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I'm in the subway. Today is the 30th of November. It's worth to say that in Poland today's night is the Saint Andrew's Eve. [1] Polish name is "Andrzejki" from name "Andrzej" which means Andrew. As it's written on Wikipedia "The main ceremony involved pouring hot wax from a candle through the hole in a key into cold water.". I don't know why they haven't written more. The cold wax is used to cast a wax shape shadow. People are trying to guess the future from that what they will see in a shadow shape. It's of course mainly an activity for younger people or children. But sometimes the day is used as the magical date (the magic symbols as the key) and that fortune telling is taken seriously by older.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Day [1]
My son is more interest in the date of 6th December. [2]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Day [2]
It's the Saint Nicholas Day. In Poland that day children are getting small gifts. There are many customs but in my home they are po packed into shoes. Because December is a winter month, and it should be full of snow, so the boots will be high leather boots. Shoes must be clean and polished. Children don't usually clean their shoes, but that day I remember the smell of the polish and the brushing.
I also remember my gifts given on that day. They were small enough to fit a shoe. I've got the first small LEGO set once.
17:30
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I'm walking on an escalator. Like in every right-hand traffic country people are leaving left side of an escalator for people in hurry. I'm not in a hurry. But I like to walk.
It's worth to say that in countries left-hand traffic people are leaving the opposite side. So tourists sometimes are blocking a smooth movement.
My colleague said once that people who are climbing an escalator was the strangest thing for him in the big city. And it could be true.
