I didn't expect my first evening in Austin to be one of my best, before I ever saw SXSW.
I'm staying with my second cousin and her family. Her husband, Zbigniew, is a super guy with lots of very interesting friends. A couple attended our dinner (steak and a huge salmon and copious amounts of great Polish beer, red wine, Cognac and B&B) last night. Dr. Jorge Sanchez de la Pena is a department chair at the school of architecture of the University of Monterrey (Mexico). He met Zbig in Monterrey about a dozen years ago when Zbig heard him speaking Polish to his little daughters. Turns out he married a woman from Zbig's home town and had lived there for 10 years. He is now a close friend and they visit each other over the border.
We had a rockin' time, with the conversation thick and furious in Polish, English and Spanish. The sort of evening one might have had in any European city with a group of educated friends. A very nice start to the weekend.
And only the slightest of hangovers this morning. :>
Posted by artandscience at March 12, 2005 03:12 PM