No “Year in Russia” for Poland any more! Posted by Kasia on Jul 24, 2014
I’m suer most of you follow the news and heard about the horrible tragedy that happened last week to the Malaysian flight. The Polish government has called off preparations for the Polish Year in Russia amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the alleged shooting down by pro-Russian separatists of a Malaysian jetliner last week. The…
I scream, you scream! We all scream for ice cream! Lody, lody! Posted by Kasia on Jul 20, 2014
Today is International Ice Cream day! Who doesn’t like ice cream? In fact, the entire month of July is known by some as Ice Cream month. What better way to celebrate than with some fun facts about our favorite cold and delicious treat! According to Yahoo! the top five ice cream flavors (pięć najpopularniejszych smaków…
Sto lat, sto lat! Let’s go to a party! Posted by Kasia on Jul 18, 2014
Poles just love to party and the tradition of home parties goes a long way back. They were initially “forced” into existence for lack of reasonably priced restaurants, bars and cafés where larger groups of people could meet without worrying too much about the check to be paid later. Thus the home parties, more commonly…
What is your favorite way to spend time off? How Poles spend their days off? Posted by Kasia on Jul 13, 2014
How do you like to spend your day off? Of course there are so many different ways to do it! Here is what I like to do on my day/evening/morning off (of course not all at once:)): Read a book – czytać książkę Watch a good movie – oglądać dobry/ciekawy film Enjoy a cup of…
Flea markets in Poland Posted by Kasia on Jul 11, 2014
Flea markets (pchle targi), understood as places where you could sell/buy or barter (prowadzić handel wymienny) low quality goods with others, while chatting away on the actual need to have this or that item, are probably a thing of the past in Poland. The Internet has replaced the bricks and mortar trading spots by creating…
Skydiving in Poland? Have you tried it? Posted by Kasia on Jul 6, 2014
Skydiving and parachuting is a very popular “sport” in Poland and there are plenty of different dropzones to enjoy or for the beginner, there are many places where skydiving or parachuting (spadochroniarstwo) courses (kursy) are offered. Poland attracts skydivers from around the world and in August 2010, skydivers (spadochroniarze) in Poland broke the European record…
Listen and learn! Posted by Kasia on Jul 3, 2014
Each person is different and each person learns a new language in many different ways! What works for one person, may not quite work as well for the other…:) So what works for you? What’s the easiest and the most efficient way to learn all the grammar rules, words and everything about the new language?…