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Life in Poland Po prostu Chris

I had surgery in Poland

I had surgery in Poland. More than one in fact over the years I’ve lived here. I’m in recovery now, and here’s a little bit about my situation leading up to my surgery in Poland. I promise, it’s not…

Life in Poland Po prostu Chris

So This Is 50

Once upon a time Years ago at university in the US, one of my professors asked our class to imagine ourselves at age 50. I suppose he chose age 50 as a nice round number, more than double the…

KIELBASA LIFE Life in Poland

AUTOBUS 133

Po polsku tu, For English scroll down Prawdziwa historia from my life in Poland Na początku, żeby nie było, jestem Amerykanką i mieszkam w Polsce. Kilka lat temu siedziałam na ławce i czekałam na autobus. Przyjechał Autobus D. Wysiadł…

Apartment building with Ukrainian and Polish flags
Life in Poland

What are we feeding our children?

I am sometimes surprised when I realize that I am a parent, and with that it’s my responsibility to talk to my children about things that are going on in the world. I wonder if my parents had the…

Life in Poland Po prostu Chris

THE ORIGIN STORY, PART THREE

Czego nie robiłabyś w Ameryce a robisz w Polsce?  What wouldn’t you do in America that you do in Poland? As an Amerykanka w Polsce, there’s nothing that I have done in Poland that I wasn’t able to do…

Life in Poland Po prostu Chris

THE ORIGIN STORY, PART TWO

Check out Part Two of my doszły interview here. Enjoy! Dlaczego zdecydowałaś się na pisanie bloga? Why did you decide to write a blog? My friend Ewa encouraged me. She became my friend here in Poland and later immigrated…

Life in Poland Po prostu Chris

THE ORIGIN STORY, PART ONE

Here’s an excerpt from an interview I did some time ago that never in fact appeared anywhere. Scroll through to check out my answers. Skąd pochodzisz i jak to się stało, że wylądowałaś w Polsce? Where are you from…

KIELBASA LIFE Life in Poland Po prostu Chris

A Case of the Uglies

A CASE OF THE UGLIES, Brzydula strikes again Mirror, Mirror In an expat group I am in, we were recently discussing the phenomenon of subjective attractiveness. For example, you are rated a plain old 6 in your home country,…