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Vacationing po polsku

Adam writes: I am away on vacation, so the topic is close to my heart at the moment. And as this is the middle of winter – so it’s a good time

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Conversations with Poles – What Not to Mention

One thing that becomes immediately apparent from Adam’s post is that an unprepared foreigner should avoid talking politics with a Pole whenever poss

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Politics? Oh no!

Today we have another guest post from Adam. And brace yourselves, it’s about polityka – politics. Before I started writing for Polish Blog

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Documentary Film About Wisława Szymborska

Have you heard about his new documentary about Wisława Szymborska? I haven’t had a chance to watch it, so I can’t give you a proper review, but f

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Being Cool (episode 2)

Today Adam continues his very fascinating story of the emergence of “cool” in Poland in the 00s. Today we will follow up on being cool an

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Surviving the First Hello

Another totally awesome post by our resident guest blogger - Adam. We will get back to being cool in Poland in my next post. This time, inspired by th

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Środa Popielcowa – Ash Wednesday

So…. Karnawał (carnival) is over! No more parties, no more dancing, no more drinking until you fall down under the table. It’s all about somber (

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Being Cool (episode 1): A Short History of “Lans”

Today Adam Blomberg, our new permanent (I sure hope so! - hint, hint, nudge, nudge) guest blogger decided to show us just how far behind the times us

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In Search of the Right Ending…

Today I would like to introduce to you our brand new guest blogger - Adam Blomberg. He will be helping me out with the Polish Blog this month, because

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Guest Post – Evil Winter! (”Zima Zła”)

Today we have a new guest post by a new guest blogger - Ms. Anglopole. Ms. Anglopole is Polish but lives with her husband and kids in the UK. She blog

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Polish Folk Songs – Pognała wołki na bukowinę

Do you like to sing in the shower? No? Me neither. So imagine my utter shock and surprise when something possessed me this morning to open my mouth (a

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Happy New Year!!!

We’ve managed to survive another year! Doesn’t it feel great? And what are your plany sylwestrowe (new year’s eve plans)? I’m simply going

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Polish Expat Bloggers

It always amazes me how many Poles in recent years have packed up and moved to the UK and Ireland. Sometimes I feel like the last Polish person left a

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Wesołych Świąt!

Wigilia, Wigilia i po Wigilii… How are your stomachs? Suffering from heartburn and indigestion? If not, that wasn’t a proper Polish Christmas

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On Annas and Agnieszkas

I know there are some foreigners out there who are convinced that 50% of Polish women are named Anna and the other 49% - Agnieszka. The remaining perc

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When “witam” Is Not Welcomed

I have to tell you about something that happened this week. And after you hear this story, please tell me what you think… So, I had to write an emai

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Odd and Funny Place Names in Poland

One of the joys of traveling in a foreign country (or reading a map, if you can’t travel) is seeing all the strange, wonderful, funny and otherwise

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Polish Christmas Eve Celebrations – one more time

Because I know that not everyone reads all the comments to all the posts, I took the liberty of “borrowing” two entries from the “Polish Christm

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Polish Christmas Eve Abroad

So, have been naughty or nice? Did Święty Mikołaj bring you anything exciting? What? Don’t tell me that you forgot about Mikołajki (6 grudnia

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Christmas Cards

I am sorry this post is so late, but I’ve been buried under a mountain of season’s greetings cards (kartki świąteczne, most of which still need

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November Picture Post – Photos of Poland

It’s November 30th today and that means only one thing in Poland – Andrzejki. The feast of St. Andrew’s, celebrated in a very unsaintly way –

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Registration of Foreign Birth Certificate in Poland, part 2

Here Barb tells us what to do in order to register birth certificates of minors born abroad. Registering the births of minors (osób małoletnich): B

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Registration of Foreign Birth Certificate in Poland

Today we have a guest post by our favorite guest blogger, Barbara, about how to register your foreign birth certificate in Poland. All explained very

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Polish Patriotic Songs

November 11. Święto Niepodległości. Independence Day. I wrote about it last year, if I remember correctly. So, this year, let’s celebrate it

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Kombinowanie continued

So, let’s go back to the issue of kombinowanie for a few more minutes. Turns out that the person who claims that Poles are a cheating, scheming and

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