There is a grand shopping realm in Lodz, Poland called the Manufaktura. The largest textile factory in the city was recently (2 years ago) converted into a giant shopping, eating, hanging out, rock climbing, beach volleyball, summer night concert in the park kind of place that is THE destination a la mode in our dear city. And since my professor left for the Czech Republic about three minutes after I got to work this morning, Courtney and I decided to take a "spa" day and investigate all of the pleasures this little city in itself had to offer. Not only did we shop (I bought a really cute dress, two shirts, and some aviators for our weekend travels), but we also ate Subway (gasp..... their chocolate chip cookies taste EXACTLY the same here Ashlie.... and I bought one to eat, just because I knew it was the right thing to do)... and visited an interactive museum that was SUPPOSED to have the largest soap bubble in the world. In true Polish fashion, the soap bubble was out of commission, as well as about 1/3 of the other exhibits that the tiny museum had to offer, but Court and I still had fun. We drove around remote control tanks that had cameras and firepower attached, watched a robotic dog sit, do pushups, and pee (robotically), and we saw this really amazing hologram that I still am marveling at. I know it's completely nerdy, but the hologram was really a trick of mirrors and light that was based entirely in physics - a physics that I understand because of my schooling - and it was fun to understand the angles and light waves and inversion that went into designing the exhibit. Leave it to us to find school 5000 miles away from the actual institution.
And I cleaned my room this evening! Don't dismiss that.. it's a really big achievement for Miss Audrey Paulzak and I'm glad that I did it. Soon I will be traveling all over Europe so much that I'll be living out of a rucksack, and I need to start being organized and put together (as Ash would say) to mentally prepare myself. Wearing the same four shirts and two bottoms isn't going to be easy, but I'm tough. I can do this!
All jokes aside, I'm excited and ecstatic about our upcoming travels.
Never again will my life compare to this summer.
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I keep on reading all your entries and I wish I was there with you sooo much you don't even know. You're really stirring up my longing for a trip to Europe (I'm thinking of just doing Eastern Europe; I hear it's cheaper.) But,It really makes me happy to read this-I just get away, you write so vividly and pretty.
Anyway, life here doesn't compare to yours. However I hope you come home before I move out because I live in South Walton in BFE and it's beautiful. There are absolutely no street lights out here so we see stars shining brightly every night, last night we skated into the darkness and just soaked it all in... We're also within walking distance of this awesome bayou that reminds me of ours only with about 5 houses on it. The bay is around the corner. And finally we are within biking distance of a state park beach which is beautiful with all these sand dunes and pipers. It's hard to believe that soo many people were prefer condos to that sort of beauty. Which really makes me sick of mankind and especially the kind of man in these parts.
Did I mention I paint a lot? I'm begging my mom for a set of good oils for my birthday. We actually just got through painting my friend's broken surf board and it's really cool. I will paint you something like a sandpiper to remind you of home while you're in the ham.
ANYWAYS, I MISS YOU and love you and call me if you ever get around the phone!
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