Manufactura.

It is far too late to string together an intelligent jumble of words, so I'm going to relate my day through photographs.

We started the day at 10:47 am in lab. Stanishevsky wanted us to take lots of pictures, but of course I chose to be artsy and make carbon coatings look good. The picture below is a result of my attempt at breaking up the monotony of the lab equipment photo shoot.

I saw a skeleton in the corner and decided that Courtney needed to pose with it.

Damian's lab equipment. I believe that he designed and build it himself. He's trying to prolong the lifetime of automobile engine parts by coating them in frictionless carbon layers.

Our babysitter, Damian. And the "beast."

The beast in all it's glory. Today was its first day out on the streets of Lodz.

Josh. Mitura's grandson. He taught me the Polish word for belly button. =)

Nathalie. Mitura's granddaughter. We bonded over coloring at his daughter's house.

Polish beer. Yum.... lol we're supposed to drink it with every meal, but since beer isn't on my list of favorite drinks, Dr. Mitura taught me to mix it with regular Coke. It's actually quite good that way. I wanted the mug just for the effect.

Cute spit bubbles, little one.

Our adventure to the Polish symphony/orchestra. White wine was on the menu, along with a 45 minute, memorized violin solo. They were actually quite good... I enjoyed it.

The research crew, Sonda, me, and Kristin. Courtney was actually not allowed to come because we have the entire Polish university thinking that she's about to die from a lack of bananas. I kid. But she was sick in bed.

My personal research professor is the lady on the far left, Dr Mitura's wife. She set it up with the Chief of the hospital so that I'm going to be able to venture to the hospital every Wednesday to run actual clinical trials on patients. I get an outfit and everything! Wonderful lady. Also in this photograph are Mitura's daughter, Ana, granddaughter, Nathalie, son-in-law, Ana herself, and Sonda, Erin, and I.

It was a really long day in heels, but I ended it well. AB and I went downstairs to meet a lot of the foreign boys who are living in the dorm with us, and I got to practice my french!

We're cute. =)

The End.