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With all due respect, Bishops of Poland,…

…I think you missed the point.You can disagree with Halloween in Poland for many reasons. I’m American and I celebrate Halloween in Poland for one reason and one reason only – my children. I didn’t celebrate Halloween here before…

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Majówka and more

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”…

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Ashes and Traffic

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…

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Fat Thursday’s Donut Damage

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…

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Christmas in the Village

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…

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Shopping Madness

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…

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Homemade Advent Calendar

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…

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blah, blah, blah…czyli what’s up with me

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…