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Life in Poland

Independence Day 11.11.11

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…

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Halloween 2011

What a difference a year makes. Halloween has taken over Poland. More parties, more candy, more decorations and did I mention more parties?  I feel so special, as if it were all just for me. Maybe I should have…

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We are lucky ducks!

Look what we got! Delicious homemade Halloween cookies from Lois B. – otherwise known as the Polish Housewife. They were packed with care and sent all the way from Poznań. They arrived in perfect condition 🙂 Lois, our postman…

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Halloween is around the corner…

We are gearing up for Halloween next week – that is if gearing up means only thinking about all the things we have to do for the Halloween party without actually doing them. Lizzie plans to be a police…

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April 1st : Elevators and Me, Part Two

When we moved into our 1st apartment in the City, our dirty, stinky 1970’s apartment building without a 90 degree angle in sight, I was excited to find that we had an elevator,well, 2 elevators exactly. In my world,…

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Women’s Day – Dzień Kobiet

So, I received my obligatory Women’s Day carnation from one of my student’s, the President of one of the companies where I teach. He decided to drop it “old school” and with a large group of gentlemen traveled around…