Today was a great day, especially compared to the rest of them. By the end of it I was dancing in the rain! Yes, lots and lots of rain! First of all, I got a full night of sleep for once. Second, I got out of grandma's little, teeny-tiny apartment for more than an hour; way more than an hour! I was woken up around 9 o'clock. We ate and did the usual daily routine, and then we went to pick up one of my grandmother's cousins. We took a single bus there (they're being slightly easier for me to use) and walked the rest of the way. When we got there, grandma went inside to get her cousin and I wandered around a bit outside, and took a picture of a wall with some bullet holes and war damage[1]. Grandmother came out eventually and she dragged (pretty much literally) her cousin's grandson out. His name was Rafal (Raphael). She uh, "convinced" him to show me around Stare Miasto (Old Town). I bugged her pretty much every day since I got here (nearly 2 weeks now) to go and see it, or anything for that matter. So, to make me happy, she did this... what an angel. I mean, it wasn't too difficult; Rafal was grounded for the last few days for vagary (truancy) and now he had a reason to go out and do something.
      So, we took the tram to Stare Miasto[1]. We talked a bit on the way, mainly the same questions everyone asks me. I pretty much memorized them all and just lead into the next question without him having the ask. I find it really keeps things moving and keeps me from being bored. We got there and he took me to Kolumna Zygmunta[1, 2, 3] (Zygmunta's Column/Statue) which is one of the most prominent sites in Warszawa (Warsaw) and it's in the freaking entrance to Stare Miasto[1], well, more spacificly in the center of Plac Zamkowy[1] (Castle Square), so it really wasn't out of the way of... anything. Then he took me on a pretty short trip though the city, just showed me a little bit NorthEast of the Square and a nice view of the Wisla River. He did know fairly alot about the city; dates, events and whatnots (none of which I remember now). After that we went back to Nowa Praga (New Praga) to show me an internet café that was in Plac Hallera (Hallera Square), which is close to my house. When we got there the damn place was closed!! Well, at least I know where it is, now I might be able to sneak away and post some of this (evidently that was so). Anyway, we went back to my grandma's and just did... um, wait, let me think... oh, now I remember!... nothing! People talked, I the same questions again(!!), grandma made me perform tricks in the form of making a few Origami flowers. OH! Look at what amazing things I can make out of paper!!! Oooohhh, ahhh...!!!! Rafal left, and I was sent to my grandma's room to read or whatnot. I listened to some music and read for a bit, then I got a call from Pralinka (or Paulinka to the rest of you)!!
      She introduced herself and asked if and when we could do something, if today would be good. I said today would be perfect! She told me to meet her at the station that's on Plac Hallera. Luckily that's exactly where Rafal took me to show me the internet café. She told me she would be wearing a greenish dress, orange bracelet, and some other stuff (missed most of it), and I said I'll have on a huge, bright blue bookbag (fairly easy to spot). So, in about an hour she'll be there.
      Well, 45 minutes later (after I ate) I left, headphones in, for the place. I walked around a bit, made sure I was in the right spot and waited. Checked around, walked a little bit more to see if I could find her, nothing. Well, after 30 minutes of that I just sat down, listened to music and read a book. I just thought logically; If she was late, then I should wait; I am on the right street, if she looks for me it's better if I stay put, so I'll stay; if she left already, I am outside, relaxing, enjoying the scenery, and something other than sitting in an teeny-tiny apartment room... I'm staying! It ended up being the second one: while I was reading and listening to music a short girl[1] came up to me and asked, "Tomek?" Well, that was it. She wore a medium length, green dress that was thrown over her shirt (and whatever else), white shirt underneath, sandals, orange bracelet and sunglasses. She was much shorter than I expected. I little bit shorter than Adam Height!
      Well, I found out that there ended up being 2 stations at Plac Hallera; one for buses (which I was at) the other for trams (which I was supposed to be at). Yeah... after she waited for 15 minutes she saw someone with a bookbag and started seriously stalking him, "creepy stalking" from what she told me. For about 2 blocks she followed him till he got on a tram. So she went back, waited and then started looking for me.
      So, we said hello and headed for the tram. We then headed towards Stare Miasto, along the way we stopped by this one church, but it was closed :-(. I was pretty quiet for most fo the time (which is usual for me when I meet people the first few times). She was a very nice and simpathique(Fr.) person. Most of the time she asked me if whether I wanted to go here or there. My answer was usually: "Whatever you want, you're in charge" I was incline to see something though. If she asked me if I wanted to do or see something, I would always be very willing. We walked around a bit in Stare Miasto. We went inside some building and they has some paintings and pictures of scenographia. We then went to the main bazaar[1] in Stare Miasto and there were alot of people with their paintings set out for people to buy. I thought some of them were nice but she said even she could do better... Conversation sorta ended there. She's studying art and she paints REALLY well. After that we went to this one University to try and get a library card for me. We first went to the campus from Stare Miasto and on the way there she wished me Happy Birthday and said she was sorry that she didn't have a present for me. I, with the same enthusiasm, said it's not my birthday and that she had nothing to worry about. So she felt stupid and I was happy (not that she felt stupid, but that it was a good laugh).
      We went first on top of the Library. It was so damn beautiful there. The entire roof had flowers and grass and a view to kill for. They had a wire dome and archways set up with vines almost completely covered them. They really took alot of effort to make it look good up there. We then went inside the library and I got a library card with fairly little trouble. Then she tried to show me how to look up shit on the computers and how to take out books. It really didn't go well for her. She tried to find the book code-number-thingy and couldn't. We walked around the library a bit and eventually figured it out.
      Well, once we got everything cleared up, we went around the building, looked for a climbing wall (ended being closed for the month) and then left. I asked if she did any extracurricular activities or anything. We started walking towards Stare Miasto again and it started raining! Just a small drizzle, but anything is better than nothing. We talked on the way, about my Zero extracurricular activities, about other stuff, unfortunately... I don't remember any of it. We then went on the street Nowy Swiat (New World) and walked around a little. She was really thinking of what else she could show me so I wasn't bored (Which I wasn't!!!). So I opened up my tiny tourist handbook and randomly picked a sight to see.
      We then went to Lazienki Krolewskie[L] (I prefer not to literally translate that, Polish people know why. So, I'll just call it what the tiny tourist book calls it: The Royal Park Lazienki). It is so damn pretty there, not beautiful, but very nice. For those who don't know what Lazienki are are, I'll explain. First of all, plainly to put it, it is a huge kept forest with a lake in it. In the center of the lake there is a Palace with marble statues and monuments placed around the Palace and throughout the Park. The Palac na Wyspie[1] (Palace on the Island) was built first and then various other monuments and Palaces were later added to the park including Bialy Dom (White House), an amphitheater, Pomnik Jana III Sobieskiego, Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina, and others. Inside of the Palaces there are works of art and some great, overdone architecture. And on Sunday's they have an outdoor concert of Chopin by his monument. Also on every Saturday and Sunday they have a play in the amphitheater. It's really nice there; well, I enjoyed it at least :-). There is some wildlife running around, most well known are the peacocks. They're everywhere and they like putting up shows for people[1]. People always try to make them show off their feathers, I personally think they look the best when they're sitting in a tree, on a branch, and they let their long tail feathers just hang down.
      We walked around a bit there, I snapped a picture of a peacock and we went to the amphitheater[1, 2]. She kept on asking what I wanted to see, or at least, pondered that to herself a few times out loud. She is too damn goal oriented. I got up, picked a direction and started walking. By then it started raining a bit more. God I love it when it rains! It was really nice there; I was in a good mood, partially because of the weather and scenery, partially because of the company, the rest to just be out and having a good day. We kept on going till we got to another park.
      It was called Grohuwka. There, there was yet another Palace, this time on a hill. There were two sets of stairs leading to it. So we started climbing. She saw if we could see her apartment from there, no unfortunately, and then we got to the Place. Some people were setting up decorations for some sort of party. It started to rain way harder.

So, now, Adam you wanted me to post shit for you to do so you're not so bored if I think of anything. Well, here you go:

Goto the DIA or the DIA film theater.
Goto for a walk in a Park, preferable Stony Creek. It's way nicer than Dodge Park, with nearly half of the trees there dieing of unknown causes...