Hey D, Haha, I’m great, just taking some time away from Tokyo sightseeing to reply to your class’s letters! How’s it going on your end? My wife (N, who writes most of the blog posts) and I loved Poland! We were there in the summer, and the weather was very nice. N is from Russia, so…
I wouldn’t have guessed it, but Poland turns out to have a lot of complicated, beautiful, and interesting street art. A few examples: Warsaw: Kraków: Sopot: Łódź:
The good news about the Polish language is that it’s in the same family as a language I speak. The bad news is that it’s not a close-knit family. What that means is that I can understand about 30% of what I hear (up to 40%, if someone magically speaks slowly), but I can say…
We spent two and a half days in Łódź*. *pronounced Wuh-dge Rynek (Market) Górniak: This market is held inside and around a big metallic dome. It’s a bit of a flea market, mixed with a green market, with lots of random shops thrown in (‘Why hello Mr. Butcher, next door to bins of bargain basement…