I've been grinning all day.
I haven't blogged for about a week, because nothing important has been happening. May Day is a thing the Poles celebrate (i think it's like their labor day?), and the conly class that gives me consistent homework didn't, in honor of the long weekend. So i got to JUST RELAX. which i have to say, was pretty amazing.
It's been warm and humid, here, so i'm going to have to turn a pair of my pants into shorts. Which is sad, because good pants are hard to find, but oh well. Saturday, there was a food fair thing at the Kazimierz Galeria. we went, got lost, and then spent about 45 minutes waiting for a burger (which was okay, but NOT worth it.) and then sat for a while with some other friends. After that, (because they ditched us to eat inside didn't even tell us, lol.) we went to the Zapekanki place in Kazimierz (the SAME PLACE I PUT MY HAND IN THA POO), and we hung out for a couple of hours, just chatting. Then we got icecream and walked back to the square and took a tram.
After that, we went to a pub and hung out for a little bit then, too. It was wall-to-wall bodies AND THEY WERE SITTING UPSTAIRS.
Yeah, i left after a little bit. The upstairs was so cramped i couldn't even stand up all the way because the ceiling was so low. and it was SO HOT.
Honestly, though, hanging out with those guys is some of the nicest times I've had. I skipped out on the next day because i honestly just wanted to relax, and also realized i needed to book my trains and busses all over the place. like i did last time, and then had to go and cancel. Everything.
bus to airport. plane to scotland. bus to hostel. train to kirkcaldy. walk to hostel. somehow find family record on clan beveridge. train to yorkshire. somehow bus or train to swinton castle. train/bus back to thirsk. james herriot museum. train back to airport.
I'm explaining this to one of the lovely brits, and he mentioned that things in the north country are nearly impossible without a car.
AND LIGHTNING STRIKES.
I'M OVER 25.
I CAN RENT A CAR.
It'll cost me a few hundred dollars, but thanks to my refund, i can afford it, if i'm very careful. And i also invested in a GPS, so this means i'm on my own timetable and i don't have to worry about public transportation!
I cannot even begin to describe to you how important this is. I can't begin to tell you about how much easier, and less stressful this trip will be, now. I mean save for the fact that apparently my hostel doesn't have anyone who can let me in when i get in so i may have to spend the night IN my rental car, everything else seems amazing! I'M SO FUCKING STOKED.
I'll be able to drive wherever the hell i need to go to find the information about the Beveridge clan! I'll be able to DRIVE from Thirsk to Swinton Castle. I'll be able to DRIVE back to the airport DIRECTLY instead of having to worry about stops and times.
I'll be able to stop and look at the countryside whenever i want to.
I'll be able to EXPERIENCE things. and buy groceries and carry them around so that i don't have to eat out!
Although i may have to try haggis. my friend Emily would never forgive me if i didn't.
I'M SO EXCITED
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