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Filipa teaching Ania some Portuguese by the candle light

(yes, there's also electricity in Poland...)

Yesterday, after my usual Wednesday polish class, me, Filipa and Martin met with Ania, one of ours dearest polish friends! We headed to PRL, in Rynek, and there we had a "kawa z mlekiem" (para os tugas: meia de leite...), which always comes with a very tasty small cake (included on the price). We were quite entertained speaking about similarities and differences between our countries, mainly language issues. After some minutes everyone was trying to speak each others language, which was quite funny... Although we had something a little bit more "informal" that day, there are some "tandem" meetings. A tandem is someone that is interested in learning a new language, and therefor, tries to find someone interested in learning his own language and able to teach the native one (usually polish, of course!...). Me and Filipa don't have an "official" tandem, but if there's someone who is of great help, that someone is Ania! We tried to practice our polish, with her help, and also teach her some Portuguese... We had a blast, and when we noticed the time, it was already 00:15! I guess that the polish saying is true: "Happy people don't count the time..."! So this post is mainly dedicated to Ania, but also to Sandra (now in the UK), that helped us since the first day we met them! Thank You!