Tuesday, August 26, 2008

summertime

Everyone loves summer, don't they? Sun, beach, sea, lake, rest, trips, abandoning office and work. Summertime. My summertime started last year in June and lasted (with some minor disruptions) until 23 June (2008) - the time of the year when according to astronomy the summer actually starts. My summer ended for me when it started for the others. C'est la vie! Life wasn't a movie anymore. Luckily, with some minor exceptions.

The first one was the night I had in Sopot (mentioned here). I had a blast partying with some foreigners in a cool city, in a cool club with great music (1980s:). I felt awesome as if I was back in the Kingdom.

The second time was the weekend trip to Warsaw. I discovered the city, met my friends, drank some liquor, partied, hanged out in the picturesque or dirtily urban parts of the capital. I didn't expect so much from such a short period of time in one place. It also gave me a lot of thoughts (read here). That was an enlightening experience.

The third time was last weekend. I went with my friend Ludwika to the south of Poland. We went to my grandma and instead of going by train, bus or any other civilized mean of transportation we decided for hitch-hiking. That and the whole visit at my family's were one of the most hilarious and funny few days of my life. Ludwika and I have extremely ridiculous and grotesque sense of humor. I have never laughed so much before. And we laughed because of really stupid and crazy things. Millions of inside jocks. You would never understand it even if you perfectly spoke Polish and were with us. It's just us.

All that and a few other smaller stories made my summertime relatively nicer than I had expected upon arrival in Poland (in between of the days of boredom and frustration). My friend Tosia patiently waited until the day that I said I liked Poland. It was yesterday that I said that. Maybe because of the fact that I had these nice moments or because I am leaving this country in 2 days. I admit that it was very hard for me at the beginning of my stay here. It was awful. Although I keep thinking about the Kingdom every day (until today), there is no more sorrow and pain now as it used to be at the beginning.

The new movie is about to start. And it's summertime again! yaaay!

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