Do you know who won WTA Tournament in Singapour five minutes ago? Yes, our Agnieszka!!!!!!!

I've decided to write this post after the final as I wanted to write about how excited I would be that she won, so apparently I felt what was coming ;)  But seriously, after this everlasting fight just to get to this tournament I thought that there was no way she was gonna get to semis. What is more, after losing two matches in the beginning of the tournament I was pretty sure she won't be able to beat Halep in two sets, not to mention Muguruza...anyway, I'm extremely happy, I spent last two hours jumping on a sofa, screaming and crying, swearing and laughing...what a beautiful match!

I know, Radwańska has a tough character, many people don't like her. I sometimes hate it when she seems mad at everything around her after losing the match, nevertheless you all have to admit that the way she's been playing over the last few years is extraordinary. She may have her worse days, but regardless of her small posture and tiny arms she is able to beat the strongest players (one day she will beat Serena, no doubt about that!).


(forgive me my mistakes, I'm so excited I don't even speak Polish correctly right now)

Adele is back!
I've been waiting for this moment for so long, I can't believe this day has come.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out her new single :

To be frank, I have mixed feelings about this song. She looks stunning, her voice sound better than ever, still something's bothering me. Maybe I have to listen to if few more times, or it takes time to like this song, but it's definitely not the same feeling I had when I heard "Rolling in the deep" of "Hometown glory". What is more, I love her down-to-earth attitude, the way she comes up on a stage and talks about how much her feet hurt and how manic it was for her to meet Beyonce, and now there she is, in the middle of a forest, like a model posing for a beauty magazine. I know it's a role she's playing in the video, maybe I exaggerate, and I know you probably hate me already for saying there's anything wrong about Adele, but I'm still waiting for her album (4 weeks and two days left!!!) and I still think she's wonderful.

Anyway, if you miss the "old Adele" as much as I do, here's something for you ;)

Did you get to see  "Everest" movie?
It's a new film that tells a story of the most tragic season on Everest.
I was afraid to see this American production, I would never want to watch the story of this great tragedy presented in a Holywood way, with many special effects and swift action. That's what it looked like in the trailer but fortunately "Everest" is not a complete failure.
The mountain is presented in a exceptionnaly detailed way. I always wanted to get a better idea of what this mountain looks like on the way to the top and that's what I got to see in this movie. I've read many descriptions of ledges or gutter ice, but I finally got a chance to see it in all its glory and it made me understand better every journey and accident I've read about in different books.
The only problem of this movie is that it's not that interesting for people who have never read anything about the accidents described there. I mean, surely, everyone understands that if a guy spends one night all by himself on the top of the mountain in the middle of a storm, it is not likely for him to get back to his tent.  But there is no explanation of the circumstances that made him stay there, no one says anything about the reason why there were no bottles with oxygen left that could have saved at least few people coming down to the camp...everything that made all this stories so touching and frustrating is not mentioned. It's the dark side of mountain climbing that should have been presented in a more clear way. If you want to see this movie, I recommend you reading "Dark Summit" first. It's a very interesting story of this terrible season on Everest, with many explanations and descriptions of what should have been done better and why so many people died that year. Not a very uplifting topic, but undoubtedly facinating.

Do you guys like tennis?
I used to play it for few years, but my arms are so weak right now that I can play no longer than 30 minutes. I still love watching it, though. That's why I've decided to read Agassi's autobiography "Open". My friend recommended it to me few years ago but I've never come across this book when I was in the library and somehow over the years I forgot about it. But 3 weeks ago I visited my friend in Warsaw and found this book on a flee market. The great thing is that I bought an English version, so that I don't miss out on anything that could have been lost in translation. Agassi is one of the best tennis players of all time, and one of the most controversial ones as well. I don't want to get into details as I would love for you to read this book, I just want to say that it's fascinating to read what tennis looks like from players' perspective.

I've already written one post about Tatry, but I went there again and it is all I can think about right now. After a long day of hiking I fell asleep in the middle of the field, next to the shelter we stayed in and that is how I got tanned. It's great because every time I look in the mirror it reminds me of these 30 minutes on the field, probably the most relaxing time I've had this year.

I love everything about mountains. The air is so fresh you can feel it getting straight into your lungs. After hiking your legs are in pain but that's the best feeling in the world, it really helps you to relax and clear your mind when you get this tired. At this time of year there were too many people, I prefer places like Bieszczady or Beskid Żywiecki where you can spend whole day hiking and don't meet anyone on your way but that's the price I'm ready to pay for these incredible views. I need to plan the next trip as soon as I come back from my holiday job, let me know if you want to join me ;)

I would like to stay in the subject of coffee, as it is one of the best things to talk about ;)

About two years ago first "Columbus coffee" was opened in Szczecin. It's owners decided to create a whole chain that would be competitive to Starbucks of Coffee heaven. They succeeded. You think I should be happy for the success of the people from my hometown...well I'm not. They sell products of a very low quality, their black coffee has nothing to do with a real black coffee, their idea of a business is to get students who will do their job for very little money so that you can save up and open more cafes all over the country. Right now there are 18 of them, in Poznań too. I'm not saying that they're terrible and that they should not exist - it's still a good place to go with a friend, drink coffee and talk. All I want to say is that there should be more small, independent cafes with people who treat coffee as their passion and not only as money making. I guess you don't have that problem in Poznań - I've seen many different cafes, not only the most popular ones.

In search of inspiration I started to sift through your blogs and Gosia inspired me to write about coffee, but in a slightly different context.

Have you seen "Coffee and cigarettes"? Jim Jarmush is famous for his weird movies, either you love them of hate them. I am somewhere in the middle of this classification - some of his movies I find brilliant, some of them...well, not so much. Many people are crazy about "Dead Man", but I don't like it.  But as it comes to "Coffee and cigarettes" I can't find a single weak point of this movie. The idea is simple - it consists of short scenes that take place in different cafes where people meet and talk about coffee and cigarettes while...drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Jim knows well Jack White. He and his ex wife Meg appear in this movie and they really funny (if you like that type of humour). I am a huge fan of the music band called The White Stripes, I think that Jack White will never again be as good as he was when he played with Meg (apart from the Dead Weather, but that's a long story) so it was really exciting to watch this movie not knowing that he'll be there.

Another great movie is "Only lovers left alive". The greatest thing about it is how differently people react to it. Some of them are fascinated with acting, music, sense of humour and exceptional atmosphere of it while other can't stand it so much, they have to leave cinema hall in the middle of it (believe me, half of the audience left the room when I was watching it in the cinema!).

If you haven't seen them, give it a try. Let's see wheter you'll love them or hate them ;)