Młochów (Mwo-hoov): Life and Times Outside Warsaw
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Ukraine: When two Blocks collide
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I've always found the flow of history fascinating (abstracted from the names and dates I can't remember). Whether one believes in th...
Saturday, 7 July 2012
Saint George - the best mature cheese in Poland
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The title in full should be "the best mature hard cheese that has been widely available in Polish shops". It was still in Biedronk...
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Around the Bins
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It was some time ago now, but Warren asked if I had ever seen people searching the bins. Well, yes, so it's a good excuse to post some o...
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Overloaded to Breaking Point
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This flat bed van had broken down giving just enough space for vehicles to get past when I was driving on that side of the road. I was ...
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Biedronka
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I first remember visiting a Biedronka (Ladybird) supermarket in Kielce at about the turn of the century. It was a cheap, but desperately un-...
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Expressing demands in Polish and English
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The UK Economic and Social Research Council has financed research that shows that " expressing needs in Polish could sound rude or ill ...
Friday, 17 February 2012
Nothing about birds: Maria Dąbrowska
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Maria Dąbrowska is most known for her Noce i dnie (Nights and Days), for which only an excerpt seems to have been translated into English . ...
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