May seems
to be the time for me to go to Poland. I have been doing that for quite some
time and here I am – in Gdansk again. I came only yesterday and I have a jet-lag.
Not the best time to write perhaps but I set myself a target of one post per
week and I missed it the last week already.
Some time
ago I really hated the over 24 hours trips and traveled very infrequently to
avoid the long flights and related expenses. I still dislike the trips but am
more philosophical and patient about the
exercise. And I came to like Gdansk and consider it my second home. This
morning I went for a walk to check how is the town after some months not being
here.
It is the 1st of May and a public
holiday in Poland. I walked empty streets in a sunny weather but it was fresh
coolness is in the air. I suddenly remembered the smell and temperature of
spring from many years ago. So different to Australian and I have forgotten it for many years. Today it was like
a refresher course in understanding some things about Polish spring again. One
of my very close friends said a few days ago some words describing me and she
said in closure ... and you are European to boot... Maybe I am to some extent
European but I forgot the basics like
how the spring air feels.
Walking in
sun was pleasant and warm enough even if I did not wear a coat. This was
actually a mistake as I am still nursing my Australian cold and the clouds soon
appeared bringing the temperature down to about 10 degrees. My understanding of
Polish weather is not up to scratch yet.
It is much greener this year than it was the last year at the same time of May.
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| That is how the park looked the last year at the beginning of May |
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| And this is today, the 1st of May. Climate change? |
In Sydney
it is past 10 pm and I feel suddenly very sleepy...
It was a holiday here too yeserday and I drove down from a farm house at the foot hills of our Western Ghats to find Pune hot. This year the summer is already hotter than last year! The Met is predicting that we will have less than normal rainfall this year. Climate change is very real.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your visit.
Yes, it must be so. I find Australian summers much hotter as well. This may be due to the fact that my everyday life is not lead in air conditioned office but at home without air conditioning. This I am tempted to consider. As far as Poland goes the change of climate is more people friendly and I would consider it positive if I stopped thinking of implications to Earth.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to my Polish chapter. Missing some Australian friends though.
I love your new avatar!