Why did I move to Poland in the first place? Who would have guessed that the reason I moved to Poland was hurt pride over a dream job lost.…
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Poland first days
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? I come from a…
For some reason when I first came to Poland, people liked telling me jokes especially the joke (maybe you know it) with the punch line “piłka…do metalu” (complete with arm motions showing a ball and then a saw). The…
Life in Poland
Integration: A teachers’ trip to the mountains Integracja: wycieczka nauczycieli w góry
Integration – the combining of parts to make a whole. If you have never worked in Poland, then you remain blissfully unaware of what integration means to the Polish workforce. It usually means a trip to some location near…
I have to say, I am quite sick of all the “Americans are sooo stoooopid” jokes. Enough already. We get it. Americans don’t know where Poland is, ha, ha, ha. Americans don’t know if we are fighting in Iran…
One thing that totally freaked me out in my 1st year of Village shopping was the eggs – the eggs which were not refrigerated, the eggs which were not refrigerated and covered in chicken shyte, the eggs which were…
Life in Poland
Shopping in the Village: How To Get What You Want – Zakupy w Miasteczku czyli Jak Dostać To Co Chcesz
We return to our trip down memory lane and fondly remember my first year in Poland. Oh, the days before Biedronka and Żabka ‘round every corner 😉 Imagine that you take your ecological shopping bag, grab your keys and…
As I mentioned awhile back, my living quarters when I first came to Poland were less than desirable – the archives room of a PZU office building in the Village – unless you like that kind of a thing.…
You may have heard of the pink slip (it is a euphemism for getting fired in America), but have you heard of the yellow papers? No? Then you are probably not Polish. Getting your “yellow papers” in Polish means…
I did do other things in the Village those 10 years ago than just try to pick up boys. I also went for walks 😉 I am not very good at finding my way around so I started on…
