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June 2011

Life in Poland

Homeland By Choice

Here’s a little project just recently started by a small group of us. Inspired by Stardust. http://homelandbychoice.blogspot.com/ Join us!…

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Pustelnik and Pawlikowska

Because of my cool job working with cool people, I get invited to cool events where I can meet even more cool people. Such was the case last night. I was invited to hear 2 very cool guest speakers:…

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Capital of Culture – Stolica Kultury

Sitting at a particularly long traffic light (90 seconds red, 45 seconds green and another 90 seconds red before I could go), I switched over from my usual talk radio station to the other station, the station I don’t…

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No worries

Rosie did not get into pre-school in Stage 2 of the recruitment process. I think that the principal and I have a different understanding of the phrase nie martw się (don’t worry). When I asked about my Rosie in…

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Much to do

I have a large translation to do. I’ve already done a lot, but there is still a lot more. I work on it everyday, but even though I keep chugging along, it seems to never end. At least it…

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Pijana, ciężarna i za kierownicą

Drunk, pregnant and behind the wheel This is quite possibly the worst headline I have ever heard. I heard it on the radio as I was making my way through the traffic today – more traffic than usual because…

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Killer Cucumbers ;)

Carrefour has assured me that the cucumbers we’ve bought originate from a greenhouse in Poland. I certainly hope so. I hope they don’t originate from a dumpster in Germany transported to Poland by some entrepreneurial cucumber sellers. You can…

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No to chcesz rodzić dziecko w Polsce.

Tlumaczenie So you wanna have a baby in Poland No to chcesz rodzić dziecko w Polsce. Powinnaś zacząć od wyboru szpitala. Jak już wybierzesz szpital, powinnaś wybrać ginekologa/położnika związanego z tym szpitalem. Twój ginekolog wykona zestaw badań, da ci…