Warsaw-yesterday.
Fortunately, we don't have the same picture in Pozna艅. Here it is cloudy with a little sun shining through the clouds and 5c. Southern Poland already has it's covering of snow but we are still waiting with only 23 days until Christmas.
We watched a rather disturbing film last night, Ice 2020, a story about what happens when fossil fuel is running out and an oil company is allowed to drill for oil beneath the Arctic. Some of it was very much in line with what is happening with climate change and how governments are ignoring it. I hope it's not one of those things that turns into reality but in this day and age, who knows.
I had my Polish lesson today and Z told me he thought I was making progress but I need to watch more Polish movies to hear the language. He said to watch the same one over and over again and each time I would understand more. He is right, off course, it's just making the time to do every day.
Today, sitting in Sowa's in Browar, I made a brave move walking up and sitting down by a lady I didn't know. She was wearing what looked like warm leggings or stockings and I was curious as to where she bought them. I started with the usual." I'm sorry, but I don't speak a lot of Polish" in Polish and proceeded to ask her where she bought her leggings. Unfortunately, she immediately changed to English and gave me the answer. I should have told her to please just speak to me in Polish because I need the practice but at least now I know where to take Joan to buy warm leggings. Yesterdays success in the train station gave me more confidence to speak in Polish.
Na szcz臋艣cie, nie mamy ten sam obraz w Poznaniu. Tu jest zachmurzenie troch臋 艣wieci艂o s艂o艅ce przez chmury i 5c. Polska Po艂udniowa ma ju偶 to pokrycie 艣niegiem, ale wci膮偶 czekamy tylko 23 dni do Bo偶ego Narodzenia.
Obserwowali艣my raczej niepokoj膮cy film wczoraj, Ice 2020 opowie艣膰 o tym, co si臋 dzieje, gdy paliw kopalnych jest na wyczerpaniu i koncern naftowy wolno wierci膰 w poszukiwaniu ropy naftowej pod Arktyk膮. Cz臋艣膰 z nich by艂a w du偶ej mierze zgodne z tym, co dzieje si臋 ze zmianami klimatycznymi i jak rz膮dy ignoruj膮 go. Mam nadziej臋, 偶e to nie jest jedna z tych rzeczy, kt贸re zamienia si臋 w rzeczywisto艣ci, ale w dzisiejszych czasach, kto wie.
Mia艂em dzi艣 lekcji polskiego i Z powiedzia艂 mi, 偶e my艣la艂, 偶e robi post臋py, ale musz臋 ogl膮da膰 wi臋cej film贸w polskiego us艂ysze膰 j臋zyk. Powiedzia艂 znowu ogl膮da膰 ten sam jeden w k贸艂ko i za ka偶dym razem b臋d臋 lepiej zrozumie膰. On ma racj臋, z kursu, to tylko co godzin臋 robi膰 codziennie.
Dzi艣, siedz膮c w sowy browar, zrobi艂em odwa偶ny ruch pieszy i siadaj膮c do pani nie znam. Mia艂a na sobie co艣, co wygl膮da艂o ciep艂e legginsy lub po艅czochy i by艂em ciekaw, gdzie je kupi膰. Zacz膮艂em zwykle. "Przykro mi, ale nie znam wiele polskich" w j臋zyku polskim i zacz膮艂 j膮 zapyta膰, gdzie kupi艂a jej legginsy. Niestety, jest ona Angielski Natychmiast zmieni艂 i da艂 mi odpowied藕. mam jej powiedzie膰, aby zadowoli膰 tylko m贸wi膰 do mnie po polsku, bo trzeba praktyki, ale przynajmniej teraz wiem, sk膮d wzi膮膰 Joan kupi膰 ciep艂e legginsy. Wczoraj sukces na dworcu da艂 mi wi臋cej zaufania do wypowiadania si臋 w j臋zyku polskim.
