Mr Seb B.Eng. MIEE (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mrseb) wrote,@ 2008-03-10 15:54:00 |
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I know! In a totally weird twist of fate, I'm posting for a second time in less than sixth months.
Shocking.
Anyway, I'm just back from Poland. Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia (The Tricity) to be more specific. Grey, dismal and mostly devoid of cheer. Despite the really gloomy outlook, I had a lot of fun. There were some great views of the Baltic, and the architecture in the restored parts of Gdansk, and Sopot, was lovely. There were some sodding huge red-brick churches, the largest I've ever seen. Oh, and lots of old, cobbled streets that the Fuhrer once trod upon, declaring his new ownership of the Tricity at the start of World War 2.
Apart from the restored parts, it was horribly grey. Almost everything had been left (or had degraded to) the original grey colour of concrete and dirty rendering. Seems they're painting the new buildings nice colours, but it just accentuates how grey the other blocks of houses and apartments are.
What really made the trip worthwhile was the food we ate and the company I kept. I stayed with a Canadian called Mike, and a German called... Schultz. Schultz was the most giggly and happy-go-lucky German I've ever met. I think he's single-handedly improved my whole opinion of the Deutschlanders. Mike liked to pretend he wasn't a sporting jock (which is what he looks like), and he succeeded a little... he is studying to be a doctor after all. But deep down, he's a bit of a jock I think. A lovely jock, but still a jock.
I met a bunch of other great characters... mostly Scandanavians, who were down in Poland studying to be doctors for some reason. An Indian, some more Canadians, a bunch of cute Polish girls (... really cute...) and even some Polish police...
I was also sick for the third time in my life, which was... er... an experience. Damn the hospitality of my hosts. Damn them! I also topped up my tinitus, as it was really getting all too quiet. Now it's just loud enough to block out the sound of my laptop's power supply -- so that's good...
There'll be some photos to follow, but probably late tonight or tomorrow. They're not that exciting, what with the country being almost devoid of colour... but I have some of the coast! And 1 or 2 of the old streets.
Other than Poland, I'm going to Prague in May, and I have another LAN in a couple of weeks. I have a new car (a cute little Mazda 3 -- electric blue -- all the better to pick up chicks with), and I'm still working way too hard, and not gaming enough.
Love,
Shocking.
Anyway, I'm just back from Poland. Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia (The Tricity) to be more specific. Grey, dismal and mostly devoid of cheer. Despite the really gloomy outlook, I had a lot of fun. There were some great views of the Baltic, and the architecture in the restored parts of Gdansk, and Sopot, was lovely. There were some sodding huge red-brick churches, the largest I've ever seen. Oh, and lots of old, cobbled streets that the Fuhrer once trod upon, declaring his new ownership of the Tricity at the start of World War 2.
Apart from the restored parts, it was horribly grey. Almost everything had been left (or had degraded to) the original grey colour of concrete and dirty rendering. Seems they're painting the new buildings nice colours, but it just accentuates how grey the other blocks of houses and apartments are.
What really made the trip worthwhile was the food we ate and the company I kept. I stayed with a Canadian called Mike, and a German called... Schultz. Schultz was the most giggly and happy-go-lucky German I've ever met. I think he's single-handedly improved my whole opinion of the Deutschlanders. Mike liked to pretend he wasn't a sporting jock (which is what he looks like), and he succeeded a little... he is studying to be a doctor after all. But deep down, he's a bit of a jock I think. A lovely jock, but still a jock.
I met a bunch of other great characters... mostly Scandanavians, who were down in Poland studying to be doctors for some reason. An Indian, some more Canadians, a bunch of cute Polish girls (... really cute...) and even some Polish police...
I was also sick for the third time in my life, which was... er... an experience. Damn the hospitality of my hosts. Damn them! I also topped up my tinitus, as it was really getting all too quiet. Now it's just loud enough to block out the sound of my laptop's power supply -- so that's good...
There'll be some photos to follow, but probably late tonight or tomorrow. They're not that exciting, what with the country being almost devoid of colour... but I have some of the coast! And 1 or 2 of the old streets.
Other than Poland, I'm going to Prague in May, and I have another LAN in a couple of weeks. I have a new car (a cute little Mazda 3 -- electric blue -- all the better to pick up chicks with), and I'm still working way too hard, and not gaming enough.
Love,
