It’s been too long, I’m sorry! My excuse is that having now
started vet school, I have next to no free time.
I arrived in Kosice in the first week of September. The
first week I was there I mostly spent kitting my room out, going to a few
fresher’s events and exploring the town. I managed to turn my dorms room from
this:
Into this:
It has changed a bit since then. I have stacked the two
single beds on top of one another so I now have a high single bed and there is
so much more space in my room! You’re allowed to do basically whatever you want
to your room. I was slightly disheartened when I saw my room to start with but
now I’ve made it feel like home.
After that first week of relaxation we got stuck straight in
with lectures. Most of what we have covered this semester has been revision
from my previous degree (physiology, microbiology etc) but we also started on
anatomy which I have never studied before. There are credit tests every week in
anatomy which means I have had at least one credit test every week (the most in
one week so far has been 4!) so it’s pretty intense. We have already covered
the whole skeletal and muscular system, then next week we will start on joints,
then next semester it is on to organs. I’m surprised by how much I’ve learnt already.
A couple of days ago I unearthed this picture of a sheep skull that I drew about
7 years ago and I found that I could identify all the little foramen and lumps
and bumps that I drew :)
I haven’t made much progress in learning the language, unfortunately!
Even our Slovak teacher said we would probably never learn it. It’s very
different to English, and the locals speak very quickly. I can recognise lots
of words written down (which is helpful when shopping) but any attempts at
conversation usually fail. It doesn’t help that when I attempt to speak Slovak,
I’m usually asked to “Speak English, slowly”. My English is obviously easier
for Slovak people to understand than my attempts at their own language :( I’ll keep trying with
it, but to be honest studying Slovak is taking a back seat to all the other
subjects.
On a sad note, my little man Pipkin died just a couple of
weeks before I left for Slovakia :(
He seemed to be improving after quite a difficult year but I took him for a
dental after the vet noticed some spurs and this time he didn’t survive the
anaesthetic. He was such a special rabbit and I still miss him a lot. <3 nbsp="" p="">
We have since adopted another little bun to pair with Ruby.
His name is Willow and he’s a nethie like Pipkin but red eyed white colour. I
have only met him a couple of times so far but he is very sweet and more of a
cuddle bun than any of the rabbits I’ve owned before. He is getting on very
well with Ruby :) I
can’t wait to get to know him properly when I go home for Christmas.
I’ll try to make a few more posts over the next couple of
days about what else I’ve been up to since I got here (no promises though!). I
only have one credit test next week which is a bit of a relief! If not I will
update sometime over Christmas :)
Bye for now!
Lucy
