hostel sweet hostel

I made it. I can't even put excitement into that sentence with an exclamation mark because I'm so tired. Today was a bad travel day... I totally jinxed myself. Well, I take it back. There were a lot of bad elements that were resolved with the kindness of strangers/pity. I had a connecting flight to make this afternoon in Bulgaria that was less than an hour between the two. So I haul it off the plane after having slept for an hour or two for the first time since my nap outside in the park (I'm really groggy) and I'm checking my bag in and the not-so-nice Bulgarian flight attendant tells me that not only am I over the weight limit by three kilos (each extra kilo is 10 euros) I can also only have 1 carry on (I've been carrying a large bag and a backpack). So i had to sit in the middle of the airport pulling stuff out my backpack trying to make it fit and then having to make the decision about what to leave behind... it was awesome. So, I go back to the counter and talk to another woman. At this point I'm starting to feel hot and dizzy because I'm wearing a long sleeved t-shirt and jeans and its 95 in Bulgaria and in the airport and the woman weighs my back and this time I'm four kilos over but she can see me starting to sway from side to side and shaking so she didn't charge me. :)

I had a couple other smaller mishaps with the bus ride to the hostel, but nothing major. I will say this for the Polish-- the kindest of anyone I've met so far. I had three different guys help me carry my bag in and out of the bus and upstairs and talked to so many others who gave me directions despite only speaking the smallest bit of English. So, I am very grateful to finally be in Poland where I'll have a bed and a place to put my stuff and of course a shower.

I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update from this point; the wall adapter I brought doesn't fit my computer so my laptop is dead. I'm writing this from the community computer here which isn't too bad, but I have to stand here to use it.

Anyway, I'll update soon when I've slept and showered. Hopefully my posts will also become more coherent once I do that...

one last thought: my hostel is above a KFC and it smells like chicken.