It's FREEZING Again
Well the warming up didn't' last! It is absolutely freezing! Today hit a high of -7 degrees I believe. Later on in the week the low reaches -24 degrees! Oh well... least I'm adjusting a little.
Today I went to the salt mines - Wieliczka. It was pretty interesting. We got to about 200 m below the surface. It was a bit too touristy actually though because it was completely set up like a museum. But it was still interesting. I took some ok pictures - it was pretty dark though so they didn't turn out great. Below are the photos - just a select few! I hope it gives you an idea of what it's like. In the mines, there are many chapels built all out of salt. We visited three of them and one of them is magnificent! I can't believe that it is all salt. It looks like marble sometimes - the floors really do in the tunnels. On the second level down there is also a cafe type thing and a ball room - which used to be used to play sports too. There are so many sculptures of famous people that have visited it as well - they are all salt!
After the salt mines, we returned home for a few hours before heading to Some Place Else (a pub in the famous five star Sheraton - our second favorite pub) to watch the Carling Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool. Liverpool were so close to winning but lost it right at the end.
But now I'm home and going to relax before classes begin again tomorrow. Mondays are my most busy day so I should sleep early tonight! This is what I think my schedule will look like:
Mondays: 9:00 - 11:00 Comparative Gender
12:15 - 13:45 Polish Classes on the other side of town
14:30 - 16:00 Comparative Social Stratification (back in the first building)
Tuesdays: 8:00 - 10:00 Poland and the EU
Wednesdays: 12:15 - 13:45 Polish Classes
Thursdays: 17:45 - 18:15 Modernity, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe
Not so bad! But it will be busy. Hopefully it won't be too hard to find resources. Books will be hard. But we'll see what happens!
Planning to go to Oświęcimiu this week - most commonly known as Auschwitz. Maybe Thursday or Friday. Will tell you about that later - after a lot of thinking I'm sure. Problem is it is going to be extra freezing so we'll see I'm sure.
Enjoy the pictures!
Today I went to the salt mines - Wieliczka. It was pretty interesting. We got to about 200 m below the surface. It was a bit too touristy actually though because it was completely set up like a museum. But it was still interesting. I took some ok pictures - it was pretty dark though so they didn't turn out great. Below are the photos - just a select few! I hope it gives you an idea of what it's like. In the mines, there are many chapels built all out of salt. We visited three of them and one of them is magnificent! I can't believe that it is all salt. It looks like marble sometimes - the floors really do in the tunnels. On the second level down there is also a cafe type thing and a ball room - which used to be used to play sports too. There are so many sculptures of famous people that have visited it as well - they are all salt!
After the salt mines, we returned home for a few hours before heading to Some Place Else (a pub in the famous five star Sheraton - our second favorite pub) to watch the Carling Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool. Liverpool were so close to winning but lost it right at the end.
But now I'm home and going to relax before classes begin again tomorrow. Mondays are my most busy day so I should sleep early tonight! This is what I think my schedule will look like:
Mondays: 9:00 - 11:00 Comparative Gender
12:15 - 13:45 Polish Classes on the other side of town
14:30 - 16:00 Comparative Social Stratification (back in the first building)
Tuesdays: 8:00 - 10:00 Poland and the EU
Wednesdays: 12:15 - 13:45 Polish Classes
Thursdays: 17:45 - 18:15 Modernity, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe
Not so bad! But it will be busy. Hopefully it won't be too hard to find resources. Books will be hard. But we'll see what happens!
Planning to go to Oświęcimiu this week - most commonly known as Auschwitz. Maybe Thursday or Friday. Will tell you about that later - after a lot of thinking I'm sure. Problem is it is going to be extra freezing so we'll see I'm sure.
Enjoy the pictures!
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