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…
Kapuśniak Recipe Posted by Kasia on Dec 21, 2011
Kapuśniak is a great dish for cold, winter days… Here is how to make it: Ingredients: • 4 slices Bacon (chopped) • 1 large Onion (chopped) • 2 sliced celery sticks • 4 Carrots (peeled & sliced) • 2 large Potatoes (diced) • 2 Garlic Cloves (minced) • 1 small Cabbage (chopped) • 910 g…
Polish singer Violetta Villas laid to rest in Warsaw Posted by Kasia on Dec 19, 2011
Family members and hundreds of fans bid farewell Monday to Violetta Villas, a Polish coloratura soprano who spurned opera for popular music and once reigned in a Las Vegas cabaret. Villas died at her home earlier this month of untreated pneumonia and complications from a broken leg. She was 73 and lived alone in a…
Wigilia Posted by Kasia on Dec 16, 2011
Wigilia is the Polish name for Christmas Eve. Much work must be done, including cooking, baking, and all the housework. This way, the two holidays that follow can be devoted to praying, caroling, eating, relaxing, and eventually visiting. This special day is associated with several beliefs and customs.When the first star appears in the…