of St Vinnys!

Found a lovely restauracje and ate a very good dinner -more beer. The waiter liked the fact we spoke only Polish to him! Then back home to do my homework. Lots of practice of gender and adjectives today. I'm enjoying reading your comments Kylie - it's a big world out here, full of exciting adventures and opportunities.

Tomorrow is the last day for school for this week and then we have a chance to do something on the weekend. Maybe Zakopane, or Czenstchowa...will keep you posted.

Do widzenia!

*It doesn't matter