Life / Bringing my best American friend to Poland. [7]

I was born in Poland, but I moved here at a very young age. We speak Polish and do "Polish" things. Over time I have kinda "Americanized", to the point that people only know i'm polish because of my last name. I have known my friend for around 10 years, and we've been hanging out for a long time.

My parents are trying to ship me off to Poland this summer, and I asked if I could bring a friend. Honestly, it has always been a dream of mine to show a friend how life is over there. When I asked them they kinda laughed and ignored it until they realized I was serious. I talked to my friend and he said that he would love to go. He's openminded and I know he would love it here.

I found a list of "problems" that kinda rain on my parade.

-I would be living over there with my Grandpa. Don't get me wrong he's a freaking cool dude, but I don't know how he would react to having an American there.

- I don't know how he would react to graffiti and general ruin that's sometimes over there. Like we would get off the train and he would wanna pee and he would see that it would cost 2 dollars. :0

- His parents are kinda over protective, I don't know how they would react to just me and him going there without my parents.

- The price of a ticket there is CRAZY. I looked around and I saw anything from 1100-1800 $!! I would say he's an upper class kid, but for a trip that seems crazy.

-Culture shock for him. I wouldn't want him to get bored and want to go home.

-Food. To be honest, I'm a picky eater and I'm not really a fan of Polish food, I don't hate it, but I wouldn't pass up a piece of pizza lol. I don't know if he would hate the food there. I mean there's a burger stand there and pizza etc, just don't know...

- I'm extremly fearful of how my Polish family over there would react to an American. AWKWARD!

Here are some good reasons why we should go

- I'm finishing up my last year of school next year and then friendships kinda die off as college starts.

- He's a REALLY good friend of mine.

- Show him life over there and how different it is.

- It would be F#@%ing awesome. I live in the center of a town and theres a town square, park, indoor pool center, soccer fields, basketball hoops, etc. It would be the best summer ever.

Any thoughts on how this could work and anyone have any experience of this? I would LOVE to somehow convince his and my parents.