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Celina and I came back from Poland a couple of days ago, and we had a great time. Unfortunately, I don’t speak any polish whatsoever except for “turn left” and “turn right” thanks to Celina’s polish GPS. Talk about useless skills. In any case, it sure is one hell of a language, I tell you that much. If you think German is crazy difficult to learn (and I always thought it was), Polish is a whole different ball park. Anyone who can master a foreign language that contains words with seven or more consecutive consonants is a fucking genius in my book.

There’s three things I’ve learned in Poland. One: as odd as it may sound, you can’t actually translate words into Polish simply by appending ‘-ski’ to them. Second, polish people apparently like their drinks luke warm, no matter how hot the weather may be (although I did see a few guys throw ice cubes in their beer…). And third, don’t let a zebra crossing fool you into actually crossing the road, that’s just plain suicidal. Those markings are merely a suggestion to the drivers as in “it’d be nice if you didn’t kill too many pedestrians here if it’s not too much of an inconvenience for you”. I frankly have no idea what the hell these things are for, it’s just convenient way to weed out tourists for all I know.

In other news, I’ve started looking for a job. Since I’m not bound to any particular city (or even country) there are plenty of opportunities. Of course, actually finding something is a whole different story. Wish me luck :)