New Years

60,000 people in the Rynek. 100,000 surrounding the Rynek. A crowd so full, and so Polish, that when I tried to push to the front I didn't get more than 10 feet before some babcia elbowed me in the gut. The view you see is from the window of my friend, who has an apartment right inside the Rynek. All night, we saw ourselves on television when the angle was right and after I get really drunk, we ended up throwing pickled herring (a Polish new years staple) at random people in the crowd who looked up in surprise and thanked god for the miracle of free fish. The lady in a huge fur coat, who got all the fish water left in the jar was particularly thankful.