Different doesn’t mean bad Posted by Kasia on Apr 14, 2012
What do you think about people from other cultures? Did you ever think someone was scary because they looked different, or ate strange foods? Well, they might think the same about you! One of the things we all need to do is celebrate diversity (doceniać różnorodność). We shouldn’t think badly of people from other cultures…
Visiting the Baltic City – Gdańsk Posted by Kasia on Apr 13, 2012
For anyone who has never been to Poland, or who does not know too much about the country, Gdańsk is one city that may ring a few bells. Even if the name itself does not, events which took place there certainly do. It is Gdańsk, after all, that can claim to be the home of…
International schools in Polish cities Posted by Kasia on Apr 12, 2012
The number of international schools (międzynarodowe szkoły) in Poland has been growing since the early 1990s in the wake of the influx of foreigners (napływ cudzoziemców) enticed to the country by a burgeoning new economy. Today, Poland has a large number of prestigious international schools ranging from preschools (przedszkola) to primary (szkoły podstawowe) and secondary schools…
Second Anniversary of Smoleńsk plane crash Posted by Kasia on Apr 11, 2012
It’s hard to believe, but Poland is marking 2nd anniversary (druga rocznica) of the 2010 plane crash (katastrofa samolotu) that killed its president Lech Kaczyński and 95 others. Ceremonies took place at Powązki military cemetery in Warsaw, and at the crash site near a military airfield in Smoleńsk, western Russia. However the late president’s twin, Jarosław…
Kwiecień, plecień, bo przeplata, trochę zimy, trochę lata… Posted by Kasia on Apr 10, 2012
Today’s blog is about April. April (kwiecień) was the second month in an early Roman calendar, but became the fourth when the ancient Romans started using January as the first month. The Romans called the month Aprilis. It may come from a word meanting ‘to open’, or it may come from Aphrodite, the Greek name…
How are you feeling after holidays? Posted by Kasia on Apr 9, 2012
Easter is over. It was fun, but now we can all relax…All that wonderful food! I love it, I always eat way too much! So we talked about Palm Sunday traditions as well as Easter eggs in Poland. Święconka is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions. On Holly Saturday people take to churches decorated baskets containing…
Training just in case of emergency! Posted by Kasia on Apr 6, 2012
The National Stadium in Warsaw witnessed bizarre scenes last Wednesday as emergency services were drafted in to help deal with 120 “injured” football fans in preparation for the upcoming Euro 2012 championships. The staged event, in which the most “seriously injured victims” were treated and rushed to hospital in ambulances, was to help emergency workers…