Is Carrie Bradshaw from “Sex and the City” a man? Does Ugly Betty speak like a middle-aged, slightly bored and cynical man? Yes. And yes. If you are in Poland, that is. Let me explain. I’ve been asked a few times – and heard people talk about – the fact that Polish TV airs foreign [...]
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I came across a post by a fellow Pole, Sylwia on her personal blog, in which she extols the virtues and the beauty of “The Golden Polish Autumn”. Yes, such a phrase exists and is usually applied to the period between early and mid-October, when you are lucky to have a few sunny days and [...]
One of the reasons why I decided some time ago to start this blog was the fact that some of my closest friends were so bloody ignorant (sorry if you are reading this) about Poland, it wasn’t even funny any more. While planning summer holiday, I suggested at some stage going for a week to [...]
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- Visit Poland – virtually
- Warsaw’s newest attraction: a foldable roof
- Polska? Tak!
- Travel tip: Trzęsacz, the church swallowed by the sea
- Poland – feel invited
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- Polish poems on the Tube
- Over 500 thousand Polish passport holders live in the UK
- I need your vote. Yes, yours!
- You like kiełbasa, we like kiełbasa
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- The Guardian devotes a week to Poland
- Travel tip: rafting on the Dunajec
- Czarny kapturek: The UK gains a lot, when we are able to have Polish people. It also means that people like me are able to live and work with no bother in Germany and
- Czarny kapturek: I find that outside of restaurants and bars I always have to pay for toilets. Still, 50 groszy or 1.5 złoty isn't much. At least the toilets are
- Czarny kapturek: I don't get how "ław" becomes "love", when in English it would be written "wav". Not that "wav" offers itself well to people trying to market a ci
- Michał: Glad you like it, welcome!
- Missy: I had been to Poland as a masters student in Warsaw ( 2006-2008), travelled all over Poland. I like it there, i am glad i found your blog. :) niec
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The POLSKI blog is written by Michał, a Polish journalist, writer, one-time language teacher and linguist, living and working in London.Polls
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