What I did yesterday…

First of all, I put this post in “Trips” because I’ve realized that even if I was still in Łódź, it was actually outside the city somehow.

The Western part of the city is actually cut off from the main city. There are lots of busses and all, but they have been “enlighted” themselves even before the revolution. That the living should be done somewhat outside the city, since there’s no gain to be 5 minutes away from your work, but live in a noisy environment. We (Romanians) haven’t understood that! Nor did we understand a simple fact - that many things nowadays can be solved just by sitting on your computer, in your home!!! And we are supposed to be good IT people… aycks!

Second trip to Krakow

First trip to Krakow

Shy patient

Gosia (my friend from Krakow) :

on today’s test we had a breast made of silicon that lied on the table….the thing is that we needed to treat it like a patient…so i had to introduce myself and than talk explaining what i’m going to do

was wierd to say “good morning madam…i’m a medical student…bla bla…may i examin you?”

q: was there someone answering you???

i was really afraid that i will start laughing
it was a very silent and probably shy patient

Complicated - please help!

It has to do with my departure from Łódź, Poland! Yes, it is weird to think about departure already, after just one month here, but… it is just how things go. May 20 - I finish with all my exams here, at WSHE. May 20, 13:25 - Catch a flight from Warsaw to Amman, Jordan. I’ll be there for 4 days, until May 25 This is where the split/confusion comes in: 1st option

May 25, 12:25 - Return to Warsaw, Poland and then Łódź and stay for another week in Poland… End of May - Return to Bucharest somehow (train and/or flight) from Łódź or Krakow

LATER EDIT a. After Xavier mentioned this option, I remembered that I haven’t look at connection from Budapest to Bucharest (I already knew that there’s one Warsaw - Budapest). And this is actually the best alternative to get to Romania for the option of getting back to Poland, from Amman. Taking a low-cost flight Warsaw - Budapest 13.15 - 14.25, then Budapest - Bucharest 20.00 - 22.15. About 60 euros in total. b. Stay in Krakow and then take a train to Budapest (crazy… it takes 11 hours) and then the low-cost flight to Bucharest. c. Stay in Krakow and then take a direct train (24 hours) to Bucharest.

Deal with some exams at my home university

2nd option

May 25, 9:45 - Land in Bucharest, Romania

Deal with some exams at my home university

Come on!!! Anyone… just help me with this! Any thought is highly appreciated - just add a comment!

EVEN LATER EDIT

Response from the Travel Agency:

Ticket fare, incl taxes: SEK4274 for sector Warsaw-Istanbul-Amman ( only
normal fare available)
and SEK2780 for sector Amman-Istanbul-Bucharest (low fare economy class)

[...]

A round trip ticket by Turkish airlines Warsaw-Amman would cost SEK6689,
due to lack of availibilty in cheaper class

Conclusion: 2nd option wins!!!! Thanks to all of you!

PS: It may be that I will return to Poland to have my summer here, so it looks good! =)

Saying - Krakow

“A picture is worth a 1000 words!”

Preview of future Krakow-posts

“bye Good time”

(Grand)mothers

=) (Grand)mothers in Poland have the same Russian/Slavic attitude!

You are studying or just listen to some music… then… knock-knock… “Here! Some fruits… a cake…” Remember? It happens here as well.

And I guess we all had problems because we got so much food when we’re away, at studies, in other town!

And not just cooked food, maybe some dishes that you cannot cook yourself or something. But also bread, fruits, butter. Things that you can get at every supermarket.

Not only this, but in quite large quantities. I just cannot help to remind myself how things were in Cluj, when I was going to the train station and get the package with food that my mom was sending from 700 km away =)

 

Poland Mess (engers) II

Since I’ve visited Krakow (the true Poland) the posts with weird things in Poland are only in Radości, and not in Smutki category =)

Anyway… I’ve been posting a while ago about Polish Messengers, and I was under the impression that they work exactly like MSN/Yahoo!, but check out this: they actually work more like ICQ (everybody has a specific number).

This actually means that it is easier to forget your number, and without it you cannot log in. In that case you call a friend and ask him/her to look in the messenger list for your number. Why?! Because the users don’t actually put in their real names, so it’s impossible to search by name for your number! ;)

Then if you loose your password - bugger! No way to retrieve it in your E-mail address! And you create another account, another number…

Away from Polish Messengers, hmm… you know Hansel and Gretel, right? It’s called Hansel och Gretel in Swedish, Hansel e Gretel in Italian, Hansel und Gretel in German, Hansel et Gretel in French, and of course… Hansel şi Gretel in Romanian. IN POLISH: Jaś i Małgosia.

It is probably a tiny thing, and it really is… but look at the photo. Just as a final markup. A bicycle lane, with a pedestrian crossing on it… towards… the green grass?! =)

Musical background: Urma - This time

Excuses and near future plans

Since Rux caught my attention by saying that she’s getting bored by looking here and seeing no new post… I can reply in my way:

I was just too busy… and Krakow is too lovely, and to calm… so I’ve been sleeping and staying away from the computer (not very true, but I was simply helping a friend :p ).

Or I can reply in your own way, Rux:

pentru cand nu ai timp de o bere cu prietenii (da, Doamne, sa am cat mai putin timp pentru blog :P)

for when you don’t have time to drink a beer with friends (God, please make it so I have as little time for the blog as possible :P )

=)

FUTURE PLANS: Look at the photo. First bottle of Romanian wine found in Poland (they also had some Prahova Valley, but we all know that that’s not the true wine ;) ). It is also sweet Cotnari, but hey… what the hell? It is a good start! Cheers!

Gosia

“There is no other place worse thand Lodz!”

Same thing was heard in Wrocław!