To Rain or not To Rain

well it turns out that it rains everyday in krakow. even when you wake up and there is not a cloud in the sky, you can never rule out the chance of rain. it also happens to start raining at the exact time that monesplye makes its commute home from work, just for giggles. my theory on why it rains all the time is that the gypsys want to rub it in our faces that they have adapted and no longer melt from the rain. we got it gypsys, let it go.

monesplye awoke this morning with quite the hangover. last night was an experience because sanjays older bro, the 28 year old plastic surgeon, hit the town with us. it was kinda like going out with hitch, minus the solid advice on how to get girls. but this dude def liked to get down and monesplye kinda digged his vibes. before we met up with the brothers bhatt, we treated ourselves to two bottles of wine during a very delcious dinner, complimentary with an adorably hot waitress that we wanted to chill with. she just had that extra something that we couldnt put our fingers on but def intrigued us. not even two bottles of wine gave monesplye the liquid courage to say something to her and the only thing i really did was turn at the door on the way out and shot her a slutty wave goodbye. she totally responded, it was awesome.

yesterday we went with the kids from the alf club on a field trip to the market square. since the kids do not actually have to do anything, only 4 went (there were 6 adults). so we went to this thing that someone said was the day of the children, but all it consisted of was three basic things:

1. young girls dancing on stage to "will you be there"by michael jackson.
2. a fat smelly old dude dressed as the virgin-eating dragon (great for young kids i guess) who had a full suit on but nothing covering his face. he looked as if he either wanted to eat the kids or rape them, i couldnt really tell.
3. policeman showing the kids an array of guns and letting 4 year olds hold semi-automatic rifles. we got pics. apparently they were going to follow the dancing girls with a seminar on how to fight terrorists or something-welcome to the day of children, krakow style.

we got to leave that weirdness early and we went to a really trendy cafe in the market square. i got pancakes with bananas and chocolate which were really good. it turns out, even being in a trendy, higher-class place, old gypsy women still find ways to get through the protective barriers and get inside and bother us. its really quite annoying and i do not get why this happens all the time. i guess the regular poles have learned to live with it.

the market square is a really cool place and i do not think a written description could really do it justice. it is the kind of place where there are alot of street performers. there are always guys playing guitars and it seems like the only songs these people know are bob marley songs. it was really funny, one day we were walking there, and on the way along the river, there were various mexican pan flute bands every 100 ft or so, just like south park depicted it. for you south parkers out there, you would have greatly appreciated it.

one thing that kind of annoys me about krakow is that there are giant billboards with faces of like government officials and news anchors everywhere (i think thats what they are but i do not honestly know, i cant read shit). nonetheless, the people on these billboards do not have the faces to be there. they are all weird looking and give me the heebie jeebies when i walk by. there is one dude with glasses who looks at you with a glare that could only mean one thing, he represents the gypsy uprising and he wants to disperse my limbs to his voters.

i wanted to give a very special shout out to the mickey spillanes softball team. this is our season. i know we have a bye today but it is so sick that the season started and i cannot wait to return to america and win some freakin ball games with you guys.

-spenceblye

p.s. i want to thank mel green for her love and support. it is because of people like her that we write this blog. we want to let you all in on our adventures, and you are what makes this work.