Juwe, juwe, Juwenalia!!!

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Juwenalia!!!! How to describe this week... Since we came, last october, a bunch of people were claiming that Kraków has the best student's party ever. We heard that it is called JUWENALIA, and luckily they were not mistaken :) Last tuesday 5th may Juwenalia began and this is what has happened in the meantime. 

Briefly describing, Juwenalia is the week in which students are rulers of the city, thanks to the City's key they are given by the mayor. So from the beginning, till the end of Juwenalia, every activity which takes place in the city is aimed at student's entertainment. Concerts every day till late night, barbecues at AGH Campus, lots of students out in the streets laughing, dancing, chating, drinking... In short the city belong to students and I am really proud to be one of them.

Bartek drinking "Calimocho"

For me Juwenalia started on Wednesday, since on tuesday my friends were still here in Kraków, and they wanted to go for a walk into Tatra's mountains, so when we arrived it was late to go to the concert. Furthermore we were tired after the hiking time in Zakopane. Anyway and although we did not go to the tuesday concert, Krakow was starting to liven up, Juwenalia had just started.

On wednesday we got to go out with our flatmates as it was Szymczak's birthday. And although we are usually boasting about living in krakow... we were even more pleased on wednesday, clubs were full and people was even more commited.

Barbecue at AGH Campus

On thursday we were informed that a barbecue was going to be organised at AGH Campus, just next to student's residence. However, I was not sure how it was going to look like, but actually, it turned out to be probably the best night of my personal Juwenalia. It all got started around 18.00 when Fernando and me decided to go to Rooster's in order to buy our unique fancy-dress for Friday morning parade. After trying the clothes in Rooster's bathroom (we were not sure if the shorts were going to fit us...) we went to buy some make-up and a pair of wigs, nonetheless we could not find any wig. All of a sudden we noticed that the appointment time was approaching so we decided to deliver tasks.  Fernando went to AGH Campus to prepare the barbecue and I went to buy food and drinks for the event. When I arrived there, 2 hours later, I saw how Juwenalia looks like from AGH Campus side.

A guy resting after the party

In fact I was amazed by what I was looking at, the AGH Campus which is normally a quiet place was full of students doing barbecues, chating, drinking... To be honest, I don't dare to tell you a figure of how many people was there... So there we were Bartek, Kamila and me ready to cook our Kielwasa (sausages) and drink some homemade vodka which was kindly offered by Alberto's friends.

We spent there several hours around the barbecue, talking to our new polish friends, and as far as I remember one of the topics was Sporting de Gijon concretely speaking about Cezary Kucharski. 

Rooster's waitresses at the parade

Eventually the friday morning came and we were ready for the costumes parade. We got dressed and we were made up by our flatmates, everybody was laughing at us so we had success in the way that it was exactly what we were looking for. Olga came to home and all of us made way to AGH Campus which was the place choosen to start the parade. 

I had again the same feeling as the previous night, Juwenalia is something special, the street was crowded, hundreds of students dressed with their costumes. It has to be said that students were splitted by universities, and they were singing their university typical songs. In the meantime people was willing to take pictures with us, I cannot remember properly how many pictures people took us... but for sure more than twenty. After few minutes walking among people from all Krakow Universities we met Alberto and we continued our way till we reached rynek. 

Olga, Fer and Alberto ("psepráá") at rynek

At rynek, where a stage was built for the ocassion, everybody kept on singing and drinking while some performances were taken place at the stage. After going for a walk and eating in mcdonals we decided to return home and rest for a while to recover some strenght.

That night another barbecue at AGH Campus, and again the same unique scene. It also happened on saturday night.

Admittedly it was stunning and I am eager to return and enjoy again this magical atmosphere.