because everything else is so depressing. Finding an apartment is proving to be extremely difficult. We don't really have proof of our income and even though our mums agreed to co-sign, they both don't make THAT much money, so I don't know how much it helps. Oh well, nothing we can do. I sent a lot of e-mails today and am going to call all the places tomorrow and maybe somewhere they'll accept us *sigh*
So to lift your and my mood, here's some random photos. They're nowhere near as interesting as lucybelle's but LOOK:
At Olek's friends' wedding on Saturday. I was going to wear different shoes, but I couldn't find them :-/
Also: Olek's friend (A.) went there with another friend (L., who is our almost-neighbour, she was his +1). L was at the bachelorette's party last week and apparently she thinks A and her are a couple. Olek and I are pretty sure that that A doesn't know about that and doesn't consider L his girlfriend. It was pretty awkward at times.
Two weeks ago, visiting a fortress
At the same fortress, a butterfly on my foot
MOOSE country!!
A real Polish moose
The restaurant had hilariously inappropriate wooden figures... (I think/hope he used to hold a lamp and they didn't just make the arm like that)
The car we rented looked suspiciously like a stork
According to our guide this is a pregnant spider!
That's what Olek looked like before November 09... ;-)
at 5am after 4 hours of sleep - ready to look for moose
I'm always taking pictures of those "Beware the moose!" signs in Finland. They are the best <3 That spider photo freaked me out a bit.
I hope the apartment situation gets resolved soon. Good luck and don't lose hope
Yay for uncomplicated last names! Polish ones can cause headaches Good for Olek for being so progressive and rational!
I hope Olek doesn't change his mind. It would probably be easier for him, if he weren't the only one who could pass the name on. It doesn't look like his cousins are going to procreate (and if they do, after marriage, they're most likely taking their husbands' names) and there's no one else with that name. But it's not a particularly pretty or special last name. And NO ONE in Germany can pronounce or write it. Him being ok with taking me name only confirms that I've found myself a keeper.
We have six apartments we're looking at this weekend so far. That's maybe not too bad. The one we live in now was the fifth that I looked at, in January.