London

London stage is also coming to an end and tomorrow I will be heading for Hatfield. It hasn't been so much time here in London, roughly four weeks, but it is enough to feel a little bit sad when talking about saying goodbye to all the people I met over this last month.

Royal Albert Hall

It all started 1st September, all the newbies were gathered together to take a level test. With some spare time between events, we got to meet each other. So the guided tour around greenwich was a great excuse to make new friends. The first week was to get used to the city and often after lessons Matias, Marco, Paula and me hooked up to go anywhere, one day to picadilly circus another to hyde park... Lessons took place in the morning and I've got to say that I really enjoyed them, everyday something different to do, a lot of speaking among classmates, movies... Personally, I think that we learnt really useful vocabulary and expressions and that is exactly what I was looking for. Because reviewing grammar is so boring... Really grateful to James, that bloke playing the teacher role :) He is good, yeah he is, he taught us really useful things as "Hey cunt, what the hell are you doing? stop fucking with the computer or you will fuck it" haha honestly, nice guy who you can talk about many different things from movies to psychology. Thanks also for letting on some of Darren Brown tricks XD.

Classmates and James (in green)

However most of people from the course lived in the student' residence so it was hard for me to hang out with them during the evening and consequently I missed some opportunities to know them better. Leaving in Plumstead entails at least one hour to go anywhere and when going out for party it is impossible to come back home without taking three different nightbuses, nonetheless the host family has been great. Michael and Lily are the happy couple who hosted me this month, always with a smile on their faces they can tell you many different stories about their former guests, and since they have been doing this for 17 years, you can be listening to them for a while.

So as you might guess, nightlife wasn't the main point in my new life, unlike Krakow's one. I really enjoyed the few times I did though, and in all of them I couldn't arrive before the sunrise :) which comes to support that.

Constance, Paula, Pawel, Michal's brother, Marco, Michal

Talking about London... wow what to say... so huge, so many people, so many things to do each day. I really think you can spend here as much time as you want because it has neverending resources. This city will take you breath away with its incredible museums, its busy streets, bustling nightlife... It is a multicultural city where you can meet people from everywhere, don't be surprised if you hear people talking in Spanish, Italian, Swedish... every single nationality is in London without any doubt this is an international city. It is very well communicated and the public transport works wonderfully. Everything can be found here from music to famous people and if you have enough money you can enjoy going to the theatre, musicals or cinema. However all that glitters is not gold and personally I think that the city is too big and you will notice how much time is wasted on public trasport. Not to mention the cost of living... so high...

Marble arch

I won't forget Paula and the many afternoons we spent together, including Harrod's :). Pawel and our first night with viborowa haha wandering around Greenwich, so cool. Matias always rollin' up cigarettes. Zsolt leading us through the streets of London, the hungary guy who has never drunk Palinka. Marco, (but.. weren't you one of the beatles?) the spanish-english dictionary and Constance, the first french girl I've met who doesn't have french accent when talking in english ;)

Last night together...

It has been a pleasure to have spent with all of you, breaks, meals, walks around london and surroundings, shopping times, parties, chats, drinks, movies, "old songs :P"... I hope each of you will achieve your goals and I'd like to meet you elsewhere in the future.

Charming Barcelona

Hi again!!!

mmm I know I should have written earlier about the Asia trip and many other things which occurred this last summer, BUT i promise to update the blog asap. So as you might think i won't talk about last summer events but about this last weekend in Barcelona. Superb would be the most suitable word for the time spent in Cataluña.

Sagrada Familia

It all started last thursday when I got on the plane around 18.30. Not without having some problems... as I am sometimes so absentminded I didn't check in the departure board my flight but one of the flights going to barcelona, hence, when I noticed, I found myself in just the opposite gate I should be at. When I realized I was scared and nervous at the same time and I ran towards the stewardess shouting and begging for a solution, eventually one kind old man came to pick me up and took me to the right gate, fortunately on time!!.

Due to ryanair policy i arrived in Girona instead and consequently the trip entails one hour and a half more. Well, at that point i didn't mind, i just wanted to arrive as soon as possible at Olga's. Tired and exhausted after the long tripping day I arrived in Olga's and Kama's street around 23.30 but I was looking forward to discovering how Olga would react to my unexpected visit. Kamila, to whom i am really grateful for not having let on the secret, picked me out in the street and brought me home. It was so funny to see Olga's shocked face haha.

One park there in Barcelona

It must be said that the weather there was amazing over the weekend, so on friday we got to go the beach and we enjoy rambling around the shore. At dusk we headed for Plaza Cataluña cos Olga and Kama were supposed to meet there their teacher. After their meeting they came back home and we all had a dinner together before going out and experience Barcelona's nightlife. The dinner was some kind of basic stuff, Tortilla de patata and ham and cheese sandwich but my hosts: Kamila, Olga and Bartek seemed to like it, so I did. Later on we hooked up some erasmus friends by the port and we chatted there for a while, it is fun to hear people talking in spanish when they are not so fluent :), suppose it's like me in another language. Afterwards we just plunged into Barcelona's bursting nightlife.

Olga in the same park

Following days were also fantastic, going sightseeing in the morning and early afternoon and heading for some fun in the evening. I can write what I did exactly but it could be quite boring, so I will upload some pictures of the places I visited.

In the same park :)

On sunday, we met Pelayo and his girlfriend, it had been a long time since the last time we had met, I guess it was in Krakow back in the last January. We hooked up by the sea and we had some drinks in a bar. Talking about everything, what we did, what we will do... time passed quickly and we had to say good bye to each other. At that point my stay in Barcelona was coming to an end and on monday morning I left to London again.

Parc del Laberint

After my visit to Barcelona I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand Barcelona is marvelous, nice place with awesome buildings, not as huge as a big city but with all the leisure activities you're looking for, enviable weather, sea... I mean, it is a really nice place to live in. However I had the bizarre feeling that you are a foreigner in your own country and it is at least sad. Anyway I spent a superb weekend there in Barcelona and I'd like to return again.