Thursday, April 26, 2007

Viva Wroclaw!



Hurray - after the World Cup 2006 in Germany, more good news: Poland and Ukraine will be hosting the Euro Cup 2012!!!

Not sure whether I'll still be around, but with Wroclaw being one of the hosting cities, it would be a good reason to come and visit again ...

After Switzerland & Austria next year and South Africa in 2010 let's meet again in Poland two years later to cheer all of our teams ...


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Memonji

Sunday, April 15, 2007

A Room with a View


The last few weeks have been filled with administrative and organizational errands: bank accounts, registrations, phone numbers, and last but not least house-hunting.


After strolling through endless soviet-style housing blocks (see above), as well as luxurious lofts on the market square, I have decided to rent a nice 55sqm apartment in the very heart of the town. Overlooking a small park, a theater and the opera (see bottom of this post), it is just a two minute walk from the historic market square with a lot of other facilities like the phiharmony, cinemas, bars, cafes, clubs and shopping malls within easy reach.

The flat is semi-furnished, which means, that my landlord provided sofa, bed, desk and a bookshelf, furnished the kitchen and added some gadgets like washing machine, microwave and refridgerator. So yesterday and today I went on a big shopping trip of basic necesseties (kitchen, bedroom and living room utensils such as cutlery, pillows, curtains, etc.).

Very tiring (and expensive!), but it's also nice to just shop until you drop and furnish an apartment more or less from scratch ;-)

In addition to that I have located a unsecured wireless network at home, which I am happily using until I get my own dedicated internet connection :-))

All this brings me to the pleasure to invite you to my new home. Please feel free to come over and visit anytime - just ensure you let me know in advance (whether that is three months or just a day notice doesn't really make a difference).

Welcome to Poland ... at
Memonji's







Monday, April 02, 2007

Quick ...


Some of you might remember my business plans for 2010. Unfortunately, while taking a long Sunday's walk through the old part of Wroclaw, I realised that someone must have had the same idea and has started something similar here in Poland ...


I know this will send shock and horror to my friend "Willmes", but it just confirms that you better get your act together if you have a good idea.

Re-arranging the timelines to move to China...
Memonji