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I caught the night bus back from Michael and Wera and Mieszko's place in Włochy.

Once I got to town I crossed to the tram stop on Jana Pawła II near Jerozolimskiego. I asked a girl ther if she was waiting for a tram. She said, in a Slavic accent, that I soon discerned as Ukranian, that she had no idea. So I asked more. It turned out she was heading to Solidarnosci but in Praga - to a Orthodox Church there. I'd completely forgotten it was Orthodox Easter this weekend. Anyway that's where she was heading. I explained to her in broken Polish, with bits of Russian, that there were no more trams, and suggested we walk.

So off her and I went. walking to Solidarnosci. We chatted along the way. She told me she was from a town close to Kiev and that she was here (from today) for 3 days for Easter celebrations. She liked to travel a lot, and had been in most East/Central European countries. She commented on the German nations strangeness. (I laughed.)  She was quite funny. Rambunctious. She made me laff. And I realised it was easier to understand Ukrainian than Czech! Hoorah!

Anyway we got to Solidarnosci and checked the timetables. No Trams or buses, so I pointed her in the right direction, we wished eachother well, and she went on her way and I on mine.

Life!!!