Polish Partyin'

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Tis the season for some parties and snowy getaways. I attended my first Polish birthday party early in the month. Michal (Mee-how) turned 23 and hosted a great party. For a Polish birthday, the bday boy/girl is responsible for paying for everyone else's drinks at a bar. They also supply snacks and are to ensure all guests have a lovely time. So I announced that I would NOT be hosting a Polish birthday party. No way am I buying drinks for everyone else on my birthday. Poor Michal was stressed making sure everyone was having fun on HIS birthday.

The Speed school held a teachers' weekend get away in snowy Szcyrk (please note the lack of vowels). The resort was about 7 hours away from Wroclaw and we picked up about 50 other teachers from the 5 other Speed schools along the way. We had a nice dinner, played a trivia game (my team - the idiot savants - did not fare so well), went dancing and then went home. Good times.

Lastly, a few pictures of the school where I work. It takes me about 5 minutes to walk to school, which is quite convenient. The school is located on the second floor of building that also houses a tattoo parlor. There is theatre on the other side of the building, which evens out the tattoo riff-raff that comes through.

Stay tuned for a Christmas entry soon....

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Photos

THESE COLORS DON'T RUN
God Bless the USA.

Speed teachers at Fuzon
Michal's bday party. (Adam, Chelsea, Dan)

Dinner in Szcyrk
Ryan (teacher working in Gliwice, from New York) and I enjoy some grzaniec (Polish hot wine).

Gliwice in front of the Szcyrk Xmas tree
Jocelyn, Marshall, Narina

Ladies in front of the tree
Jocelyn, Chelsea, Narina

My trivia team
Simon (Brit), Polish lady, Nick (Brit).
I was not happy with my team... They tried to argue that Creedence Clearwater was the song writer for "Rollin' on the River." NO. I told them it was John Fogerty, but they refused to listen. We came in 4th place (out of 7 teams).

Representin'
Omaha and Hollywood. (Ryan talks on his phone a lot, so I call him Hollywood)

Team Wroclaw
Georgina, Chelsea, Karolina, Iwona, Dan, Karolina, Adam.

Canada: America's little brother
Two Canucks and 2 Americans in front of the Canadian flag. (Dan, teaches in Opole (Buffalo, NY), Narina, Chelsea, unknown Canadian)

Dance party heats up
Ryan, Kasia (secretary in Gliwice), Chelsea at the only Disco in Szcyrk

Szcyrk: a real place
I know you thought I made that name up... Here is proof.

A view from our balcony
Jocelyn, Chelsea, Marshall. The rooms at the resort were decent and had nice balconies.

Teachers
The group gets ready to leave.

Flesh wound
Unknown teacher hurts face while dancing.

School
Speed School of English-Wroclaw. (bookstore below) I walk through the tunnel to get to our door.

Speed
Flags outside the window.

Comments

[Kaytren]

So, you look kinda goth in front of the American flag. Glad someone is representing the craziness.