How about the zoo?

So my last full day in Płock, Meagan, Kathy, Ellen and I went to the zoo.  It costs 6 PLN to get in - so like $2 and I didn't have high expectations.  I was pleasantly surprised!  There were all sorts of animals - even 4 giraffes.    We believe the elephant may have passed.  There was a place for it, but on the sign there was a date.  If I would've learned more Polish while I was there it may have been useful... Oh well.

I told Kathy she should try to climb into the kangaroo they had at the playground - and of course she did.  She may or may not have had a tough time getting out of the kangaroo... Oops...

And when you go to see the penguins there was this cute Madagascar thing - so Meagan and I insisted that Kathy and Ellen go for pictures.

Our favorite stop was the red-butt monkeys.  We stopped to watch them play for a little while, or at least long enough to watch people feed them cheetos.  Then security finally made their way over and stopped the people from feeding the monkeys.  The cheetos caused quite a stir in the monkey cage - they were a few fights.

This blog would not be complete without a callout to the donkey who loves Boris.  When Boris and Atif went to the zoo, the donkey sprinted while "hee-hawing" over to Boris.  So we had to stop and meet the donkey who really liked Boris.  He was, by far, the loudest animal in the zoo.  You could hear him anywhere.

Poznań Trip

This weekend, Meagan and I ventured to the west side of Poland.  We made the 2.5 hour trip to Poznań.  In the middle of the trip my GPS freaked out because there are new highways not on the map.  So I decided to follow all of these people going the same way.  Sadly I believe they were all part of a wedding party that were on their way to the reception or church or something.  There were tons of people packed into the cars and they were all going to this small town... I should've known better than to follow them!  Oh well, they kind of helped me out.  Meagan and I figured it out from there and were on our way again.

Beer and Peanuts

Our first stop after we checked into our hotel was the hotel restaurant.  Apparently they had tex-mex.  We tried it.  It failed.  The fajitas had a curry flavor.  I burned my finger on the iron plate they give you with the meat and vegetables.  The nachos were lacking.  But at least we got beer and peanuts!

We went to pretty much every church in the town.  The first one we went to was Parish Church - it was so beautiful!  There was also this cathedral that was built between 968-1000.  It was a really old church.  I was kind of confused by the statues of some of the archbishops.  It looks like the bishop is straight-up chillin.  

Supposedly Poznań was the birthplace of Poland.  The royals lived there until a certain time, at which point they decided to move to Krakow.  

Meagan with man and his best friend the cougar

Stary Rynek

Stary Rynek

Day Trip to Łódź

Yesterday most of the group decided to make a trip to Łódź.  It's about 1 hour and 45 minutes away from Płock.  And for the first time, I didn't have to drive!  Sadly if I would've driven we probably would have gotten there faster, but oh well.  I enjoyed being a backseat driver.  We had a few small detours - like needed to stop and reprogram a GPS, taking the wrong turn, being routed to a grocery store instead of the city.


There was one instance where the driver of my car missed a left hand turn, and only a few minutes after pointed out that there was a girl on the street who was showing a lot of skin.  I found it amazing that he could see her and point her out, but he missed the left hand turn after I told him to turn left twice.  Men...


Łódź was known as the commercial and industrial capital of Eastern/Central Europe.  It is known for the textile factories.  Now there is a huge mall with a textile museum and a fully functional mall.  It was pretty neat.  There was a huge courtyard outside and it had fountains for kids to run through, sand volleyball courts, all sorts of statues, there was a concert.  

Entrance of Mall

We saw a Palace that is now a Museum:

Front of Poznanski Palace

Meagan in Courtyard of Palace

Courtyard of Palace

We also got to see a few other sites in town as we walked around.  It was a fairly large city.  In fact, it was the first city where I didn't see an Old Town.  I'm sure there is one, but we never walked through it (at least to my knowledge).