2 Months in Bratislava

So, it's been two months I live in Bratislava (already!), I suppose it's time I said a few things.

Whatever people told me about Bratislava before my coming here was more or less inaccurate. Yes, Bratislava is a small city, but the centre is sweet and cute, all paved, with narrow streets surrounded by old, beautiful buildings with patios that lead from one place to the other. What I most enjoy are the random statues in the streets that I mistook for real people the first days. I can still stand the cold (or I got used to it, or I froze and went numb and don't feel it anymore). It snowed only once, in November - it was 3 in the morning, we were in the empty centre, all old buildings were lit, some candles were left in the corners of the streets (it was All Souls' Day the previous day) and the snowflakes were dancing around in the silence; it was beautiful.

I live not so far from the city centre, in a cute house (that looks like it has jumped out of some IKEA catalogue), with my brother. I understand he probably needs time to get used to the new data and I want to be supportive, sometimes though I can't help feeling like I am his mother (definitely not his flatmate!). This can be funny, like when I spent my morning cooking what he had asked, only for him to come home and announce he had already eaten, but it can also be very frustrating - hey, I am not Wonder Woman, I would appreciate some support too! Anyway, at least I have the chance to discover in a safe way what it would be like to have kids and I finally understand (in a much smaller scale) what parents go through - poor people!

The first people I met here were Greeks, but soon I met more and I usually hang out with people from various countries - Slovaks included. I still haven't found a job as I wanted it, but I partially blame my laziness for that. But, as I have kept my book review job, no harm done. I am also trying to figure out what to do with my life in general, now that some new data came up unexpectedly.

And some random things:

• My first days playlist was a non-stop repetition of Tu Cafe, No Hay Nadie Como Tu and Le Vent Nous Portera.
• I usually drink Chestnut Latte.
• I finally finished Tom Robbins' Skinny Legs and All.
• I went to Cerveny Kamen and almost got lost in the forest.
• I went to a student disco -with white smoke, bubbles etc- where I discovered my inclination to a new dance :)