Archive for the year 2009
Polish Gifts? Posted by Anna on Sep 14, 2009
I have a problem. A big problem. An embarrassing, big problem. Or an embarrassingly big problem. It all depends on how you look at it. And as always, I hope that you, my readers, will be able to help me. You see, I’m a pathetic gift giver. I never know what to give and when…
Do Polish Ducks Use Bad Language? Posted by Anna on Sep 11, 2009
A few years ago, a “Polish” couple living in a certain English speaking country decided that what their small daughter truly needed was a real, “straight-off-the-boat” Polish nanny. Though they themselves spoke some Polish (as much as can be expected of third and second generation Poles), it just wasn’t the kind of Polish they wanted…
More About Drivers Licenses Posted by Anna on Sep 8, 2009
Thank you for your comments regarding prawo jazdy (drivers license). I thought that instead of just waiting for my readers’ input, I should do some digging as well. And guess what? I think I found what we’ve been after. I hope, anyway. The link I found provides not only the correct (or supposedly correct) procedure…
Polish Drivers License? Posted by Anna on Sep 5, 2009
So… a friend of mine (yes, I know, I know… I seem to have an awful lot of friends, but when I say “friend” I mean it in the American way, OK?) is moving to Poland. Why? She married a Polish dude (what a refreshing change from all those foreign dudes marrying Polish girls!) and…
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…
Famous Cartoon Goat Posted by Anna on Aug 31, 2009
I was talking with somebody yesterday and she mentioned that a few years back when she was flying to Poland from Chicago, the in-flight entertainment included cartoons about a goat and two stick figures. It was a LOT flight, she added. A goat? Two stick figures? (That one I very quickly determined to be Bolek…
Adventures in Reading po polsku – a guest post Posted by Anna on Aug 26, 2009
Remember how a few posts back I said all kinds of fun things about Joanna Chmielewska and recommended her books as an easy and painless choice for a beginner Polish reader? Hmmm… Not so, apparently. This is what our fabulous guest blogger, Barb from Canada had to say about her experiences of reading Chmielewska. But…