A lot of exciting things have happened since my last post.
Last Thursday, Nick and I went out with some of our students, and played pool in an underground dive. The students have a mysterious nickname for our boss that translates roughly as "male witch." It's quite fitting, as the man has really remarkably voluminous, white hair.
Friday, I drove up to Lublin (nearest big city) with Nick, Magda (one of the other instructors), and Magda's high school English class. They performed an amusingly bastardized version of Midsummer Night's Dream (complete with Nick as Puck, prancing around in green tights--very amusing), and afterward, we stopped at McDonalds as a special treat. Below is a photo of the presenter at the theater. I think Poles put a lot of effort into their hair.
Sunday, I figured out how to watch my TV! Quite an accomplishment--it required plugging in the satellite cable (easy) and navigating a number of confusing Polish menus (hard). I got 5 channels.
Monday, when I returned from the office, my apartment was dark--the overhead lights, apparently protesting my new affinity for the TV, refused to work. Oddly, all of the outlets still worked. So I still had the TV. And here is the trade: I had 150+ channels! Mostly they're in Arabic and Italian, but also some in German, French, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, and even two in English (BBC World, and....well, maybe I only have one in English).
Tuesday, a repair-man fixed the electrical problem, but when I got home, everything shorted out again, and I was left with only a few remaining outlets still functioning. And guess what? Now I get even more channels! I wonder how much more I have to give up in order to get HBO? Maybe my stove?
I'm thinking of going to Lublin this weekend, to visit one of our colleagues, and to do a little big-city shopping (proper swimsuit, in which to swim laps at the awesome local pool in) and sightseeing. Also, I think both colleague Nick and I are feeling a little claustrophobic here in Chelm.
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