In case you are wondering, that is Polish for good day Poland. So we crossed the Czech-Polish border and required to change a train in Poland before we reach Posznan, where our dear Polish friend, Dagmara was supposed to meet us. So we lugged our luggage down the train at freaking 4 a.m. and waited at the platform in the cold. And I was hungry. Lucky us for the summer, the days are longer. So at 4 a.m., the sky was actually bright. But it was still brr....So we hopped on to the train when it arrived, hugged our bags and continue to sleep as the estimated arrival time was noon.
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| 4 a.m. and the sun is rising |
Posznan is a town where Dagmara used to study in. So, she was quite familiar with this town. When we reached at noon in Poznan train station, she drove us for lunch. First Polish food on the menu, the traditional Polish dumpling called Pierogi. She brought us to this cafe which served just Pierogi, in assorted flavors, steamed or baked. And, I really loved it. Polish food-1, so far. After the lunch, we walked to the Old Market Square, which is like High Street in England, each city in Poland has their own Old Market Square where they have loads of cafes and bars for people to eat and drink. We were brought to this ex-brewery which unfortunately was not open for visit. So the guys decided to sit for a drink as we need to wait for our Danish friend to arrive at the airport.
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| Oven-baked Pierogi |
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| Steamed Pierogi |
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| Old Market Square, Posznan |
Dinner is interesting for today. We went to this place called Dark Restaurant. Yeap, the name of the restaurant is Dark Restaurant. It is actually a themed restaurant. The customers are supposed to eat in the dark. Before the dinner, a waiter will be there to take down what you don't eat and allergic too. Next, you will be brought into a dark room, so dark that you cannot even see your fingers. And then, they serve you food, which you wouldn't know what they are. How do you eat? They have cutlery and they will guide you to them. But to use it or not is totally up to you. Many of us decided to use our hand instead. Of course there was also a bowl of water for us to wash our hands after the meal! Oh, you can choose between a 1, 2 or 3 course dinner. At the end of the dinner, we were brought out to the waiting room again and were asked to guess what we had. The waiter will then let us know if we guessed correctly or not. Interesting!
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| Dark restaurant, eat like the blinds |
After dinner, Dagmara said she was going to bring us to see the most beautiful and romantic night scene in Poland. It was the Posznan celebration of the Mid-summer solstice. During this day, people will gather near a lake, buying big lanterns and light them up. It is a little bit like our chinese kong ming deng. You can write wishes on the lantern. We were already late for that event as people were counting down to release their big lanterns into the sky. Lucky for us that Dagmara's friend managed to get one lantern for us. So we quickly lit the lantern and let it go, joining the thousands of lantern in the sky. The view is indeed very breathtaking. It's like having thousands and thousands of stars right in front of you.
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| Lanterns decorating the sky |
After a tiring day, it was a 2 hours drive back to Dagmara's house in a town called Kalisz.
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