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Wiersz na powitanie szkoły Posted by Kasia on Aug 30, 2012
September 1st is coming! First day of school for kids in Poland! Here is a great poem to welcome the new school year: Wiersz na powitanie szkoły (Autor: Tadeusz Kubiak) Żegnajcie, lasy zielone, Żegnajcie rzeki błękitne. Już wrzesień idzie przez łąki I wrzosem liliowo kwitnie. Już się zwołują jaskółki, Już bocian rozkłada skrzydła, Żurawie lecą…
August – Sierpień In Poland Posted by Kasia on Aug 28, 2012
Sierpień takes it’s name from “sierp” – sickle, which was always used for mowing grains. In Poland August’s weather is usually beautiful and warm with a lot of flowers and fruits on the trees. Here are some common Polish sayings about Sierpień: Z sierpem w ręku witać sierpień, wiele uciech, wiele cierpień. Greet August with a sickle in…
Flaki aka Flaczki Posted by Kasia on Aug 26, 2012
Flaki is a very popular traditional Polish soup. Flaki soup is quite dense and made from a shredded beef stomach. That is why word flaki simply means in Polish something like ‘guts’. No matter how oddly it sounds, believe me that Polish flaki soup is really tasty. Even some Poles, however, do not take these…
Watch out for the beggars! Posted by Kasia on Aug 24, 2012
Wrocław is suffering a plague of aggressive beggars (agresywni żebracy), making life misery for the owners and customers of the city’s beer gardens. Attempts to move them on result in violent confrontations (gwałtowne starcia), while official fines make no difference. “We’ve intervened over eighty times this month in cases of persistent begging” commented Slawomir Chelchowski…
Poland after Euro 2012 Posted by Kasia on Aug 22, 2012
Reports this week state that during the recent Euro 2012 football tournament, foreign tourists spent approximately PLN 1 bln whilst visiting the country. With estimations by the Ministry of Sport and Tourism sitting at PLN 800 mln before the competition, the actual figure poured into the country is in fact PLN 200 mln more than…
Fake marriages in Poland Posted by Kasia on Aug 20, 2012
Did you know that at least 1/4 of all the marriages in Poland to foreigners are fake? This is an estimate by a Polish newspaper. People from Africa and the Middle East always ask how they can find a girl to marry. I love Africa and the Middle East, however, these guys are dishonest. Some…
Polish beer goes abroad! Posted by Kasia on Aug 19, 2012
In 2011, Polish beer export reached the highest level in history. Also within the country, Poles are drinking almost as much golden drink as Germans – well known for their great and everlasting love for beer. According to preliminary data of Central Statistical Office breweries, that operate in Poland, sold beer abroad for about 101…