Pierogi, pierogi... PIEROGI!!

So continuing on....

On the 3rd morning in Poland we woke up bright and early.. or more like DARK and early to catch the PolskiBus to Warsaw. The bus ride took 5 hours but it was surprising pleasant. I slept most of the way and all of us who slept had our photos taken without permission by Jason.. grrrr! They provide chargers under the seat for your phone/laptop and free WiFi! Great service...



So we arrived in the Warsaw city centre bus stop and after some many wrong turns and asking directions... we finally arrived in our hostel aptly named The Warsaw Hostel! After putting down our bags and having a much needed toilet break.. we were off to meet a friend of Siung's who was going to bring us for lunch!



We went to a Polish chain restaurant called Zapiecek which was really really GOOD for a franchise. Their star menu is oodles of pierogi (polish dumplings) and soup. Lukasz (Siung's friend) recommended a very typical Polish soup called Zurek. Not having been a fan of Borscht, I was a bit skeptical about the soups but this soup was DELISH! It's base is rye meal and perhaps sauerkraut? Or maybe not... It's served with a hard boiled egg and sausage either on the side or in the soup... by far the best non-asian soup I've had! We also ordered a variety of pierogi.. potato pierogi, russian pierogi, salmon pierogi, forest mushroom pierogi, spinach pierogi, turkey and bacon pierogi.. don't judge me there were 8 of us at the table. Fulfilling lunch indeed...

 

After lunch, we wandered deeper into the city centre with the intention of wandering into Warsaw Old Town. Ended up at some war memorial that had a big field of snow (did I mention it was snowing?) and you guessed it... we had a snowball fight. Not sure if that was the smartest idea at below zero degrees but had tons of fun anyways.

 
 

That night we had dinner at a Polish bar/restaurant called Podwale 25 which was the BEST restaurant during the entire trip! The food was ORGASMIC and the portions were GINORMOUS! Loved it. We order amongst us some pork knuckle, schnitzel, duck and pork ribs. THE PORK RIBS... Oh lordy...

  We ate until we burst.. camwhored even more with snow in the dark... crawled back to the hostel to freshen up and then played a few rounds of Mafia.

Twas' a good day.