Firstly my apologies for the delay in compositing this first blog of the year. It has been a very busy time since I returned on the second of January (such a short Christmas holiday!) and have mostly been preparing for and sitting the end of Semester 1 exams and writing write on my course topics – I guess this is the downside of being a student. However I am pleased to say that the exams went ok although I’m still waiting on a few results but the good news and big relief is that I have passed the ones that I found the hardest.
I now have time to tidy up my flat and to write again as things have slowed down here as all the students who came over for just the first semester have left and the new students who will join the University and courses for the second semester have yet to arrive. I think that they should be here in a few days time, so I hope that normal student life of daytime studying and nighttime parties will resume asap. As its semester break the city has become very quiet, a lot of my Polish friends have taken this opportunity to go on holiday or visit family, unfortunately leaving me all alone in my now clean apartment! So I have to say that the past weeks have been quite boring for me - I hope that its the quiet before the storm. Having said all of that it has been quite nice to explore the city on my own, mainly by trying different routes to run which I’ve been doing every other day, until last Friday that is when I’ve done something to my ankle so I’m going to take a few days off. Other than that I’ve caught up with some TV shows I had missed during the exam period and carried on teaching myself guitar - although I’m still pretty rubbish at it.
It’s slowly getting warmer here but not to the same extent as I have heard back home; a few weeks ago it was very cold and the wind made it even worse and very unpleasant even when running. As most days are now above zero it’s nice to think that Spring is just around the corner, although I have to say that when out running I do still feel like the only person in the city in shorts and t-shirt being watched by people in fur coats, hats, scarves and gloves! I think that the warmer weather will also be good for the evenings as there are a number of eating and drinking places which will be great to visit and sample their offerings – purely in the interests of UK-Polish economic research you understand!
Whilst it’s quiet I plan to visit the Russian market at some point this week, so I will have information on that for my next blog, plus all the news of the new people about to join us in Warsaw.
I am looking forward to Easter as I have some flights booked to return home for the weekend - just from Good Friday till Easter Monday.
Well I guess that’s about all from me so until the next one - Cheers Alex
12 February 2008
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