Polski Wodka

A large group of us took a tour of an old out-of-commission vodka factory yesterday on the other side of the river. It was pretty cool, but we were expecting a real working factory with a gift shop and tons of cheap liquor. The tour guide wasn't very informative, and it was hard to hear her even though she had a microphone attached to a speaker on her belt. And the Polish cuisine that was promised for lunch was just little pieces of bread and a bowl of tripe. I've never tried tripe before, since I'm not really into eating cow stomache, but I figured what the hell and took a few spoonfuls. It mostly tasted like chicken noodle soup, just a little chewier. It wasn't terrible, but I won't be ordering it at any restaurants. They also brought out two different kinds of vodka to try. One of them was dark red and cherry flavored and it was damn good. Five shots, one free "powered by polish vodka" shirt, and 30 minutes later we got back on the bus to head home. Some of the people weren't exactly satisfied with the provided "lunch", so we went to a Thai restaurant in Old Town for a real meal. One of the guys disappeared for a couple minutes and came back with an ice cold bottle of vodka for the 10 of us to split. We all had a great meal and a great time. Now I gotta keep an eye out for that cherry vodka next time I'm at the store...