Happy Birthday Oli!

Last Monday, Oliver turned 25. Naturally, we decided to go out and celebrate accordingly. The evening began with some fantastic traditional Polish food at an excellent restaurant; Karczma pod Chocholem. Not only was this place air conditioned (a luxury considering the weather conditions over the past month) but it serves some delicious food. It's the closest thing to a meal made by my mom that I've ever eaten. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure:

All of us right after the food arrived (note the big smiles). We ordered two Polish platters which had everything on it starting from meat prepared in every possible Polish way and ending on pierogi as well as a whole assortment of salads (sukowki). Absolutely delicious!

"Nunat, are you going to eat all of that food?" - Monika
"Maayybeee..." - Nunat

Oli raising a toast to good friends, great food and fantastic beer. Apparently in the German tradition when it's your birthday you treat everyone to dinner. This is very backwards to how we do things back in Canada but despite of trying to impose our traditions on Oliver, he ended up getting his way. Thanks for the treat Oli!

Bert and Nunat joining in the toast! Prost!

After dinner we went back to the Dom for some birthday 'cake' and then headed out to play some pool and foozeball. On the way to the pub, we walked through my favourite park in Lodz (the one where I was bird watching a few weeks back). This park is a home to a pretty cool tree which, due to its coolness, is all lit us at night. We climbed the tree and lingered for a while enjoying some cold beverages. I was a bit obsessed with this tree (I really liked the lighting, though I don't know enough about photography to take full advantage of it, some day though) and I took a bunch of pictures.

Just chilling on the tree.

Everyone say 'cheese'!