Operation: MAKE FRIENDS

Last I updated my blog I believe I was talking about my fabulous birthday weekend. Well since then I have had a very active few weeks. Many visitors, and hence not much time spent on the old computer. I think you should all take it as a good thing. You would not want me to become a pale, lonely computer geek. I mean what would I write about?

I don’t remember where I left off when I last wrote. I think it may have been just as Ellen left. If I repeat myself I am sorry.

The week Ellen left I was filled with a new found energy to make more of an effort with my fellow Brno Erasmus students. I felt that I had judged them prematurely. On the following Thursday night, there was a meeting for the Erasmus crowd. I really was not at all interested in going but I thought I should show my face if not to reassure everyone that I was still alive. When I was there I got chatting with Sam, one of 4 Brits (including myself) out in Brno. After a few drinks and then a few more, I had made another friend in Brno and we made arrangements to meet again. She’s a really lovely girl from Bolton, very friendly and fun.

Following my night of heavy socialising, I was invited to a BBQ, on what the Erasmus students in halls call ‘the hill’. It all sounded quite spooky, and Kirstie and I really didn’t know what to expect. When we arrived, sure enough we were led up quite a steep hill. It was pitch black, but then, out of the darkness, a huddled group crowded around a very precarious looking BBQ emerged. There was much, probably under-cooked meat, being passed around (do not fret, I have lived to tell the tale). And it was really nice to have a good chat with everyone. They are a really friendly bunch. Sitting there around a bonfire, that out of freezing necessity we decided to build, I met Pauline, a French girl from Brittany. We really hit it off, and had a great chat about all the places we have both travelled to. Wow, look at me go, another friend to add to the list! Pauline came round to visit our little flat the following week. It was quite exciting for Kirstie and I to have somebody round for dinner.

I feel I succeeded in my mission to make more friends. Kirstie and I have met more people, a great result. I think it is really important to become friendly with the Erasmus crowd, we are all in the same boat and they are the best people to sympathise with any problems.