I'm Nearly Bilingual

On my last trip to the beautiful country of Poland (or Polska if you will) I made a conscious effort to learn as much Polish (Polski) as I could. My mindset was that if I could learn a generous sized chunk of the language while I was in the country, maybe, just maybe I would be seen as more than just a stupid, American tourist. 

I expressed this concern to a couple of my Polish friends and they accepted the challenge of helping me learn as much as possible in the very short time I would be with them. With little time to waste, we started immediately. I must say that they were excellent teachers as I still remember almost everything that they taught me. They were also very rigorous teachers. Any time we were to go out to eat, the responsibility of ordering my own meal would fall on me. If I ordered wrong, then I hope I like mystery meat!