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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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…
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…
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…
We’ve had quite an active week. The week started with a return of conjunctivitis (zapalenie spojówek) for me. It keeps coming back which has me worried, despite the fact that I followed my treatment exactly as ordered and threw…
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,…
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…
Lizzie really couldn’t wait for Santa to visit us this year. Immediately after our Christmas Eve supper, she declared that it was time to take a bath and go to bed…without reading books or watching “Frosty the Snowman” (who…
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Kutia. Here’s the recipe according to my mother-in-law. And she knows her stuff! Nie byłoby Świąt bez kutii. Oto przepis według mojej teściowej. A ona się zna! Kutia “kutia” wheat -whole grains raisins honey…
Here are some posts from last Christmas. For those interested in Polish food for Christmas, check out the Christmas Dishes posts. Oto kilka postów ze Świąt Bożego Narodzenia w zeszłym roku. Zainteresowanym polskimi potrawami świątecznymi polecam posty Christmas Dishes.…