After lunch I went out shopping with 5 other ladies. We went to the Cathedral. It was pretty awesome! We couldn’t take pictures inside, but, oh well…that’s what post cards are for. Then I went to 3 different shops and bought stuff for everyone. Most places don’t have a cash register. In fact they usually have only a calculator to figure up your bill. I’m thinking that no one buys too much at a time here at these kind of stores. When they give you back your change they don’t hand it to you, instead they put it in a concaved dish that is about the size of a mouse pad. I’ve seen computers in the schools, but I haven’t seen them in the individual classrooms. Maybe they’re in the older kids classrooms, I don’t know. My assumption is that the kids will learn computers after they get a job that has them. Most all classrooms were pretty bare. They don’t put the kid’s work up on the walls. It’s kind of like walking into a house that no one lives in - just visits. Today it rained when we walked to the cathedral. I’m so glad I didn’t bring my heavy coat, I would have been carrying it a lot. We tip the maids here, that’s different! We leave the equivalent of 50 cents a day on our pillows. Today I came back to a big candy bar on my pillow! The rumor is if you treat your maid right she will leave you a little gift (kind of like the tooth-fairy, ..all secret and stuff). It’s fun!! Well, today I got to meet Bob and Hazel Hoskins! They are the founders of The Book of Hope. They flew in for one day and went out with the assembly team the next day. Today I got to sleep in! Didn’t leave the Hotel till 9:45 am. We finished our School just after 11:30. They were very small classrooms. The kids were older mostly and it was a behavioral problem school, but the kids were great! When we played the sucker game with them they all chose the BAD sucker, of course. Then after we got back Joan and I went shopping. I got a purse and wallet and a camera case. My fanny pack is not working so well for my back, so tonight I have to transfer everything over. We had a big lunch at the hotel. Potatoes and pork with gravy. It was very YUMMY! We met at 3:30pm to go to the orphanage. It was small only had 12 children and about 9 babies. We sang songs and did a few skits and illustrated stories for them. Then they sang some songs for us. From what we’ve seen the orphanages are very well managed and the caregivers are really wonderful with the children. They are all well mannered and dressed nicely. We were only able to stay for one hour. Tonight we are having a dinner for the interns and interpreters to thank them for all their hard work. The band really needs a new gear bag, so I’m giving them a donation to go towards that. I can’t believe that our time is up already! We will be spending tomorrow night in Polzan so that the fog won’t be a problem early in the morning. Then on to Budapest! It was a great send off for the team. Except I hate goodbyes. I’ll miss Jamie and Heather, they were really great! Tomorrow I won’t be on a team for the schools because there were too many people. So, I’ll be taking a tour of the Cathedral with a tour guide and a small group from here. I had to pack tonight, took 1 ½ hours to do it but it’s done! I went to the Cathedral with the tour group at 10am. It was kind of confusing because our interpreter got the time wrong so she showed up at 10:30. Anyway, we got a couple of tours with different guides until we all met up together, (probably the most comprehensive tour ever). Afterwards I had tea and cake with Priscilla the Women’s director for our group, and her sister. It started to snow a bit, little round pellets, but it didn’t last long and didn’t stick. When the other group returned we rounded up the luggage and packed the bus and headed off to Polzan. On the way there we stopped at a McDonalds and got dinner to go. Cheeseburger and fries and a coke and a chocolate candy-wafer. The hamburger patty was actually juicy and twice the width of what Americans are used to. I like the fries better in the U.S. though. After I ate I got a slight stomach ache and had to take a Pepto bismo tablet. Which is ironic that I didn’t need it for the Polish food, only for the American junk food. Ha ha! | 
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