No time to write. We’re getting ready for Polish Halloween.…
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May 3rd Parade You have to come all the way to Poland to see a parade of U.S. military vehicles 🙂 Misiu and Lizzie were both very happy. Opening of the new bike path on the old “wąska parówka”…
As I waited and waited yesterday morning in a huge traffic jam near the local church, I realized that it was Ash Wednesday. Yes, Ash Wednesday is enough to jam up the traffic here in Poland. I suppose the…
Donut Day (czyli Fat Thursday) has come and gone. I suppose I can start my diet now – or tomorrow – or better yet, Monday! But before that let’s first review the donut damage. Despite the many, many donuts…
We spent Christmas at our village house for the first time ever. It was fantastic. Rosie kept saying “this is our prawdziwy dom”. That’s exactly what I was thinking too. We were able to spend Christmas at our house…
I have experienced the shopping madness which is IKEA Saturday morning one week before Christmas. Normally, I wouldn’t even go to IKEA on a normal weekend but circumstances were such that we had to go today. What circumstances could…
Here’s a simple and creative idea for a homemade Advent calendar. All the credit goes to the very crafty mom of my student Misia. To make your own Advent calendar you will need: a corkboard empty matchboxes decorative…
I know this blog is supposed to be mainly about Poland but we shall digress for a moment and talk about….me! I am working, working, working as usual as is Misiu. We celebrated Thanksgiving last weekend (it had to…
Yesterday was Polish Independence Day. We celebrated in an official way…. …and in a non-official way. It was a really lovely day spent with our children. Poland’s borders have changed dramatically over the last thousand years. Poland has grown…
