New Foods and New Cities

Travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn.

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On Saturday, January 18th, Savanna, Sydney, and I took a food and vodka tour. On the tour we tried:

• Obwarzanek
• Polish sausages and meats
• Mountain cheese
• Pierogies and bigos
• Traditional bread from a local bakery
• Flavored vodka
• Sour rye soup
• Buckwheat groats and soured milk
• Chocolates

Of all the foods, I like the sour rye soup with sausage and the lemon vodka shots the most. The obwarzanek is the inspiration for our modern day bagels. They even have a whole museum dedicated to these round breads. I tried multiple sausages and meats, they were all tasty. The smoked mountain cheese that comes from Zakopane was very delicious, I need to get more. The pierogies were delicious (surprise, I know). Bigos and buckwheat groats were alright, I felt indifferent towards them. I did not enjoy the soured milk drink at all. I tried it for the sake of trying new foods, but I wouldn’t order it on my own. I tried plum, raspberry, choke berry and quince vodka. Of the 4, the raspberry was the best. And the chocolates were delicious, you can’t make bad chocolate.

I am a sucker for food tours because not only do you get to try a bunch of traditional foods, but you also learn the history behind the foods, how they’re made, and the traditions associated with them. So, shoutout to Walkative for their amazing food tour!

That night, Savanna, Sydney and I booked our tickets to London, England! We leave Friday night after class and get back Tuesday night. We have a hostel near the city and are creating our London itinerary tomorrow!

On Sunday, I booked my flight to Athens and Santorini, Greece! Mae, Bree, Brian, Savanna, Sydney and I are going. It’s going to be hard to wait until April to go. Greece has been on my bucketlist for a long time so I am thrilled to have an actual ticket booked!

On Monday, January 20th, Savanna, Sydney and I explored more of Kazimierz. We shopped up and down on Ulica Jozefa, where I bought the cutest pierogi necklace. Savanna and I tried zapiekanka which was popular during WWII. Traditionally, it’s cheese and mushrooms with ketchup on an open baguette, it was supposed to imitate pizza. But today, people have put creative twist on it. There were 20 different options to pick from and after debating for a while I chose a zapiekanka with ham, chicken, cheese, and pickles on it…and no mushrooms.

Today, I’ll be working on my Polish language homework. I have to find a Polish word for each letter of the alphabet. I’ll also be looking at other cities to visit. I found tickets to Iceland for $100, usually they’re $450-500, so I might be buying those because Iceland has been a dream of mine for years.

The next update will come before I leave for London with our itinerary and if I bought tickets to Iceland (or anywhere else)! Be sure to look at my pictures page, I added 3 more collages with descriptions!