Seriously.
If we didn’t love New Mexico so much we might not come back.
Send for
our loved ones, our critters, our things and just make a cozy home here in
Poland.
You are being so good to us, Poland. We love you.
Opened in
Warsaw last night. Again, assumed a very small house. Again, a very good house.
We had a fantastic show. I think we have found the balance of articulation and
gesture in a foreign country with our style that works. We have started playing
more. Throwing in Polish words as they fit. Finding moments in the show that are new. It was so much fun. Also, this is the first theatre we have performed in
that had pure, total darkness. Everywhere else has had some sort of light
bleed. This place was pitch dark. It took some time to get used to but once I
did it was rad.
Alex and Aaron ready for the show
The audience really seemed to like the show. They laughed a lot
and their energy was amazing. After the
show, as so happens in Poland I find, people stuck around and we all talked and
drank and laughed and connected. People had lovely things to say to us about the
show. I met some awesome people and we had a fantastic night.
Hi Poland.
A few other
things along the way…
The train
ride to Warsaw wasn’t as awful as I thought it was going to be.
OF COURSE
someone had the one lone seat in our compartment of eight seats. An older man
maneuvered his way around all of our luggage to sit by the window and read his
paper and eat his sandwich. He was a good sport. Aaron and I spent most of the
ride standing in the hall sticking our faces out the window.
There are
way more espresso machines in Poland than I remember. This is very good for me
as the Nescafe that is usually served is just not my favorite. I always miss a
few things when I am abroad. I miss cold water (really cold drinks in general
are not that common.) I miss good ol’ US of A breakfast. Yesterday for
breakfast I had soup. It was a sort of mushroom soup with pieces of sausage and
a hard boiled egg sliced into 4 pieces. It was totally delicious. I also often
miss coffee. Nescafe is common around the world. Drip coffee not as much. The
coffee here seems better than some of my past experiences. It’s pretty yummy.
Let's see... what else? Oh! We went to a
show called Persona Marilyn. It was awesome and weird and cool and fun. Polish theatre fun times.
Theatre in Warsaw
My Polish vocabulary
is better than it has ever been. I hope to be at 100 words when we leave. I am
at about 35. I am learning my numbers right now. Hubert is a great teacher. And
he laughs a lot at my pronunciation.
Oh. Did I
tell you that there were some Albuquerque folks in the audience last night?
That is crazy true. We’re walking out and these dudes were like,
Hi. We live in
Albuquerque.
It was bananas.
Szczecin. Alex is returning a chair we borrowed for the show.
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