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Archive for December, 2009

18 Dec, 2009

Dear Santa….

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast| famous Poles

I just want one CD for Christmas. I know it’s almost a year old, but I’ve only just been told about it. (Yeah, thanks, ‘friends’ for keeping me up to date). And I instantly fell in love with it.
Mieczyslaw Fogg was a very famous Polish crooner, whose career spanned half a century. He first started [...]

This one is for music lovers planning a trip to Warsaw.
To mark the bicentennial of Frederic Chopin’s birth (yes, he was Polish), the Polish capital has published a Chopin audio city guide.
Available in eight languages, the guide will take tourists to some key locations related to the great pianist.
You can download the audio guide from [...]

13 Dec, 2009

Stamps and stockings

Posted by: Michał In: links| p for press| so very Polish

I should perhaps dedicate this post to everyone who still complains about the Royal Mail in Britain.
Have you ever tried its Polish equivalent, Poczta Polska? No?
I’ve just read a post on one of the Wall Street Journal blogs dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe about the weird experience that is Poczta Polska. And I couldn’t [...]

10 Dec, 2009

More Polish food at Tesco

Posted by: Michał In: feeeed me!| so very Polish

While browsing through my enormous backlog of unread blog posts I came across a short post on Bar Mleczny, another UK-based Polish blog, about Polish food in the UK.
Well, there are two pieces of news to share in fact.
First, Tesco has decided to double the amount of Polish food it offers as its customers are [...]

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  • Steve: Not on a postcard to Pete, but I think he really knows the answer. The memorial is placed at the home of Poland's famous 303 squadron - RAF Northolt.
  • uncle: Autor musi mieć polskie geny, ponieważ choruje na typowo polską przypadłość "pomnikomanię". Dobrze, że jest taki pomnik, dobrze, że ktoś tam
  • Elsie Stockdale: Two of the concerts really stand out..........the Piotr Wylezol Quintet and Nigel Kennedy with Kroke were both life-enhancing. But in my opinion the e
  • The bossman at wish a happy birthday: Happy Birthday Wish in german, "Alles Gute zum Geburtstag" Great video!
  • Miranda: If anyone is in Edinburgh for the Festival they might be interested in the show - Poland 3 Iran 2. Using football as a link between the lives of two

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