England, part II

      

My dear, dear England

These past 2 weeks have been truly amazing!

• I met my 5 month old niece and she stole my heart completely! 
• Oxford is one of the loveliest places I've ever been to. From the extremely polite and helpful people, to the architecture (which has grown on me since at first I was not very fond of it), the very healthy and absolutely delicious dishes, the (seemingly) never ending parks and green spaces. It is safe to say I would love to live there one day. 
• The weather seems to suit me and my bipolar personality quite well. It is really so unpredictable I hardly ever knew what to wear outside the house. 
• The beauty of charity shops! I could easily build a library full of great books with very little money and the same goes for clothes and jewelry. I must admit that at one point I was spending more time in charity shops than exploring the city. 
• New good music in my playlist now, thanks to my sister's amazing record collection (Scout Niblett, Cat Power, more David Bowie, Suzanne Vega etc.)

More pictures to come, of course :) Which sadly are not that great since they're all taken with my phone (I was very uninspired and left my camera home).

Scout Niblett - Gun

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So in between all the projects I had for this semester and writing my graduation paper (I'm in my final year) I haven't had time for pretty much anything. I've been back home for almost 3 months and I still haven't had the chance to meet up with all my friends. Their tiny gifts are laying somewhere, forgotten in some drawer, while my room is crowded by all the books, coffee mugs and empty plates. The only moments I have to myself are in the morning, when I sometimes manage to wake up early enough to enjoy a cup of coffee without drinking half of it in a hurry and throwing the other half at night, when I come back home. 

The funny thing is, although it takes up most of my time, all the work for uni is not something I feel like I'm putting enough effort in. Most of my energy goes on daydreaming about the summer, when it will all be over with, when travelling will, again, be my main priority. The plan is to go to Poland at the end of june and then in August or maybe September to London :) 

It will be a short summer and actually I'm thinking of taking a year off until I figure out what I want to master in. It's scary how fast time passes and I'm suddenly pressured to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life... 

Anyway, I'm currently laying on the floor, with books to my left, coffee and water to my right, Florence playing in the background and a tiny breeze comes in here and there, reminding me that while for others this lovely weather is a chance to go out and be happy to be alive, for me it's something pretty I get to take a quick look at from my window while I take short breaks from my work. 

The Red Room

I got the gift almost one month later, but it was worth the wait. I like when people know you well so you find yourself opening the perfect gift. I like it even more when it's made up of small, not so expensive things that they remembered that you like or want. 

Keaton Henson - Party Song

(his music is the best. perfect for these days)

The same old story but never like this before

12 days.

Small breaks from studying.

This is the closest I've gotten to winter this year. I really hope there will still be some snow left when I go back home. Maybe I'll even be lucky and get to have some big snow storms! 

I keep taking pictures of my room because soon everything will have to be packed away :(

12 more days in Spain and I have to spend them studying and taking exams. One down, 6 to go!  This is not how I was hoping I'd get to spend the last weeks of me Erasmus experience...