Yikes, started the following about a week ago. Finally getting a chance to post it now. I'll add some pictures later.
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Okay, it’s safe to say I love it here in
I could definitely live here. But ask me that same question after the winter hits and I’d probably sing another tune. Of course, I’d want to be making the same wages I make at home; otherwise it probably wouldn’t be as enjoyable. I overheard one of my coworkers talking to a waitress and asking about the wages, not good as a server in a restaurant. You’d definitely need to depend on your tips.
My other complaint would be the smoking everywhere, smoking sections move round with the will of who’s lighting up at the moment. Oh well. We’re definitely spoiled in that regard in
Otherwise, it’s been an amazing trip so far, good group of people to work with, very few language difficulties; I’ve had some people around to translate for me during the working day – after hours I’m on my own! Luckily I’ve been fairing quite well.
The food has been good, amazingly so. I’ve been trying to not eat at the same place twice, experience as much as I can. The only time that’s failed was last night when I fell asleep for an hour or so after coming back to the hotel and woke up quite late. Off to the Indian Restaurant around the corner. Well, it’s mostly Indian, it’s also Chinese and Thai too. Was a real disconnect for me to hear an Indian person speaking polish to his staff. I’m so used to being in an Anglophone country that it throws me off sometimes.
Memorable meals:
- definitely put the TGI Fridays on the list and not because it was good, but because how awful it was… UGH!
- The wine and cheese bar, Spirtus Sanctus
- A pretty fair filet mignon at Zeppelin(no, there was no long rocker hair and too tight leather pants) about a 6 ounce portion that was over-cooked but incredibly tender; served on a bed of spinach gnocchi and a mildly spicy paprika sauce. Fantastic presentation. I also started out with a very nice bowl of borscht that had apricots and raisins in it. That plus a glass of wine and my bill was about $45zl, or $15CDN
- The Chinese/Indian/Thai restaurant in a mall, Masala. Very good Indian, but a little on the bland side of the spicy scale.
- Soft serve ice cream cones done in a twist with two flavours. Much denser than the ice milk variety we have back home, almost like a gelato in texture. The chocolate is super dark and a little bitter, not sweet at all! LOVE IT!
- Take-out Thai that we had in Sopot on Saturday night. A group of coworkers invited me out for drinks and dinner at someones place in Sopot. They showed up with Thai food that rivaled the quality of any I’ve ever had anywhere. Normally being from
- OMG, just got served a bowl of Zurek, a sour rye soup. WOW! I’ve seen it on a lot of menus tagged as being a traditional Polish soup. Light broth, slightly sour and rich at the same time. With little bits of sausage at the bottom of the bowl. They like their soups here and every menu usually has several types to choose from. I’ve had three different types of borscht so far and each has been very different, the first two were light and brothy and no chunks of beets, the last had the fruit in it.
Work has been good, challenging but good. The unfortunate part has been delays waiting for things to get installed/delivered/wired. It’s really thrown my schedule off. They should have delayed moving a week to get the building in shape first. Oh well, work around the difficulties and move on right? Make the people around me happy and that’s what counts as they’re the end customer.
Here comes my dinner, more later
-- insert 20 minute delay here to chow down--
Okay, that was another memorable meal. A whole fresh from the Baltic Sea Turbot, simply fried and served on a bed of vegetables and a side of roasted potatoes. De’lish!
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