Fireplace and Firewood

My Russian friend has a fireplace and last week when a bunch of our classmates got together we used his fireplace for the first time. Since we didn't have any firewood nearby we took to burning IKEA cardboard boxes he had lying around his house. Surprisingly they lasted long enough to burn for about two hours or so. Really nice warm heat, and no smoke (must be clean chimney).

I stopped by the large Carrefour supermarket near my school this evening to see if they had firewood, or bois de chauffage (I didn't know what the word was in French so I had no luck finding it at another shopping center last Saturday). And they did! 10kg bag for 4,50 EUR. I'm going to take it over (not all at once! no need to break my back) the next time we have a party there. I don't mind donating the wood. Anything that generates heat. My paltry electric oil heater works well, but when you turn it off at night ... cold feet!