July 8-10

The past few days have been really busy. One of the main reasons was because our first assignment was due today and it took a lot of time in the computer lab. Tuesday we went to the European Union office which was kind of neat. They explained to us the organization of the Union and what they do. That night we all went out together again and I am proud to say I had Polish food. I had pork loin in like a mushroom sauce with fried potatoes and then for dessert this sort of apple dumpling cake with ice cream. All of it was very good. In class we've been learning and reviewing about the communist era in Eastern Europe and it has been very interesting. I feel like I am finally learning some of the importance of the areas I had seen on my tour of Warsaw. Today we went to the Palace of Culture and Science. It was a gift from the Soviet Union to another one of its countries. It is a great example of social realist architecture and was pretty cool. We went to the top and saw a great view of the city. I'm glad that I finally finished my first assignment because it was a lot of work and it feels like a load of my shoulders. Also, since I am in school I figured I would share that my research topic is finding the correlation between religiosity and thinking that the Catholic Church has too much influence. Also I added more pictures today.