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Foreigners investing in Warsaw Posted by Kasia on Feb 15, 2012
Warsaw has long been the main housing market in Poland. The city is also where foreigners are buying the largest number of dwellings (mieszkania). According to the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs (Polskie Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych), from 2006 to 2010, foreigners bought housing with a total area of 950,000 sq m in Poland. This means that…
Sztućce i narzędzia kuchenne Posted by Kasia on Jan 31, 2012
There are so many types of sztućce (cutlery) and narzędzia kuchenne (kitchen tools), that sometimes we do not even know how to name them. I will try to gather most of them and let you know how are they called in Polish. While a cutlery set can refer to general tableware containing a variety of table items…
Director of Auschwitz museum has died Posted by Kasia on Jan 27, 2012
Kazimierz Smoleń, a former prisoner of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, passed away on The International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust. He was 91 years old. Kazimierz Smoleń was born on April 19, 1920 in Chorzów Stary. He was sent to the concentration camp for underground activities in Chorzów in one of the first…
Brown bear Wojtek – hero of battle of Monte Cassino Posted by Kasia on Jan 6, 2012
Wojtek, who was adopted as a cub by Polish soldiers stationed in Iran during 1941, liked to share beers and a cigarette with his fellow comrades, was taught to salute when greeted, and provided a welcome distraction to the horrors of war. By 1944 and at 6ft tall on his hind legs and weighing in…
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…
Breaking of the Opłatek Posted by Kasia on Dec 8, 2011
One of the most beautiful and most revered Polish customs is the “breaking of the opłatek.” The use of the Christmas wafer (opłatek) is practiced not only by native Poles in Poland, but by people all over the world whose ancestors came from Poland. The “opłatek” is a thin wafer, made of flour and water…
Playing lottery in Poland Posted by Kasia on Dec 2, 2011
Do you play Power Ball here in US? Have you ever done it in Poland? Here is some info about playing lottery in Poland. National lottery games in Poland are operated byTotalizator Sportowy who have been running Lotto PL games since the Polish Government granted it a license to begin operations back on January 25th 1956. The Lottery…