Christmas Lights

 

Today Glasgow has officially begun the festive season with a, as it said in the letter from the City Council, spectacular fireworks display. Our landlord got us tickets, so we decided to see what this so much talked about event would look like and we weren’t disappointed. There were thousands of people in George Square (I didn’t hear well if they said seventy or seventeen thousand but it doesn’t matter). The fireworks show lasted for almost ten minutes (if I remember correctly) and it was truly spectacular. The clip below doesn’t convey the atmosphere there, but you get an idea.

 

Botanic Gardens

 

I went to the Botanic Gardens (again!)

Nothing interesting really, nature is dying cos of the weather (and I feel like I’m doing the same). I recorded a short clip of fish swimming in the pond. Let’s see if it works.

 

Polish euro coins

 

Here are some pictures showing what the future Polish euro coins might look like. They were designed by an Italian guy and inspired by my ideas :)

As some of you may already know, the Polish government is aiming to adopt the common currency in 2012.

I hope that, at least, the stork and the wisent can be found on the actual coins.

 

 

1 cent - the pike

 

2 cents - the stork

 

5 cents - the wisent

 

10 cents - Frédéric Chopin

 

20 cents - Nicolaus Copernicus

 

50 cents - Marie Skłodowska–Curie

 

€1 - Coat of Arms

 

€2 - Coat of Arms