Hi guys,

A more exciting month in comparison to July, a lot more travelling, seeing people and obviously a lot more hand sanitizer than I am used to. If you have kept up with the last sum up and my Instagram page for the month of August, you will know that I was in Poland visiting family and just going for a general holiday, because you know, every other country is practically off-limits, so there is no safer place than with family.

For the first 2 weeks of August, I was at home alone as the way of travel in my home this summer turned out oddly. My parents first went to Poland, then they came back on the 14th, and then I flew out on the 15th and have just come back on the 12th of September. So nearly 6 weeks of not seeing them, I am glad to be back home.

Obviously, as you have probably guessed, I had to fly to get to Poland, which is a big issue for me as I am terrified of flying, so the 2 weeks while I was alone were absolute torture to say the least. I don’t think I have ever watched so many plane videos on Youtube in my life, and by the time I had to fly, I felt ready and calm. With these feelings, I, to an extent, enjoyed the flight and landed safely, with the enjoyment of seeing friends and family in mind. I will say, I have also never seen so much military at the airport before, and even more so have them check my temperature! There were a lot of checks and the whole things took longer than usual which meant spending more time at the airport, not my favourite, but had to be done. They also made us board the lane like 45 minutes early which is odd but they must have their reasonings I suppose.

Once we got home, I knew that this holiday will be great. See, my boyfriend lives in the countryside in Poland so when we go there its just 3 houses and forest. That’s it. So I have time for thinking and to gather some peace in this crazy life. I also like seeing his family as we don’t see them often and its nice to catch up, he also has a cousin our age and a long time friend, so the 4 of us always have lots of fun every summer, it’s like a time to just be kids again (considering were all 20!)

We usually split the time half and half, so we have 2 weeks at his family’s home and then we spend 2 weeks with my grandparents, who live in Lodz, 2 hours away. While we were there we renovated my grandmother’s kitchen, which was exciting for her as this was the final room in her flat to refresh and exciting for us as this would be our first renovation together, we got to see how well we work together and what it will be like when one day we live together. When it was finished it looked amazing and we were all so pleased with it! I have added a picture below but you can find more on my Instagram. After the renovation was done, we found some time to go out and spend time with my grandparents, but not any other family members on my side really as COVID is a bit scary in Lodz at the moment so we stayed local with family. We also found some time for a sneaky date night in the city, which is always welcomed as alone time is key.

And before we knew it, it was time to go home, we made our way back to my boyfriend’s home as we were flying out from the local airport there, had one last drink with friends and family and were off on our flight the next day, although not as great as the first flight with some turbulence, I got through it and we made it home and now I’m here! Writing this post!

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And that’s August wrapped up, nothing extreme, just a causal little holiday, as much as I would want to take more this year it is mostly impossible! We have Egypt booked for December but I am not very confident that will happen either, but we will see! Also, I know this post is late as we are halfway through September now but I only came back a few days ago and needed some time to get it together and back into my old rhythm again, rhythm including new university year, scary!

Love, Kasia x