These past few weeks have seen my work life following the same general routine and schedule, so not a huge amount to report there. In terms of my social life, my friends and I have come to the realisation that it's the beginning of the end of our time in Poland and our time together so we've been trying to spend as much time together as possible. Not last weekend but the weekend before, I whiled away a lovely afternoon in the sunshine at Łazienki Park which is just as beautiful as everyone keeps telling me.

I then went to a medieval knights tournament with my host family, which was certainly something out of the ordinary for me!

Rarely do I get the opportunity to watch grown men dress up in costumes and whack each other with swords while onlookers, including to severed heads on spikes, ohh and ahh at every blow. This past weekend I traveled back to Kraków to see one of my friends for the last time. While we were there we passed much of our time making the most of being together but I did spend Friday at the Wieliczka Salt Mine. 

It's not like anything I have ever seen before or really like anything I'd ever even heard of. Again, many students and teachers at the school have recommended it and I'm glad to say that their suggestion did not disappoint.     

After last week's insanity, this past week had been very quiet. At school the 

kids are still very cute and I'm still just carrying on with the set lesson 

It was interesting to see Warsaw empty over the weekend. I, unlike many of my 

plans, even with the occasional class outside! 

friends, stayed in the city and spent a bit of time just wandering around 

The weather was so nice that my host family decided to turn on the barbecue 

parts of the city I haven't explored yet and enjoying the beautiful gardens. 

which left me fondly remembering summer afternoons spent having barbecues back 

home. 

Jessica:)

I began my week by running the introductory 'interview' lesson with the older Monday and Tuesday classes. As usual, I really enjoyed these lessons and had to smile at some of the portraits of me that were produced. I was flattered in one class I particular where a group of students spent about fifteen minutes arguing about how to go about drawing my hair!

On Tuesday afternoon I made a mad dash to London where I spent the next two days at my future university, getting a feel for the place and an in-depth understanding of the course I'll be taking. I'm so glad I went as I now know pretty much exactly what I've got myself into for the next three years.

Finally, over the weekend two of my friends and I explored the beautiful city of Torùn. Though it is small, Beata's home town has a lovely relaxed atmosphere and plenty to fill up a weekend of gingerbread munching and sightseeing. I especially loved the House of the Esken Family, which is now a museum, as it gave me an insight into medieval and pre-medieval Poland, someone I haven't had before.

Jessica:)