It was just Hilary, Garrett, Jeremy and I for awhile until the bar became DIS Central and over half the bar was Americans. They did have some good tunes though....
Singing a little Whitney Houston's "I wanna dance with somebody.." Not the most flattering pose but this is what happens when catchy tunes are played :)
Hilary and I had a little photo session...here we are happy that we met each other...
...and sad that we're leaving so soon!
After awhile we decided to go on a 'Chris Hunt' and snapped this semi-blurry pose...my three favs here! Chris was at another bar with some friends which led to some pretty interesting things when we found him including...
....meeting this guy who was half-Danish, half-something else and ended up singing the Canadian national anthem "O Canada" with Chris (who's from Canada) shortly before Garrett asked him if he spoke Persian. Maybe it was one of those 'had to be there' moments but Hilary and I turned to Garrett like 'Did you really just ask that?!' Then, Hilary and I went back to DIK and met a creepy guy on the night bus. Overall, well-rounded night haha!
The next day, Hilary and I went to watch Jakub's (one of my Polish neighbors) soccer game. They were so funny as there were definitely more Poles out there so the teams were usually Poles against the American's and not-so-Polish people. Hilary and I were definitely like the soccer mom's out there. My two favorite quotes were from an American who took a break by us and said "You're like soccer mom's, have any orange slices for me?" and the other one was when one of the American's (who just couldn't keep up with the mad skills of the Poles) left the game and as everyone was saying bye and thanks for the game Jakub blurted out in a joking tone, "Thanks for the game Brian, you played like s*#%!" All in fun, but I'm still keeping it PG on here.
And, wouldn't you know the creepy guy was playing soccer as well on Saturday and invited Hilary and I to this Karnival (pronounced Car-nee-vaal) thing that was going on last weekend. It's like a mini-music fest with samba dancing attached to a big field where people just hung out and drank and played frisbee etc. before going to see the dancers (I got a not-so good picture of them as you can see...we're pretty far back). Anywho, we agreed to go since it was before we realized how sketch he was but began putting together the pieces when we were one of three groups of girls he invited of whom he had all met randomly. Then, he started laying it on thick toward Hilary and being quite blunt about what his intentions were....so I was the cockblock that night and we left early. Gotta watch out for those half-syrian, quarter-lituanian, something or other nationality he was!
The next day we took a short bus ride to this beach with a bunch of the Poles, a guy from Nepal, a couple Danes (I think), a guy from China, a girl from Austria, and a few other Americans. It was great...the sun was out and I think I got a slight bit of color to my pasty skin. I'm not sure if it was the Baltic Sea we were on or not but it was COLD! 
Jakub, of course, was the first to dive in...
...while Huang, Penny, Hilary and I took slower steps of getting into the water.
We ended up playing basically a keep-away game with teams in the water and even ended up swimming for a short time!Here's Jakub and Anna, who I finally found out are dating! Haha, they are so cute together but I didn't think they were because when I asked at the beginning of the semester they weren't, but now it's official! They're my two favorite non-Americans I've met here!
And, what's a day at the beach without someone getting buried in the sand?! Hilary, Joseph, and Szymon bury Bartek in the sand.
Here's Lieu, he moved in about a month ago and we share a fridge. He's from Nepal and it was fun actually getting to talk to him...he's climbed a mountain! This was his first time ever to a beach and he said he now knows to bring a towel next time to sit on!
Then Sunday evening, Baton, a student from Bangladesh made dinner for Hilary and I.
A traditional Bangladeshi meal of chicken, rice, and daal (or lentils). It was delicious and Hilary and I chowed! Baton is one of the nicest people I've met and is all about hospitality.
Well, I tried to get a little bit of the meal in there...the lentils turn yellow and mushy and you mix them in with the rice. Again, sooo good!
So, I only have a few more days left! I'm planning on getting two more posts up before I leave so stay tuned! I'm finishing up finals today, Thursday, and am following my list of things to do before I leave closely so I don't miss out on anything!
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