Friday, July 31 - Build Day 4

Another successful day of building. I was feeling much better today so I was able to get alot done and see the completion of some things I started on Wednesday and Thursday. Pretty much just more wall building. I feel bad though cause I'm pretty sure Bobby (our Georgia companion) spends most of his time inspecting my walls and fixing them than I do building them. Not sure if that's a sign that I can't build straight and level walls or that I just get stuck with already messed up walls. Regardless it's fun.

We also had the opportunity to visit the Gliwice Radio Tower which is apparently the beginning of World War II or so the story goes. It is also the world's largest wooden structure.

Last night was perogies and barszcz (beet soup also known as borscht) night. It was delicious. After a quick mall trip for another shirt (cause I didn't pack enough), I watched Sam (our new Polish friend who's volunteering on the site for his civil engineering practicum) and Bobbie and Michal (our host coordinator for Habitat) play some pin pong and basketball.

We later decided to go out to a free jazz festival that's going on in town this weekend. The concerts are each night and are taking place in the burned out ruins of an old German WW2 era theatre. It was a really good time; I also got to enjoy my first Polish beer which was quite tasty.

My language is starting to get a bit better that I can make my way around some stores and the job site. I've got my numbers 1-8 down (minus some stumbling through a few) and I can now order a beer or two!