Computer all night

Bogdan knew I was computer scientist and that we wanted to use internet. In the evening he told we could use and we went to the private part of the house - his kitchen, living and sleeping room, all-in-one. "The cable does not arrive further away". "No problem", we said. For 10 minutes we checked emails and he says "Maybe you can make router back to work". Since he changed provider it did not work and the computer was cable connected to a restaurant 100meters away where cable modem served internet. "If you solve problem, you can have my laptop whole night". After 5 minutes the confliting IP problem was solved and he had now wireless internet on his and on his daughter laptops. I used the computer in the public area part of the house until 1am. Everyone was happy.

Battle of Storks

Battle of Storks
Originally uploaded by eva_p

For someone like me, having grown up in a part of the world where a lot of animals do not exist any more (or are getting very rare), this was a wonderful sight. A storks nest, and 2 storks quarreling inside, a third one watching (my theory is that it was 2 males fighting and a female watching....), from time to time flying away just to come back again and fight even harder.
During the same bike trip we saw many more storks nests, a rabbit in the forest, a deer running away... I'm happy to see that this still exists here.

Kayaking

Kayaking in Poland
Originally uploaded by eva_p

Today we went kayaking near Stary Folwark in Northeastern Poland. Not on the lake, which is open only from the 1st of May (coinciding with the national long holiday weekend) but on a river. Some 15 km paddling, sometimes zigzagging because of the stream, wind and our little knowledge of kayaking, but good fun.

Grattements de l'oeil

L'oeil gratte. Beaucoup. Trop. Sera l'allergie au beau Printemps? Apres Olsztyn on est venu a Suwalki (avec le L avec un trait dessus, je l'appelle le L bresilien, car on le lit comme les bresilliens le lisent), precisement a Stary Folwark, recommande par Anna de Gdansk. Semble le paradis, surtout car le tour des jolis lacs ne sont pas pleins de moustiques, touristes et autres.