Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Climate, Dylan and the Mall





We got up at 8:30AM, had breakfast, dressed warm and took bus #63 to Rondo Kamponiera. From there we walked the two blocks to the trade center where the climate conference and exhibition was. We went through the first entrance, passed the entrance free gate and went into the first exhibition hall for wind power. Inside was an area for people to sit, talk and use their laptops. Lots of laptops. There was a picture display of windmill farms being used in different countries already, including Poland. the most interesting was the one off the coast of England. The windmills are sticking out of the water. It says the winds are stronger off land and give more energy than normal.

We left that hall and went to another that energy efficent transportation vehicles. Most interesting there was the new taxi system being built in Opole and Rzeszow, Poland. It will operate above the normal traffic and looks more like a pod than a car.

One thing that really amazed me is that everyone was speaking English. I asked one of the attendents "Where are the Polish people"? She replied in perfect English and switched to Polish to say that everyone there was speaking in English, regardless of their nationality.

One of the displays was extremely nice. It is based on the Bob Dylan song "Hard Rains Gonna Fall". http://www.hardrainproject.com/home.htm It's the lyrics of his famous song combined with pictures.

We spent about three hours, collected a lot of informational material and then walked back to the bus stop where #63 took us back home.
Later that day we had to go to Stary Browar and I took the pictures of the decorations and Santa.

Wstali艣my o 8:30AM, mia艂 艣niadanie, ubra艂 si臋 ciep艂y i wzi膮艂 autobus #63 do Ronda Kamponiera. Stamt膮d chodzili艣my dwa bloki do handlowego centrum gdzie konferencja klimatu i wystawa by艂a. Przeszli艣my pierwsze wej艣cie, przeszli艣my wej艣ciu woln膮 bram臋 i poszli艣my do pierwszego pawilonu wystawowego dla si艂y wiatru. Wewn膮trz by艂 obszar dla ludzi by usi膮艣膰, powiedzie膰 i u偶y膰 ich laptop贸w. Du偶o laptop贸w. Pokaz zdj臋cia farm wiatraka by艂 u偶ywany w r贸偶nych krajach ju偶, w艂膮czaj膮c Polska. najbardziej interesuj膮cy by艂 jedna precz wybrze偶e Anglii. Wiatraki tkwi膮 z wody. To m贸wi, 偶e wiatry s膮 silniejsze precz ziemia i daj膮 wi臋cej energii ni偶 normalny.


Wyruszyli艣my, 偶e sala i posz艂a do innego, 偶e energia skuteczne pojazdy przewozu. Najwi臋cej interesuj膮cego tam by艂o nowy system taks贸wki b臋d膮cy zbudowany w Opole i Rzeszow, Polsce. To b臋dzie dzia艂a膰 powy偶ej normalnego ruchu i wygl膮da na wi臋cej jak str膮k ni偶 samoch贸d.


Jedna rzecz, kt贸ra naprawd臋 zdumia艂a mnie jest, 偶e ka偶dy m贸wi艂 po angielsku. Pyta艂em jeden z personelu "Gdzie s膮 polscy ludzie"? Ona odpowiedzia艂a w doskona艂ych Anglikach i prze艂膮cza艂a do j臋zyka polskiego by powiedzie膰, 偶e ka偶dy tam m贸wi w po angielsku, nie zwa偶aj膮c z ich narodowo艣ci.


Jeden z pokaz贸w by艂 nadzwyczaj mi艂y. To jest oparte na Bobie Dylanie piosence "Twarde Deszcze Id膮 Spa艣膰". To jest tekst jego s艂awnej piosenki po艂膮czonej z zdj臋ciami.


Wydali艣my oko艂o trzech godzin, zebrali艣my du偶o informacyjnego materialnego i wtedy wr贸ceni piechot膮 do przystanku autobusowego gdzie #63 odebrali nas do domu.
P贸藕niej tamtego dnia musieli艣my p贸j艣膰 do Stary Browar i wzi膮艂em obrazy ozd贸b i Santy.