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All eyes on John Paul II Posted by Kasia on Apr 27, 2014
Today was a very important day for all Poles! Important, touching and emotional:) Pope Francis canonized into sainthood two 20th Century popes at a Mass on Sunday celebrated before hundreds of thousands of people at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, lauding his predecessors as “men of courage” (ludzie z odwagą). The crowd roared when Pope Francis…
Describing your home, place where you live in Polish Posted by Kasia on Apr 22, 2014
Poland has all sorts of residential areas. From the post-communist tenement buildings (postkomunistyczne kamienice) of suburban metropolis centres like Warszawa and Kraków, to the quiet rural villages (ciche miejscowości wiejskie) of the quaint and sleepy Polish countryside, and the large ‘outskirt’ neighbourhoods that have more room than inhabitants, there’s a whole range of architecture that…
Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych! Posted by Kasia on Apr 19, 2014
Easter (Wielkanoc) is traditionally is the most important Christian holiday, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Polish Easter’s original folk and religious character and it not changed much during the centuries, but due to the rich variety of many regional traditions in Poland, some published information might be little different. Easter observances in Poland…
Polish Religious Easter traditions Posted by Kasia on Apr 16, 2014
One of the most significant Catholic traditions in Poland is Wielkanoc or Święta Wielkanocne (Easter) that commemorates Zmartwychwstanie Jezusa Chrystusa (Jesus Christ Resurrection). First, on the last Thursday before Wielki Post (Lent) there is the so-called Tłusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday) when all the people eat pączki wypełnione marmoladą (donuts filled with marmalade) or faworki or…
Today/Dzisiaj widzę świat w różowych kolorach:)))) Posted by Kasia on Apr 13, 2014
If I said to you, “She’s pulling my leg”, you wouldn’t immediately think a female companion of mine was tugging on my limbs, or, if before a particularly testing encounter, I wished you would “break a leg”, that I was being unnecessarily and uncharacteristically (I promise) malicious. That’s because we are speaking in idioms, short…
Making an offer, invitation, proposition in Polish Posted by Kasia on Apr 9, 2014
Whether it’s a dark kawa (coffee) on the Rynek (market square), a trip to the kino (cinema), a walk in the park (park), or a night on the town (impreza), it’s always better to have company. Let’s take a look at how you go about inviting people to do things with you in Polish, suggesting…
“Palace Stairs” back in Poland! Posted by Kasia on Apr 5, 2014
Today a little bit of current Polish news! Another work of art returns to its rightful owner!Thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego), a valuable Francesco Guardi painting looted during World War II has been safely returned to the National Museum in Warsaw. We all…