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Sylwester Posted by Kasia on Dec 28, 2011
In Poland a New Year’s Eve is called commonly Sylwester. Every day in a Polish calendar is devoted to a saint. The celebration of the name is called name day (imieniny) . Often name day is much more important in a life of a Pole than a birthday, except of some important birthdays like 18…
Emergency phrases Posted by Kasia on Dec 28, 2011
Today I wanted to share with you how can one express an emergency and what words should you use to do it. You may find it helpful when you get lost, when you are in danger, when you don’t feel good and in any other situation when you may need help… Pomocy! – help Czy może…
New Year’s in Kraków Posted by Kasia on Dec 26, 2011
If you are in Kraków you are probably planning to visit Market Square during New Year’s night. For many years, Kraków’s Main Market Square has lent its beauty as the backdrop to one of Europe’s largest New Year’s communal celebrations. It usually gathers around 100,000 people: visitors from Poland and abroad coming to Kraków especially for that moment…
Real or fake Christmas tree? Posted by Kasia on Dec 24, 2011
By now I’m sure that most of you have beautiful Christmas tree standing in your living room or any other place in the house. When I was little, I remember that sometimes we used to decorate the tree on Christmas Eve. Now I definitely like it to be standing in my house long before Christmas…
Vaclav Havel’s street in Gdańsk Posted by Kasia on Dec 24, 2011
Gdańsk — the birthplace of Poland’s Solidarity movement (ruch Solidarność)— has renamed a street after Vaclav Havel to honor the Czech anti-communist icon deeply revered (czczony) by Poles. Officials in the city, the home of Poland’s own anti-communist icon Lech Wałęsa, inaugurated Vaclav Havel Avenue today, the same day the Czech playwright (dramaturg) and president (prezydent) was being…
Polish Christmas wishes Posted by Kasia on Dec 22, 2011
Christmas is getting closer and closer, it is just few days to Christmas… It is high time to send Christmas cards or emails to all your family and friends. If you are a relative to someone who lives in Poland, or maybe a friend or an employer or your neighbour happens to be Polish, than…
What is your favorite cartoon? Posted by Kasia on Dec 22, 2011
I remember few great cartoons I used to watch when I was a child. I don’t think they play them any more on TV, but I always find them on You Tube or Netflix and watch them with my daughter. She really likes them. They are funny and their main characters interesting and clever. Maybe…