The West Pole

• Language is a funny thing From robertbeaman in The West Pole (961 days old)

  Language is a funny thing, especially your own language. I started writing this entry in the blog, when I suddenly found myself taking a step back, looking at it, and realising that everything suddenl… more

• Carnival From robertbeaman in The West Pole (989 days old)

  After a few days when Spring appeared to be on its way in, snow again covers Gorzów. The view across the rooftops from my bedroom window is one long stretch of snow, and in the streets the slush is de… more

• Szkola From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1499 days old)

  After a long time out of internet contact, I'm back. The past couple of weeks have been fairly full of work, marking, lesson-planning and rushing from place to place, so the blog has finished in a poo… more

• Solidarnosc From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1531 days old)

  One of the downsides about it taking so long to learn polish, is that I have arrived in Poland during the month of the 25th anniversity of Solidarnosc ('Solidarity'). Every day there is a channel of P… more

• 'The Sheep Advert' From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1533 days old)

  Today in Gorzow, it is yet another baking-hot, gorgeous, day. I'm starting to get used to them by now (all the bad weather seems to land on Berlin, which is fine by me). The only (possible) downside i… more

• Autobusowy, sklepy, i reklamy From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1540 days old)

  Back in the internet cafe again, on another baking hot and sunny day. I'm quite happy today, because (of all the strange reasons to be happy) I managed to order a bus and tram pass for a month, in Pol… more

• Gorzow From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1542 days old)

  This is my first blog from Gorzow. I'm in an internet cafe just off ul.Sikorkiego, on a baking hot day, my second full day of being in Poland. The flat is really nice, the people I've met have been fr… more

• Dulce Domum From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1546 days old)

  Today was the penultimate day in Staffordshire. I've only been here since Tuesday, but we seem to have crammed in a massive amount. Having sold their house, my parents have rented a new one for six mo… more

• Tick... tock... tick... From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1550 days old)

  Six days left before I move to Poland. Everything is starting to move a bit faster now. I've started sorting out what things need to be burned and what things should be shipped to Poland. My parents h… more

• A long and winding road From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1551 days old)

  Its surprising how difficult it can be to find a computer sometimes. After living in Oxford for three years I was starting to genuinely believe that it would always be possible to get online somehow. … more

• And so it begins... From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1561 days old)

  Normally, I wouldn't blog this early in the morning. Today, however, may be the last post for a while, as I'm travelling to places that don't have internet (like Yorkshire!). Is it possible that anywh… more

• Anton the Serb From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1562 days old)

  Today, as it is our final full day in our house, I would like to talk about our landlord. Our landlord has provided us with endless hours of fun, so this seemed like a good opportunity to spread the w… more

• Why Poland? From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1564 days old)

  How did I get interested in Poland? Its a good question, and I'm not sure I know the answer. It would probably say a lot more about me than it would about Poland too. The easy answer would be that it … more

• An address From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1564 days old)

  I have an address! ('Mam adres!') I got the email this morning giving me details of the flat, and I now have an address, phone number, and fitted kitchen. All I need now is a map to find out whether i… more

• Why? From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1565 days old)

  How did I get to this point? Three years ago I didn't know anything about Poland other than it was somewhere east of Germany that tended to get invaded quite often. Which I suppose is an improvement o… more

• Packing up From robertbeaman in The West Pole (1565 days old)

  The room would just be empty once: at the end. For now my two-years debris, heaped and packed Lay round about. I drank coffee with brown sugar: We'd run out of white. Used tins of food I'd long … more

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