Passing time

I am happy to announce that that some friends from Poland arrived in Bucharest yesterday. Four persons came. Two of them I had met when I was an exchange student in Warsaw and they were very helpful and friendly.

I made arrangements for their accommodation at a hostel. When I called and made the reservations they didn’t ask for my name or my credit card number, or anything else. I asked what would happene if somebody else came and claimed the reservation. Their reply was “What are the odds?” So I’m sure you feel for me when I tell you that yesterday evening when my friends were supposed to leave their stuff at the hostel, they called me and told me that there was no reservation made for them. I was so embarrassed and furious at the same time. I called the manager instantly ans rushed to the place. The man said he was on his way there as well and that he had found a solution (the reservation was useless, nonetheless). Luckily, we had a happy ending because the rooms he had prepared for them, at another location though, were very nice.

You should have seen my friends faces when they asked if their passports were needed to fill in some forms and the manager said no. And that’s what we call the black market!

Anyway, as I was coming directly from work when I met them, I told them about it a little. Oh, and  I have great news: very cute guy in the office said hello to me yesterday. We have not been properly introduce yet, but I see a great professional relationship waiting to happen.

I took my friends out yesterday evening. My significant other, whom I am very much in love with, was busy doing something else, as usual, probably watching TV, so I had a few beers and talked in English all night with my friends. Have you noticed that there are more and more foreigners in Romania since our ascension to the EU? Or was it just the beers making me hear foreign languages everywhere?

I’m glad Steaua won the football game yesterday evening. We made fun of it a little. Oh, and I realized I can still speak some Polish. Wonderful!

I didn’t stay very long last night, I must admit, as today I have to be at work earlier than usual. So I’m off, preparing for my busy day. I’m probably going to spend my afternoon with my Polish friends today. I can’t wait!