..hmm, looks like Poland it is.

..I guess I fully begun acclimatizing back to all the realities, other than simply vacationing, in Poland. Living and working in and around Warsaw brings me a little bit back to the weather, traffic, and attitudes of my old home town in the fall season. But it has changed, the city has evolved, expanded, modernized and seems to be more crowdy than before.

My internship at the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) is slowly coming to an end, but the recent prospect of continuing my trip in the direction of Australia early January is now in question. A looming possibility of work at AmCham seems to be replacing those plans, as I was asked by my boss if I was interested in running the AmCham's secretariat of the Polish Outsourcing Institute. I said I was. The position however, does not exist yet, as it is in the decision/approval making process, which in turn could take an undefined amount of time. So, right now I'm waiting to see what and how quickly it happens, geared nevertheless, for a longer stay in Poland.

As far as my extracurricular activities, I finally, after 11 years, have a bit more time to spend with my 6 cousins, particularly Piotrek, which I grew up with and consider my close family. I have also, along with Kasia, successfully finished the sailing course and passed the exam that culminated it. The exam itself was quite stressful, since it was the last exam of the season, cost additional 40% of the entire course fee, and failing it would mean waiting until spring to re-take it and paying the fee again. And even thought, I started it by getting the boat stuck in shallow water on the beach I passed it!!! :))
Now, the time has come to go skiing. And in fact, I'm going skiing with Kasia and her family to Hintertux in Austria. We're leaving the coming Friday and will enjoy the snow, high speeds, and (as for me at least) extreme slopes of the Alps. I can't wait!!