Starbuck moves in – at last!

Written Saturday evening. It is a momentous, even monumental day. January 18th will live long in the memory of all Strangely Park residents, especially those in 2C and more especially for those on the first floor of that glorious edifice. For the first time since moving to our apartment we will have an across-the-hall neighbour …

Parking and driving fast

Couple of quick observations from experience in Warsaw. The smaller a car is, the faster it will be moving unless it’s a Skoda in which case it doesn’t matter what size, it will be going even faster. Etiquette dictates that you should park nose first into any parking space (that is not parallel to the …

Darth Muller gets a visit from the rozzers

It’s all happening at Strangely Park this morning! I’ve written before, I think, about the bad blood that exists between the Evil Empire (developers and past administrators) and the Chosen Ones (current administration), a toxic relationship that has had a bad influence on the proper running of the estate since the beginning. Well, a breakthrough …

Trouble at t’mill

Strangely Park is gripped in a glorious “after summer” with Volvo Polestar skies and sunshine. Twenty something centigrade during the day but the evenings give a glimpse of what is to come when the temperature drops to sevenish. People all over Warsaw are making the most of it with barbecues and beach parties. The Rapsters …

Sunday, April 7th

Strangely Park has been stuck in a “Where the hell is Spring!” depression for a while now. We’ve had brief glimpses of what was coming, one day of sunshine, followed by yet more snowfall and dropping temperatures. The terrace has been cleared at least ten times now and we are really hoping there is now …

Sunday, February 24th

Balcony Stats I’ve cleared my third metric ton of snow off the balcony this weekend. This is based on a calculation that a cubic metre of fresh and fairly fluffy snow weighs 100kg. We have 25m2 of balcony, the snow reaches a thickness of between 0.25 and 0.5m before clearing and by that time it …

Sunday, February 10th

A walk around Mochina East rarely qualifies for a Captain Oates style “I am just going outside and may be some time.” but is worth doing anyway. For us a walk starts with heading out the back door of Strangely Park, a gate in the fence that leads via a short flight of crumbled concrete …