the POLSKI blog

Christmas is just around the corner, many of us will have a lot of time to do things we’d normally not do. So why not visit Poland? Too late too book? Maybe. But there’s a site that offers virtual trips across Poland and there’s plenty to look at. Wirtualny Kraj allows you to browse various [...]

Or as SFGate chose to put it, “Sauerkraut for everybody!” Yes, the two cities, which couldn’t be more distant geographically and culturally, are now twinned. And if you’re in Kraków around the 3rd July, you can witness the official signing ceremony there. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom released a statement, in which he said: “I [...]

I was too busy over the weekend (pre-Xmas gathering of friends in Hampshire, great food, lovely companion) to realise The Observer had a nice piece on Kraków and its annual exhibition of the best Christmas cribs in the main square. In fact, the cribs were just an excuse for a page-long piece on how to [...]

Kraków? Cracow? Krakow? How on earth do you spell it? (Kraków) But more importantly, how do you pronounce it? Don’t fret – that’s why you have the Polski Blog Today just a bunch of cities, starting with the more popular ones. Kraków [Audio clip: view full post to listen] has become a popular tourist destination [...]