The road to Białystok
The road to Poland was really interesting: I changed 6 trains... Diana joined me untill Alba-Iulia, so I had a the most beautiful goodbye in my life. From Alba-Iulia untill Krakow I was alone in the car so you can imagine what interesting discussions I had with myself...
When I was exiting Romania, the border guard was asking me about 7 or 8 minutes about what I want to do in Poland, he checked my visa 3 times, he was asking me for other IDs, put all kind of questions about my family, where my parents were born... so on. I couldn't understand why is he asking me all these stuff... I thought that guy was bored about his job, but after all that interrogatory he revealed that he was born in Targu-Mures too and he was just curious about me. :))
The most annoying thing was that every time when I tried to sleep someone came to wake me up. If there were not from the border guards (Romanian, Hungarian, Slovakian and Polish), they were ticket controllers. In fact, polish ones were most annoying: "Dzien dobre! Bilet Kontrol!" This polish guys have lots of controllers on their trains... they were 7 or 8 from entering Poland untill I reached Białystok.
Arrival in Białystok
The AIESECers were expecting me at the railway station, near the train holding a big paper sign with my name written on it. The only problem was that I was in the last wagon and I used a different exit at the railway station, not where tehy were expecteing me. When I noticed that nobody from AIESEC was expecting me, I put one AIESEC lanyard that I had around my neck. Finally after like 20 minutes a girl from AIESEC in Białysok recognized the string and she approached me. They told me that I didn't look like in the picture I sent them, and I was very inspired when I put that holder around my neck.
I invited everyone to my place and we had a small traditional Romanian drink (tuica). They introduced me to my flatmate and showed me my room and facilities. Actually when I asked them to find me a rent as cheap as possible I was thincking at 100 EUR but they founded me the cheapest rent in Białystok :). I found out that I have to pay for the room only 50 EUR. The kitchen looks nice, the bathroom and toilet the same, I have a TV in my room and acces to a computer any time in my flatmate's room on his computer. I will have an internet connection soon. In Białysto the cheapest internet connection is about 15 EUR, but is 6 times faster that the one that I have at home in Romania. So, after they showed me the place where I will live (by the way, it's placed in the center of the city) we went out for a small drink, in 3 clubs. :)
My flatmate and the owner of the apartment
I am considered to be a lucky sign (cancer) and I think it's true. I am lucky that I have a very nice flatmate. Marcin is his name and he is an awsome guy. He helped me to integrate here in Białystok, to buy some things, to decode and charge my phone. He is always nice and always helps me when I need something. He teached me also how to make some polish pan cakes :) . The owner is a kind of cool guy also. He drinks a lot, but he is ok. I'm keep telling him "mleko! (milk) and he's telling me "piwo"(beer) :) He stays in the apartment only for weekends, because he works in Warsaw, 200 km from here.
These two guys are helping me to integrate in polish culture in Białystok.
When I was exiting Romania, the border guard was asking me about 7 or 8 minutes about what I want to do in Poland, he checked my visa 3 times, he was asking me for other IDs, put all kind of questions about my family, where my parents were born... so on. I couldn't understand why is he asking me all these stuff... I thought that guy was bored about his job, but after all that interrogatory he revealed that he was born in Targu-Mures too and he was just curious about me. :))
The most annoying thing was that every time when I tried to sleep someone came to wake me up. If there were not from the border guards (Romanian, Hungarian, Slovakian and Polish), they were ticket controllers. In fact, polish ones were most annoying: "Dzien dobre! Bilet Kontrol!" This polish guys have lots of controllers on their trains... they were 7 or 8 from entering Poland untill I reached Białystok.
Arrival in Białystok
The AIESECers were expecting me at the railway station, near the train holding a big paper sign with my name written on it. The only problem was that I was in the last wagon and I used a different exit at the railway station, not where tehy were expecteing me. When I noticed that nobody from AIESEC was expecting me, I put one AIESEC lanyard that I had around my neck. Finally after like 20 minutes a girl from AIESEC in Białysok recognized the string and she approached me. They told me that I didn't look like in the picture I sent them, and I was very inspired when I put that holder around my neck.
I invited everyone to my place and we had a small traditional Romanian drink (tuica). They introduced me to my flatmate and showed me my room and facilities. Actually when I asked them to find me a rent as cheap as possible I was thincking at 100 EUR but they founded me the cheapest rent in Białystok :). I found out that I have to pay for the room only 50 EUR. The kitchen looks nice, the bathroom and toilet the same, I have a TV in my room and acces to a computer any time in my flatmate's room on his computer. I will have an internet connection soon. In Białysto the cheapest internet connection is about 15 EUR, but is 6 times faster that the one that I have at home in Romania. So, after they showed me the place where I will live (by the way, it's placed in the center of the city) we went out for a small drink, in 3 clubs. :)
My flatmate and the owner of the apartment
I am considered to be a lucky sign (cancer) and I think it's true. I am lucky that I have a very nice flatmate. Marcin is his name and he is an awsome guy. He helped me to integrate here in Białystok, to buy some things, to decode and charge my phone. He is always nice and always helps me when I need something. He teached me also how to make some polish pan cakes :) . The owner is a kind of cool guy also. He drinks a lot, but he is ok. I'm keep telling him "mleko! (milk) and he's telling me "piwo"(beer) :) He stays in the apartment only for weekends, because he works in Warsaw, 200 km from here.
These two guys are helping me to integrate in polish culture in Białystok.
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