Tag Archives: History
Great museums to visit in Poland Posted by Kasia on Apr 24, 2015
Here is a list of some great museums worth visiting in Poland! Everyone should find something interesting:) Museum of the Warsaw Uprising (Warsaw) Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego: When you’re done walking through the exhibitions and watching the startling documentaries filmed during the fighting in 1944 on display here, you’ll understand a lot more about the Poles’ resolve…
Few basic facts about Poland Posted by Kasia on Jan 8, 2014
Ask any tourist about Poland and you might get a mumble of beautiful cities, vodka, communist rule, Pope John Paul II and Euro 2012. Here are few facts I picked up to help make your visit even more meaningful and interesting: * Nearly 35% of the 60 million Poles live abroad and large Polish speaking…
A New Decade Is Here Posted by Anna on Jan 3, 2010
Hello everyone! So… how does it feel to live in 2010? I see there’s a debate going on in the media (at least in the US) on what to call this year in English: twenty-ten or two thousand ten. I’m in the 20-10 camp myself. Luckily, there’s no such problem in Polish. It’s rok dwa…
Kombinowanie continued Posted by Anna on Nov 2, 2009
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 otherwise dishonest bunch also reads this blog. Oh, hi! Small world, isn’t it? Thank you for providing us with such an interesting discussion topic! And to another…
Druga Wojna Światowa – World War 2 Posted by Anna on Sep 2, 2009
Yesterday Poland observed the 70th anniversary of the start of WW2. I wasn’t going to write about it initially, but then I realized it would look very stupid and almost un-Polish if I didn’t mention it at all. Yet on the other hand, talking about WW2 makes me a bit uncomfortable. Why? I feel this…
The Question of Prussia Posted by Anna on Jan 6, 2009
A few weeks ago one of the readers made a comment about Prussia. A family member of hers claimed to have Prussian ancestry, not Polish. Personally, I find this statement a bit odd, but that’s just me, OK? Prussia, Prusy in Polish (a.k.a. Germany, or one of its many incarnations) was a neighbor of Poland…
Mazurek Dąbrowskiego – Polish National Anthem Posted by Anna on Dec 3, 2008
Yesterday I had a very interesting, if a bit odd conversation with one of my friends. The friend in question is also very interesting, if a bit odd, and I suppose that goes a long way towards explaining her strange musical hobbies. Anyway, she walked up to me, hugged me and said: “I really love…