Fajerwerki, Squid, Miss World, and a Five-Star Hotel

You know, it's funny how sometimes the most random things turn out to be the coolest. I'm sure you want a 'for instance,' so here it is. When you're walking across the Rynek, and you realize that everyone is looking at the sky for no apparent reason, and you look up and there is a plane flying by, and all of the sudden, these little specks fall out of the sky, and they're skydivers.
Or, in the 'for instance' of last night, you are sitting at your computer, when you hear several very large bangs, and you go out onto your balcony to see an explosion of green and yellow sparks in the air. And on closer inspection (after hurriedly running down four storeys of stairs and down the block), you find that the castle and river are incredibly close to your flat and that there is a spectacular fireworks display going on.
Martina and I stood by the river and watched these amazing fireworks for about fifteen minutes. there were Glorious dahlia-shaped showers of red-gold sparkles, emerald and crimson shooting stars, and finally a series of soaring green and red and yellow galaxies that culminated in shining white fairylights that spread across our entire vision and created the feeling that we were flying into the very stars. It was very likely the most fantastical show of firework craftsmanship I think I've ever seen. And in addition to this, they were exploding in the foreground of a stunning backlit medieval castle over a river that was covered in the strangest floating giant balloons pulled by small motorboats. There was a humongous pink squid with doe eyes hovering near an unidentified neighbour that looked to be a cross between a crawfish, a spider, and a porcupine. Lying closer to the water was a brown and green tyrannosaurus rex and something like a stegosaurus.
Following the end of the fireworks, we inquired as to the occasion, and were told that it was a celebration about Miss World. Which, given the fireworks, and you know, the squid, made some obscure sort of sense, I'm sure.
On the way home, we walked past the Sheraton, which is a five-star hotel in town, and decided to just go in for a peek. We walked around a bit (happily not being asked to leave), and decided that some time we will go for their weekly Sunday brunch that costs an extravagant 99 zloty, but is all you can eat and quite an interesting experience, one supposes.
All in all, that is one of the coolest things I think I have ever stumbled upon in this city.
Every day is always a surprise.
Oh, and PS: I have another blog on blogspot reserved for my political rantings when I get the inclination. You don't have to read it. It's just there if you want to. And there's nothing that cool in it yet. But this is the link: http://www.mysliemilii.blogspot.com