Polish

I will be taking a two-week intensive Polish course at the Prolog school. When not in class I'll be wandering around Krakow and getting to know the city. I'll be staying with a Polish family near the school.

... to snow on my second morning. Snow. In August. Things are not looking good for this winter. It's difficult to compare the Polish and Slovakian High Tatras, as I was on each side at completely different times of the year, but I think the Polish side is ...

It took more than 2 hours to pass the Polish-Ukrainian border. Leaving Poland was relatively fast. No questions were asked. They took your passports, stamped it, and gave it back about 20 minutes later. It was getting into Ukraine that took a lot of time. ...

... compassion, courage and morality" and who "risked their lives to save the lives of Jews." Throughout the German occupation, many Polish Gentiles – at great risk to themselves and their families – engaged in rescuing Jews from the Nazis. ...

My Polish Roots My hair is naturally blonde, but I spontaneously dyed it black a few months ago. You can imagine how the Polish relatives I hadn't seen since I was 14 reacted to the sight of my new doo. It didn’t help that at the time of our trip ...

... but still delicious overall. Remember to shop at their supermarket - carrefour which offers diverse items that are uniquely Polish. Poland's developments have exceeded my expectations and i felt happy to have the chance to experience their culture. And ...

... at the music number 9 bar but hunger got the best of us and we quickly got side tracked hunting down some authentic Polish food. We had searched loooooonnnnnngggggg and hard for a nice restaurant. The fact that they all closed around 20:00 didn't ...

... Poland and the weather was better home in Scotland ;) We start the drive towards Lublin and stopped mid-way for a fantastic Polish dinner – accompanied by another Polish wedding happening at this location! Then we hopped on the bus again and drove ...

... of an old train car.  It had a removable Plexiglas roof that is removed in the summer.  There was a live traditional Polish polka band playing and the atmosphere was fantastic.  We drank large mugs of local beer and people watched.  It ...

... off and continuing through the Roztoki Valley. We would then have a short but steep 300m climb to the Valley of five Polish Ponds (Dolina pieciu stawow polskich), where we planned on spending the night in the highest mountain lodge in the country, at ...

... food at very cheap prices. A lot of old people, poor, students and tourists eat there to get the experience of eating at a Polish milk bar. I ordered klottet schabowy with njalieski russke (russian pancakes) and milk, and paid only 11 zl, or about $3.75. ...

... some Polish accents, which we were curious to find, after spending some nice time with our colleague's mom. We visited a Polish Christian church and a salt mine, established by the Polish salt miners from Bochnia and Wieliczka in the late 18th century. I ...

... gone wrong. "You see the problem is...you took the train in Poland," he said laughing hysterically. The woman, chatting away in Polish also couldn't contain her laughter as she glanced periodically at us crammed into the back seat.   As it turned out ...

... fortunate to find lodgings and were housed in the gazetka dorm, so named because the entire dormitory was lined with old Polish newspaper cuttings. After a quick change we headed out in search of drink (common theme emerging). After an expensive drink al ...

... Wroclaw, I went with my friend Kamila (from working in USA), to her city, Zielona Gora, and her sister's marriage there. The Polish wedding was an incredible experience. I had to borrow a suit from her ex-boyfriend's mother, Marcin (friend of mine as ...

... the city is pronounced Vrots-wav, a much more pleasing sound to the ears than the tongue twisting other version.    Why the Polish language decides to make w's sound like v's and l's sound like w's is beyond me.  This is a big reason why ...

... have improved leaps and bounds since I've gotten here. Now, I would be wrong leaving you with a pessismistic view of the Polish langauge. It really is a fun langauge once you actually can commit things to memory. And we are at the stage where we ...