Začetek ta drugega shoda smo sicer izpustili, smo se pa z manjšim zamikom pridružili opazovalcem. Ja, dejansko je blo res kup vandalov na kupu, najprej smo jim sledili čez most, potem pa smo se modro odločli da jih po stranskih ulicah prehitimo. Vmes smo sicer še prečkali cono solzivca, policija in vodni topovi so bili večinoma usmerjeni v prve vrste, moji poljski kolegi so navdušeno spremljali novice, kolko jih je že odpeljala policija. Začelo se je nekje pri številki 30, končalo pa tam pri 250. Poleg razgrajačev, shodnikov, ki bi imeli kaj več za povedat, skorajda ni blo. Enih par, ki se seveda zavzema za katoliško/krščansko oz. precej versko usmerjeno državo, par skinheadov, ogromno pirotehnike in to je to. Menda so bli ta glavni razgrajači najbolj zavzeti navijači. No, verjetno kot da bi Viole in Green dragonse povabo skupaj na shod :) pol si verjetno lahko predstavljaš, kaj pride ven.
Prizorišče je zgledalo precej ko na fronti, nebo v rdeči barvi, specialne enote policije vsepovsod, pokanje, rakete, par vodnih topov, gumjasti naboji, kupi kamenja na cesti, itd. Ko imamo skoraj vsega dovolj se odločimo, da gremo na zapiekanke (aka zapečeni kruhki ali kako bi se to najbolj enostavno razložlo). Tam je seveda grupa skinov, ki veselo razpravljajo, kako so se tepli v prvi vrsti, ampak da so zdaj lačni in da morejo nekaj pojest. Dve minuti zatem, ko odidejo, pa prideta še dva policaja po svoj zapiekank. Zgledalo je ravno tak, da četudi bi se srečali, bi spili še skupaj eno pivo in potem šli vsak na svojo stran fronte :)
Naslednji dan sem hotla bit kulturna in se zjutraj nekje nekam dat na kavo v centru (ja, na ta drugo kavo). In potem ugotovim, da kava stane celih 12 zlotov (skoraj 3 €), pivo pa samo 7 zl :) In kako naj potem temu rečeš ne?? 3 € za kavo je preveč skoraj kjerkoli, ker je pač preveč, še posebej pa na poljskem, ker te cene kar prisilijo pit pivo ali še kak štamperl vodke zraven, če ti ga že sami ob tretji rundi ne prinesejo.
Protests against nothing in Warsaw
On the Polish independence day I was in Warsaw. And Polish celebrate it in its own way. I was more looking forward to eat some pierogi and zapiekanki that going to see both marches - the boring presidential one and later the more exiting one. The second one was supposed to be for "Polish Poland", but it was actually more fight with the police. And it was the real fight.We missed the beginning of second march, but we caught up later on. It was literally a group of vandals. Firstly, we followed them over the bridge and later on we got an idea to go on the other side of the protest - over pepper spray zone of course :) No even police with water cannons was missing. My Polish friends were happily following the news about how many people are already arrested. It stared with 30 and ended up by 250 by the end of the protest. What it was interesting, people had no banners with demands, the whole purpose of it was just a fight. Someone said that the main "fighters" were the biggest football fans that many times just want to fight. Well, imagine to invite both Viole and Green dragons to the march to fight (ie. football fans of Maribor and Ljubljana).
All scene looked like a front with sky in red color, special units of police everywhere, very noisy, pyrotechnics, water cannons, and a bunch of stones on the road. After we seen almost everything we decided to go for zapiekanki (google it). In the place there was already a group of polish fighters discussing about the first-row fight and how they were hungry and definitely needed a to eat something. Two minutes after they left, two police guys enter to bust their energy levels. It all seems like the guys would definitely have a beer together before going back to the front rows again.
Next morning I was heading for second morning coffee in city center, but it was a big surprise to see a coffee price at 12 zl (almost 3 €) and beer for 7 zl. And how can you say no to the beer? Sorry, but 3 € are definitely way too much, doesn't matter where and specially in Poland where prices of alcohol and spirits in a bar are set very budget friendly. Or as they like to give you an extra shot after 3 rounds of beers.