Facundo around the world

Changes in my life

2011-12-16T05:18:00.000-08:00

Changes, changes and more changes... Everything is changing around me and I didn't even have time to write a new post in my blog!

Too many things happened since February, my last post, but let's sumarize that I'm again in Córdoba. Life is unpredictable and you never know what it is going to happen.

It's a new step in my life and I hope and think that everything will be ok.

I made a new friend

Or let's say that someone left him abandoned next to my door with the note you can see below...

I don't think he is my son... do you see any similarity??? The black of our eyes, maybe!

Well, I think that soon I will have more trips to talk about, so... See you soon!

Sweet Home Wroclaw

2011-02-11T06:47:00.000-08:00

Today I would like to show you my new home. It's a big apartment with one room, one kitchen and one bathroom.

It's in Jednosci Narodowe, one big and long street that goes from Rynek to the North of the city and it's full of people, cars and trams (actually I have 5 tram lines next to my flat). I can go wherever I want in the city: both big shopping centers (Galeria Dominikańska and Pasaż Grunwaldzki), Rynek (city center), PKP and PKS (trains and buses) and the South-West of the city. The street is full of shops and I have 3 supermarkets next to the flat, one of them, Biedronka, is the cheapest supermarket ever! And I live just 400 metres from the island of "botellones" so this spring is gonna be legen... wait for it... dary!

My room-mate is really really really... fea, but I love her and we get on well... sometimes. Anyway I think it's gonna be easy to share the flat with her. She also loves the flat, or at least it is what she said... We will see in future if she can stand my farting mode. Haha!

There is only one thing I don't like from the flat... The cooker is a ceramic one, but it is not a big problem, just a big waste of energy and money :P you know how ecologic I am, right?

As always, I am showing here a couples of photos from the flat, but you can see more in photos section.

Regards!

Sunset in Wroclaw

2011-01-29T09:17:00.000-08:00

There is one thing I will never forget about Wroclaw... its sunset. It is really nice walking on the streets of Wroclaw when the sun is falling, and it is really difficult to find a day in which you can see the sun, at least in winter. So these days are really special. Aga told me to walk today while she was working, at the beggining I didn't think it was a good idea, but then I thought I had never to do at home and at least I could take some pictures and update my blog. And here there are a couple of them, the others are in the Photos section. I hope you enjoy them :)

Beggining of a new life

2011-01-23T13:06:00.000-08:00

Here again, after a big big big big break! haha. How are you? I hope you didn't lose the hope of watching a new post in my blog. And these one is to say that I am in Wroclaw again, yesssss... again! I finished my studies of technics for killing bullfighter in the Osborne University and I decided to look for a good job in the city in which I have so many good memories...

My first step was to contact Aga, that girl from Wroclaw that was so nice to me... And now I'm living in her flat while I'm looking for a nice flat for me... it's not easy to find a nice one... they are always shared bedrooms and you know I need a room only for me to be naked whenever I want... haha.

Well, this is just the beggining. From now I will put more posts to let fans know how I am and where I am. My first photo is the one I took from the house in which Agapita is living now. I took the photo, eh? Don't think it was taken from Internet or something like this... ;)

Dwarves (II) -

2010-06-14T10:53:00.000-07:00

Blacksmith (11)

Place: Kuźnicza Street, in the corner of Rynek (next to the Kruk jeweller's shop)
Story: Jewellery holds no secrets for this nano-jeweller. The Blacksmith specializes in gilded harnesses for gnats, and in rings for the dwarfs, on which he puts his own signature: two crossed hammers under a conical hat.

Gourmet (19)

Place: Rynek, in front of Pizza Hut
Story: Whenever the Gourmet has some spare time - he eats. He eats also when he is busy, because he finds it easier to focus when his mandible makes rhytmical moves. And then he lays. On his back. He does not lay on his stomach, because he responds badly to sway.

Theatrical Dwarf (20)

Place: 12 Rzeźnicza Street, entrance to the Współczesny Theater.
Story: "Life is no theatre!" - yells this dwarf, trying to block entry to the Współczesny Theater. Unfortunately, meagre height of this member of the Front of Struggle for Reality makes his actions go unnoticed. Some dwarfs say that doing so he renounces his fairy-tale heritage, but it can be just a kind of performance...

Dwarves (I) - The Uneducated, Music Lover and Busker

2010-06-13T13:02:00.001-07:00

One of the things that impressed me when I arrived to Wrocław was that the city is completely full of dwarves! The meaning is really interesting and full of history:

In the 1980s, Wrocław was one of the centers of political resistance in Poland. The city became famous throughout the country by the "rebellion of the dwarfs." Since 1983, the walls of some houses were painted with dwarfs. State power was puzzled and did not know how to react to harmless figures. The graffiti were banned, and often dwarfs appeared on the paintings in which police covered anti-regime slogans.
The author of these paintings was Waldemar Fydrych, artist and founder of the movement of opposition to communism "Orange Alternative." Wrocław, whose symbol was a dwarf. In remembrance and tribute to that movement, Wrocław's geography is splashed with those tiny monuments.

It is a romantic and exciting way to know the city. But I have to say that is very difficult! Anyway, I will try to help you with a compilation of all official and unofficial dwarves I have known and with whom I shared great moments :)

These are the first three dwarves:

The Uneducated (18)

Place: Wyspiańskiego street, Wrocław University of Technology. Building C-13 (the building with holes)
Story: "Don't rush with eduaction, don't hurry with studies" - This student maxim appealed to the uneducated, who, instead of learning, prefers to spend a lot of time staring at the girls, as everybody knows, tge Wroclaw University of Techonology is famous for.

Music Lover (14) and Busker (13)

Place: Oławska street, in front of wedding dressers shop.
Story of Busker: If truth be told, most dwarfs have doubts about the quality of the Busker's talent, but they still can appreciate some positive aspects of his musical activity. Since when he has appeared, there seems to be less pigeons around...
Story of Music Lover: The biggest (and probably the only) fan of the Busker's work. As befits a dwarf, he experiences the music quietly and with dignity, though sometimes he awfully wants to start screaming and spinning his jacket over his head...

Silesia (Jawor, Swidnica, Lubin, Wojanów and łomnica)

2010-06-06T07:31:00.000-07:00

This trip was not too far away, it was in Silesia. But not because of that it was less amazing! I went with Aga (Agapita for friends). She is short but she is a really good person. She invited me to her place, Lubin, and there I could meet her parents. They received me with a big bucket of water and hay. They were really warm with me, despite not understanding neither English nor Spanish... but her father could even say some Spanish words to me :) it was great! Aga and me went to the shopping center to eat something... it's incredible that a city with a population of 77.000 inhabitants can have a shopping center bigger than those we have i

n Cordoba... it was really nice! And Aga told me it's the biggest round shopping center in Europe.

That night I slept in a comfortable stable with all luxury I always wanted. Although Aga told me about doing spiritualism and I was really scared... I thought I was going to be sacrified!!!

In the morning we took the car and I met Aga's granparents. After this moment of shame, we took the car again. I was really excited because I like being on a car! And this car was different, it was a gas one!

Palaces in Wojanów and łomnica

We visited some beautiful places of Silesia. Firstly we visit two palaces (the big one in Wojanów and the small one łomnica). The first one was really nice! Now it's a hotel, but we could walk around it on its garden.

Despite of the advertisment of not take shit on the grass, I couldn't resist and I had to do it... I'm sorry!

The second palace was smaller but still bigger than my house in Cordoba...

After a really interesting video that I couldn't understand because it was in Polish, we went to it something and then we went to other nice place! It was nice because Aga was taking care of me all time and translating all I wanted to say or her parents wanted to say to me!

Two Peace Churches

They are in Swidnica and Jawor. The special feature of these churches is that the frame is made only of wood. They are really nice and they are UNESCO World Heritage. I could enter to one of them. Unfortunately I couldn't take any picture inside, but I took two of them from Internet to show it to you :) At least I have some photos from outside :)

I could notice why they are called peace churches because it was a really nice place... so quiet... I could pasture for a long time without being disturb while Aga and her mother were talking (I don't remember where her father was...)

It was really nice because Aga's mum was taking care of me during all the trip... I was so comfortable in her bag... She was really kind to me :)

Finally we came back to Lubin and Aga and me took a train in the way to Wrocław

Facundo in Kiev

2010-05-10T10:09:00.000-07:00

GUAUUUUUU!!!!! Incredible trip to Kiev with the best trip-mates! Firstly I have to say that Kiev is a really good city, it has lot of monuments to see! You can be on the street just sitting on a bench and you will see real monuments passing by your side... hahaha! Just kidding, but it's true...
Ok, let's talk about Kiev. I was adviced to be careful with police because they are very corrupts... I have to say that it's true... well... We were victims of two policemen... We were crossing a street when policemen caught them without passport (not very intelligent... I know) and they took us to the police station (or something like this because it was smaller than a living room). David was the first one to enter in the room with the policemen and they starting to ask him about his nationality, what he was doing there, if he had drugs and so on... Meanwhile, we were outside wondering if David would come back. He saw the jail, because policemen showed him it but finally he came back and he realized that he had 10€ less in his wallet... After all of us entered, we were said that we were going to spend the night in the jail (partyyy) unless they paid 10€ each one... so we paid 10€ each one and we left the police station without more problems... But after this, we ran away from policemen each time we showed them... haha!
Before this, we were eating at McDonalds when two Ukranian girls arrive and starting to ask us things (firstly in russian...). There were a misunderstood and after it, one of them with sensual voice said to Albert: "beautiful liar... ;) " hahaha. It was really funny!

Kiev is a really good city... it's different to all other I have been in because of the religion. Mostly of the people are orthodox, so the churches are really different, with lot of gold and so on... nice nice! We were in "Motherland", a really huge statue of a woman with a shield and a sword. It was spectacular!

We got to Motherland thanks to a very freak guy that we met in the middle of the street. He told us to go to "Motherland", the trip on foot would be only 40 minutes... yes... 40 minutes and 2 hours more!!! '¬¬ We met him later to have some beers and we asked him about party... he said that he doesn't like party and he doesn't know anything about it... arg!!! And then he said that on 9th May there would be a military parade with tanks and planes at 12pm... error! it was at 10am!!! Thank you Pablo!!!! We will kill you if we meet you again ;)

I can recommend Kiev to all of you ;) and it's really cheap!!! At least eating (a menu was less than 5€). The party is not as cheap as you can imagine (6-15€ only for entering in the club), but I can recommend you to go to Forsage. Don't worry, take a taxi, they are cheap; but firstly haggling them a little ;)

Now I will put the information about the trip :)

Wroclaw - Hostel in Kiev

Wroclaw - Katowice Railway Station: Train at 15:40 till 18:20. 4-5€
Katowice Railway Station - Airport of Katowice: bus (5€) at 18:30 till 19:20
Katowice - Kiev: Wizzair flight at 20:50 till 23:25 (change of hour +1)
Kiev Airport - Center of Kiev: you would arrive at 00:30. 15-20€/taxi
Hostel in Kiev: 12€ per night (it was really nice)

Hostel in Kiev - Wroclaw

Hostel in Kiev - Kiev Airport: Taxi at 17:00 for 20€
Kiev - Katowice: Wizzair flight at 19:40 till 20:20 (change of hour -1)
Katovice Airport - Katowice Railway Station: Taxi - 40 minutes. 5€
Katowice Railway station - Wroclaw: Train at 21:30 - 00:21. 4-5€

T-16

2010-03-09T07:00:00.000-08:00

I think it's time to talk about the dormitory... How can I start? ... At the beggining, when you enter in the dormitory it seems like it's little bit old but it's not as shit as you thought... it's bigger shit... haha. No, I'm kidding, the first impression is not good but then you get used to it.

The distribution of the rooms is not so good, but... it's a perfect way to make friends :) some of them really nice!

Ok, the first you see when you enter in the hall (T-16) it's the reception. There is only one good and likeable receptionist (on the photo).
The others are fucking horrible... one of them has lot of make up on her face (she's called Margarete Astor by students), another can talk to you because she don't want to... it's like talking to a wall... and more, and more...

There are a commun zone for playing pool, futbolín and ping pong or watching TV, making parties... There is also a small shop with some food and water (important if you don't believe in tap water... I have to say that I have drunk tap water since I arrived to Wroclaw and I'm still alive... haha).

For entering to the rooms you have to pass a checkpoint. It's easy not to pass this control because lot of people are always coming in and going out so... don't worry about it...

After taken the lift...

...you will arrive to our floor (6th floor). There are two principal corridors (no... they aren't and two doors for each module (10 modules, 20 doors).

Each module is a compound of 2 double rooms and 2 triple rooms (that makes a total of 10 people per module) and each module has a common bathroom (if it can be called bathroom, haha). From the beggining I thought it would be a problem but then I realized that it's as bad

The rooms are enough for 3 people (more or less), so that's not a problem ;) I live in the shelves that appear on the right photo. On the left photo Rafa appears, he was my room-mate but now we have another: Dominika. The person who kidnaps me... but don't worry, now we are friends :)

The common rooms that each floor has are:

Laundry: two wachine machines for 100 people... it could seem it's not enough but the real problem is selecting the hours. The last day of each month a list with the available hours is put in the door of one room (in our case 601, before it was 622) and people have to go there to fill in the hours they want to use the laundry...

Kitchen: two burners, two kitchen sink and a table for 100 people... No comments... hahaha

Garbage dump: an image is more valuable than words...

Trip through the Baltic countries

2010-02-20T02:17:00.000-08:00

Wow!!! I arrived two days ago from a big trip through the Baltic countries! It was really good! :)

Warszawa: Varsovia in Spanish, Warsaw in English, it was our first destination. I spent one day with Albert, Nacho, Carmen and Dawidek. Ileana was also there for the weekend. We saw a lot of things from the city. It's not as ugly as people say. We also went to a Second World War museum and it was really good :) This is the Palace of the Water, but... as you can see, it could be called the Palace of the Ice... hahaha

Vilnius: after a night on a bus (8 hours), we arrived to the hostel and the receptionist was a Californian guy (40 years) with long hair and as thinner as a noodle. There was also a old man that was similar to Jack the Ripper... completely scaring!!! haha. We met Martynas and Aurimas, the lithuanias guys that were in Wroclaw on Erasmus. We ate Zeppelinas (or something like this), a lithuanian food. It was nice! Then we went to Martynas' house to get drunk... haha. We drank 10 shots of wódka I think and then we went to a party, I really enjoyed it! It was full of people and it was on Tuesday :) great!

Riga: I think the best parties were there... very abstract nights... haha. The city is good, not as beautiful as others I have been but it's ok. But at night... wow!!! Albert, Nacho, David, Carmen and me decided to go to a Folk-Pub. There were young people dancing (or learning how to dance) folk music. It was nice. Then Albert, David and me went to partying a little :P haha. I think it's better not to explain what happened, if you want to know, ask David about the night... haha. I don't know why but the Musicians of Bremen were there... but I was on the top! haha

Tallinn: I think it's the best city I have been in this trip. Really beautiful city and I think in winter is really nice... because the sea is frozen and you can walk on it!!! Well... maybe Nacho don't think the same because he put one of his feet into the sea... hahaha. Poor... he had to go to the hostel because his foot was almost frozen :P the views of the city were incredible. Maybe the party wasn't as good as we think but... it's also good :) It was so fucking cold that I had to make a fire to warm myself...

Helsinki: don't go to Helsinki please!!! haha. It's fucking expensive (only sleeping costed us 60€ each one!!!) and it is not a beautiful city... There's no parties on week-days and it was fucking cold!!! -12ºC mixed with winter and humidity... Now I understand why there are so many Finish people that commit suicide... hahaha. The best of Helsinki: seeing Albert completely wasted (he is really funny... like a child...) and using the snowed stairs of the cathedral for throwing ourselves down. This is the cathedral, in the Helsinki guide it is written that this is the most known building in Finland.

Gdansk: I think we didn't have enough time to enjoy the city. It's a city next to the sea and people go there on Summer to enjoy the beaches (not bitches, haha), so I think it could be better on Spring-Summer. There is a music festival called Open-er festival near Gdansk (in Gdynia) and I think I'm going there this summer :) The river was frozen, like in all the cities I think of Poland. haha

PLANNING OF THE TRIP (for helping you if you wanna go there)

Warszawa (2 nights in Nathan's Villa hostel - It's good)
Bus from Warszawa to Vilnius at 23:00 -> 07:50 (there's a change of hour, 23€)
Vilnius (1 night in a Hihostel Hostel - It is worth it only for looking Jack the Ripper, haha)
Bus from Vilnius to Riga at 16:30 -> 20:30 (Eurolines Baltic, 17.40€)
Riga (2 nights in Riga hostel - It's a very good hostel)
Bus from Riga to Tallinn at 15:30 -> 20:00 (Eurolines Baltic, 15.30€)
Tallinn (3 nights in Frank's Backpackers -> Perfect and very cheap (5€)!)
Ship from Tallinn to Helsinki (Viking line, 22€)
Helsinki (2 nights in a hostel near the harbour --> Very expensive!!! 28€!!!)
Train from Helsinki to Turku, to take the plane (Intercity2, 22€)
Flight from Turku to Gdansk (Wizzair, 15€)
Gdansk (1 night in Old Town hostel, it's normal)
Train from Gdansk to Wroclaw (Intercity1, 15€)

To my Chinese friend

2010-01-31T08:42:00.000-08:00

This is not a funny post as always. This post is dedicated to one of my best friends in Wroclaw... he's a little bit crazy (so crazy that he's going to live in China for one year) and he's always teasing people, but deeply... very deeply in his heart, he's a good person :P
He's one of the shortest people in all Erasmus, but perfumes are in small bottles, as all people know ;)
He can be laughing with you and talking to you seriously as well. He's a very good friend, a leader!

And as we say in Spain: Algo se muere en el alma cuando un amigo se va...

Of course Rafa, I'm talking about you. I would like to enjoy the whole year with you but I know you have to continue your life and your new life is far away from here. I hope we meet in the future. I would like to go to China to visit you but I don't know if I will be able to do it, but... who knows...
I just want to say that this semester has been really amazing and I'm glad you have been a part of this great Erasmus :)

We have a lot of good memories together and Nacho made this video for you. So... Stop crying and let's see the video ;)

One big hug!!!

Carnival party!!!!

2010-01-25T06:13:00.000-08:00

Yes! I have been to one big party!!! Finally!!! And it was great!!!

I have been lost all these days... even Dawidek didn't know where I was... haha! First I was skating on the ice with Dominika and other Erasmus friends. It was almost -20º... at least Albert was wearing his coat for the first time and I could take shelter inside xD

(From left to right: Dominika, Albert, Nuno, Pisco and Chico)

Then, Dominika invited me to her house. She treated me very well (better than David, for sure ¬¬ ). I was in the forest with her and her dog... It was cool! I made a lot of friends... like my friend the turtle :P

Then Dominika took me to the mountains... it was so fucking cold!!!! haha! But I enjoyed it! I met Dominika's friends and we played with the snow and went hiking. I got lost in the snow, but fortunately Dominika found me before my legs got frostbitten...

After Christmas, I saw Dawidek only one day and then I was "kidnapped" by my Polish language teacher --> Agnieszka!
I think those days were the best !!! Nobody knew I was with her... I was in her room, only she and me... living the life without worrying about anything... ;) you know what I mean... haha!

Then, after one or two weeks with Agnieszka, I finally saw Dawidek in the Polish language class... he was surprised, of course! haha. But Agnieszka told him that I was going to enjoy some other days with her... haha. And I did!
But just until the Carnival Party! It was last friday and it was really great!!! All people were wearing costumes. Also Agnieszka, I thought she was dressesd up as "La Chilindrina". Haha! Incredible woman! I love her!!!

So... my next trip... I don't know but I will surprise all of you! ;) see ya!

Ostrava

2009-12-20T09:35:00.000-08:00

Facundo has returned! Yes... I know... I have returned in English. I think is better for my new friends, because maybe they don't understand anything of spanish... xD

In the last month I haven't done anything... only parties and parties... I did a trip to Ostrava with Nuno, Albert and David and it was great due to the company but the city is shit! I don't recommend it to anybody... haha. It's very strange... without people on the streets, without sightseeings, without good parties... but it was ok! We spent one weekend there and I don't remember anything... well... I only remember drying my body with the sheets of the bed and also wake up and realize that I was still drunk (I drank 5.5 litres of beer in one of the night... I was completely wasted! haha). Now I'm resting with Dominika till David comes back from Spain (he's a traitor! ...). So... Next time I will show you some pictures from the "best" dormitory in the world! xD

Cya

Raptado!!!!

2009-11-22T09:19:00.000-08:00

Socorro!!!! Me han capturado mis vecinas!!! Llevo dos semanas encerrado en un zulo sin poder salir!!! Mis raptoras han sido dos polacas de piel blanca, una morena y la otra rubia... He podido llegar a descubrir sus nombres de pila: Dominika y Ewelina!!! Son muy peligrosas! Y David no ha podido hacer nada por evitarlo... mientras una usaba sus encantos de mujer la otra aprovechó la ocasión para meterme en un saco y raptarme.

Tengo una foto de las susodichas secuestradoras...

La de la izquierda es DOMINIKA y la de la derecha es EWELINA.

Ewelina da verdadero miedo!!!! Cuando Dominika se acerca a darme de comer (solo recibo unas migajas de paja) me trata dulcemente pero cuando viene Ewelina me da palizas, me insulta y me escupe... Os habéis fijado??? Tiene un tercer brazo que le sale de la espalda... No puedo aguantarlo más... Sacadme de aquí!

Mi zulo es parecido al de la película The Ring! dios mío... qué miedo estoy pasando... le mandaron a David una foto... alguien sabe dónde puedo estar??? que dios se apiade de mi alma... :(

Y lo peor de todo es que me están pervirtiendo... yo... que era un toro sano... que nunca había tomado una sola gota de alcohol... que nunca había fumado... que quería llegar virgen al matrimonio... ahora no sé ni en qué día vivo... No creo que pueda aguantar mucho más tiempo... ya son 2 semanas aquí encerrado... Tengo miedo... Help me!!!

Berlín y Kraków

2009-11-15T16:59:00.000-08:00

Voy un poco desfasado en el blog, lo sé... pero es que no he tenido mucho tiempo porque David y yo hemos dormido poco esta semana.
El fin de semana pasado estuvimos en Berlín que se celebraba el 20 aniversario de la caída del muro. La verdad es que se respiraba un ambiente de fiesta. Habían montado un dominó gigante justo por donde pasaba el antiguo muro que posteriormente se tiró en la celebración. La ciudad era tal y como me dijo David: muchísimo ambiente en la calle, una ciudad extraña pero con muchísima historia... La verdad es que me lo pasé muy bien, David me llevó a todos los sitios más importantes y bonitos. Aún recuerdo la parte del este del muro de Berlín, la habían repintado y al parecer había perdido un poco su esencia pero aún así me pareció un monumento imprescindible a visitar! Lo que pocas personas vieron es la hostia que se metió el tonto éste... se rompió los pantalones y se hizo una herida en la rodilla...
La verdad es que la ciudad tiene un encanto que es difícil de explicar si no se visita. Por cierto, que allí conocí a Rocío, una vecina de David que está allí de Erasmus. Es muy buena gente y muy mona, pero es un poco tonta... al menos eso me dice éste... Jaja! Espero que no lo lea :P

En cuanto a Kraków no puedo decir nada porque a David se le olvidó llevarme... le tengo ahora mismo un rencor impresionante! ¬¬ No quiero ni verlo! Pero por lo que me ha dicho no es tanto como la pintan aunque es muy bonita. Dice que se lo pasó muy bien y que las noches krakovianas son un poco peligrosas, pero por lo demás genial. Salvo que la organización fue un poco mala, al parecer fue con ESN (Erasmus Student Network) y uno de los organizadores era un polaco estilo espinete que estaba todo el día diciendo "amigo". La visita a la ciudad se hizo el sábado y estuvo bastante bien explicada porque tuvimos guía. El día de antes estuvieron en las minas de sal, que son unas minas (como su nombre indica) que tienen cientos de años y de las que se extraía sal. Dice que eran enormes!!! bajaron más de 150 m de profundidad y solo llegaron al nivel 3 de 9... Más de 300 km de galerías. Por la noche salieron de fiesta, como es natural ya... un tanto peligroso por lo que me han comentado, y si no... preguntadle a David.
Ya el sábado estuvieron visitando Kraków medio dormidos pero se enteraron de que el símbolo de la ciudad es un dragón, de ahí que salgan en las fotos con una especie de estatua con forma de dragón que echa fuego. Se dice que un dragón se comía todas las ovejas y animales que había por Kraków y la gente no sabía que hacer hasta que un día a un zapatero se le ocurrió meter azufre en las entrañas de una oveja y se la ofreció al dragón. Cuando éste se comió la oveja le entraron muchas ganas de beber agua y se fue al río que cruza la ciudad y empezó a beber, beber y beber hasta que explotó... Un poco surrealista... aunque sea una leyenda...
El domingo fueron a Auschwitz... vale más una imagen que mil palabras

Viaje a Poznan!

2009-11-03T10:54:00.000-08:00

Hola de nuevo! Aquí estoy otra vez para contaros todas nuestras últimas vivencias. Para empezar, seguimos saliendo día sí y día también... empiezo a estar ya muuuuuy cansado físicamente (al menos ahora como algo mejor) pero seguiré yendo a una fiesta tras otra hasta que el cuerpo aguante!

Por lo demás, el día 1 de noviembre fue el día de Todos los Santos como bien todos sabréis y tanto la residencia como la ciudad se quedaron muertas... todo el mundo se fue a su casa (se ve que es tradición irte a tu casa y estar con tu familia en estos días). Y como estaba todo tan vacío, pues decidimos irnos el día 2 a Poznan para ver si aquello tenía mejor pinta (es una ciudad un poco más pequeña que Wroclaw pero con más estudiantes universitarios, unos 140.000). Fuimos mitad Hispania, mitad Portugalia... 4 españoles y 4 portugueses.

La verdad es que ir a una ciudad que está a 165 km en tren y tardar más de 2 horas y media en llegar da mucho que pensar acerca del servicio ferroviario polaco, pero la cuestión es que llegamos sanos y salvos. Y qué os puedo contar de Poznan... la verdad es que es una ciudad muy parecida a Wroclaw. Parecen cortadas por el mismo patrón, salvo que Wroclaw es mucho más bonita en mi opinión...

Nada más empezar el viaje nos encontramos con una señalización de algunas capitales del mundo (pobres portugueses... venía Madrid pero no Lisboa...)

Después de andurrear un buen rato me perdí entre la maleza... aquí se nota mucho el otoño... está el suelo siempre lleno de hojas amarillentas y queda precioso.

Previo paso por un McDonalds para tomar un rico tentempie de hamburguesas, había que llenar el estómago un poquito que si no se nos hace pesado el viaje!!!! Y por fin llegamos al Rynek (la plaza mayor o central o como queráis llamarla) y allí me eché un par de fotos para constatar que estuve allí! Además David consiguió hacerse una conmigo y quedamos la mar de monos los dos.

Y finalmente estuvimos en la catedral (después de mucho andurrear), pero antes de entrar en ella me eché una foto con el papa Juan Pablo II, que se ve que fue obispo de Poznan en su "juventud"

Que no me véis???? qué si hombre, que sí! que estoy aquí! Mirad!

Wroclaw

2009-10-22T13:42:00.000-07:00

Han pasado 3 semanas, y creo que ya iba siendo hora de que un macho ibérico como yo dejara tantas fiestas a un lado (creo que he salido 16 de los 24 días que llevo en Wroclaw de fiesta). Hoy me habían invitado a otra fiesta, pero he preferido plasmar aquí mis últimas aventuras y desventuras por estas frías tierras polacas. La verdad es que no paro... cuando no estoy en clase, estoy en Grundwalski (un centro comercial) comprando ropa, comida o lo que me haga falta. Y por las noches fiestas y más fiestas! Estamos con unos portugueses normalmente que son la leche... te ríes un montón con ellos. Pero eso será otro cantar.

La cuestión es que hoy actualizo para deciros que por fin, después de 3 semanas y media, he conseguido ver la ciudad, aunque aún me faltan unas cuantas cosillas, pero ya está más o menos todo visto. La verdad es que tengo que decir que la ciudad está bastante bien. No es que sea de las más bonitas en las que he estado, pero no tiene desperdicio. Muchísimo ambiente por la calle, porque es una ciudad muy universitaria (más de 100.000 estudiantes universitarios). Hay que tener un poco de cuidado al cruzar las calles porque los polacos conduciendo están locos! No puedes tirarte a un paso de peatones porque te llevan por delante sin ningún problema...

Y bueno, los trams... eso es un mundo aparte... agárrate con ambas manos y con los pies si puedes porque es fácil perder el equilibrio. A veces pienso que están compitiendo para ver cuál de ellos establece una nueva marca...

Por lo demás, la verdad es que la ciudad merece la pena. Está rodeada por el Odra y hay un montón de puentes (no en plan Venecia, sino de coches y trams). Destaco de entre todas las cosas que he visto la catedral (que aún no he podido entrar) bastante imponente, el Rynek (la plaza central) que es una maravilla y un mercado de abastos bastante curioso y donde puedes encontrar todos los vegetales y frutas que quieras. Ya cerca de mi Universidad están el Zoo (que todavía no he visitado), el Hala Stulecia (la primera foto, y en obras por cierto) y el jardín japonés (las otras dos fotos). De éstas dos últimas me eché un par de fotitos, porque el cabrón de David no quiso llevarme con él a ver la ciudad... bueno, más bien me tenían secuestrado las polacas ¬¬

Por lo que me han dicho, todavía tengo que ver un cementerio judio, un cementerio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y bueno... tengo que buscar a los gnomos... que eso creo que será mi cometido este fin de semana! ^^

Me presentaré...

2009-10-05T05:56:00.000-07:00

Hola! Me llamo Facundo y soy un toro bravo español... de los de toda la vida. A partir de hoy seré yo quien comente todas las aventuras y desventuras que vayan pasando por Wroclaw (o 'vrocsuaf'). La primera aventura vivida fue la del viaje de ida... primero no sabía si iba a superar el límite de equipaje, hubo momentos de mucha tensión cuando la tía cogió la maleta y la puso en el peso, pero no hubo problema... fueron 15 kg y medio. Después de 3 horas de vuelo con destino Londres me tocó esperar durante 5 ó 6 horas en el aeropuerto... Intenté dormir pero... solo después de colocar las maletas a modo de cama conseguí dormir una hora... Esta foto da fe del campamento que teníamos montados.

Estando en el embarque conocimos a unos portugueses que también iban de Erasmus a Wroclaw (posteriormente se convirtieron en mis compañeros de planta). Estuve a punto de morir de cansancio en el avión. La verdad es que fue un viaje un poco duro... A mi llegada a Wroclaw me esperaba una chica (nada que ver con las polacas... porque era bastante normalita...). Y ella nos llevó hasta la residencia, que está en la otra punta de la ciudad. Tirar de dos maletas después de no dormir nada puede llegar a ser un auténtico coñazo... Una vez en la residencia, dos chicas polacas me ayudaron con los papeles que había que rellenar y me enseñaron la habitación (otro día hablaré de la habitación y de mis compañeras polacas). Una vez instalado pude descansar por fin un rato... pero tampoco mucho... Llevo aquí una semana y lo único que he hecho es estar de fiesta y solucionar algunos problemas puntuales en la facultad... Seguiré informando de todo...