The End of Wro

Hello my darlings!

Here we go.

My last two days in Wro were nothing short of spectacular. I spent them with my two very best gal pals and our honorary guests.

We more or less moved into our new home Helios. What's Helios? Helios is the god of movie theaters I've visited thus far, and it's going to be tough to beat (theater that beats Helios? The one that will host the premiere of the first movie I have a role in).

Helios is first and foremost a cinema.

Helios has four swings by the entrance, yes, SWINGS. So when you're waiting for friends you can swing [and sing and try not to hit furniture and innocent bystanders]. As you'll soon read about, this isn't the only time to use these childhood beauties.

Helios has a bistro. A GOOD bistro. And it was very inexpensive.
 We ate lunch or dinner here for the 4 days leading up to my departure. 

Helios has a cafe situated beneath the staircase. They have VERY GOOD carrot cake. I had it twice.

Helios has squishy chairs and cushions to sit/sleep on,which we did. We were just one blanket shy from making a fort right then and there.

Helios has beanbag chairs outside of the theater rooms so that while you wait....yes, you can let the bean bag chair give you a big noisy hug and pretend you're 7 again.

Helios has wifi.

Helios has Jenga and other games.

Helios has the Polish closet to Narnia and the connecting slide to Platform 9 and 3/4 for exchange students  [not confirmed, but I know it does].

Helios.

For a good 4 hours each day (Wednesday and Thursday) we hung out in Helios (and a minimun of 2 during the couple of days before). None of these hangouts included a movie.

Here's a map of what we did:

It's not to scale, and is missing some things. But it's pretty, no?

So we entered, went to the bistro, got foooooods [CHANGE PLACES!]
Went to the cafe and got pastries. Sat at those tables (on Thursday we played Jenga/ made houses out of the blocks). [CHANGE PLACES!]

Me and Unicorn Jenga

We went to the swings and swung, swung, swung!!

Because of our on going joke that Helios is our home, I placed the picture occupied picture frame I'd just received a few minutes earlier on a table near the swings, making the place even more homey ;)

Us on swings and our homey pictured picture frame :)

I hit a lady. I didn't mean to. This 50+ year lady decided to join Astrid's boyfriend and me on the swings. "Cool, a new friend," I thought. I tried to be extra careful not to bother her swing time, but I spaced out for ONE second and BOOM. I hit her. She left after two polite "oh I'm not leaving because you rammed your 21 year old butt into me" swings. I felt SO bad.

On Thursday, after packing, supper with my cousins and friends, and making a quick stop by my old dorm to say a last goodbye to my roommates, I took a Taxi back to Margot's place.

It was such a good taxi ride. Why? The entire roof was a sun-roof. So, with the classical music the taxi driver was playing and the lit up old buildings under a star filled sky I stared at, it was an awesome taxi ride.

Thumbs up taksówka. Thumbs up.

Next time on Syl's Study Adventurbroad: "Arriving in Hel. A story of Finnish angels and my "real" exchange student move in experience."

Love always,
S

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Christmas and New Year in Poland!

Hello my darlings,

Here is a quick, photo heavy, recap post of my holidays in Poland.

I spent the 20th-23rd with my grandparents (Dad's side) relaxing/ catching up on TV, and watching Polish shows while also making Christmas decorations and presents, preparing Christmas food, and singing, looottsss of singing on my part :D

On the 24th my cousin came to pick up the grandparents and me to take us back to my aunt and uncles [BIG, AWESOME, SUPER GREAT] house where we'd be spending Wigilia and Christmas.

Guest list:

My grandparents

Uncle's [SUPER AWESOME and I love her like my own] mother

Aunt

Cousin Marin and Wife Kasia and Baaabbbbbyyyy Wojtek:*

Cousin Ola

Yours truly

The night consisted of FOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDD FFFFFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDD and drinks :D

We sang Koledy which I was really excited about because before that I was awkwardly whisper-singing Christmas songs to myself

And then of course the presents!!!

I got clothes for Finland which I HAPPILY donned immediately following each unwrapping. I also got a teacup and books about Poland and Wroclaw ^_^

The rest of the night consisted of more and more food and drinking and singing. It was great. :D

On the 26th my aunt drove me and all of my bags to my other grandparents' place. We listened to Coldplay the whole way there and it was wonderful.

I arrived and was taken to the living room where there Christmas food set up on the table. So, we ate and ate and ate.

On the 30th I caught a bus to Wroclaw and was picked up from the train station by Astrid. 

Margot arrived soon after and then we went out to get food. 

(This post deals with a lot of eating)
On New Years Eve Astrid and I decorated the apartment and prepped it for the pre- city center outing dinner we were hosting.

The guests arrived and: 

Around 22:30 we left for the center to ppppaaarrrrtttaaaayyyy!!!

You weren't allowed to have glass inside the marked area so we had to finish our champagne outside the entrance, but we brought in our BeTon (Bechorovka and Tonic) with no problem ^_^

They had some ABBA cover band playing so I had a BLAST. We danced and danced and danced it was was so MAGICAL! 

At midnight the fireworks lit up the sky and "THIS" played in the background. ^_^

We left around 1:30 and went to Margot's place and chilled until 4ish and then Astrid and I went back home.


The end. :D

Love always,
S

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