new beginnings

well, it's been a long time coming but finally my stint in krakow has commenced. i arrived on saturday evening and was met at the airport by someone holding a sign with my name on it.. i actually felt quite important. from the airport i got taken straight to the apartment shell is renting for me. it's a bit smaller than i was led to believe as there was a mixup and i got a studio apartment rather than a one bedroom one. still, it is quite comfortable and once i get an internet connection there it will feel more like home. i'll be here in poland until early june and then return to the UK.

the office here is very big and in a completely open plan setting which i don't particulary like but i'm getting used to it. the guys in the service team here that i helped train are all really nice and i enjoy their company. hopefully they'll be able to take me out on the town sometimes as my polish is pretty awful and doesn't extend beyond a few words.

of course, i'm sure a lot of people have heard the sad news that hols and i have split up. naturally we're both pretty devastated cos we both went into the marriage believing that it would be forever. i spose most people enter marriage with this belief and a lot don't make it but even so, i'd not thought that we'd be one of the couples who didn't last. the one positive is that we've remained good friends and are still in constant touch. i guess it will be good for me to spend this time in poland and get away from london for a while. it snowed here in krakow last night and so all is looking fresh and beautiful. perhaps it's a sign. or perhaps it's just really cold weather