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Tag Archives: life in Poland
Weird Old Guys
Was walking around with a friend who brightened up seeing a bar that was offering grzane wino (mulled wine). “I was there with friends from work, they had Chartreuse, let’s go in and see!” he said. I followed suspecting nothing. … Continue reading
March Madness
I was going to do a post on the upcoming march in Warsaw on November 11, the 100th anniversary of Poland returning to the maps of the world after over a century of a no borders policy. But it’s way … Continue reading
Inconvenience Store
Writing checks almost completely passed Poland by. The country went from literally buying everything (including cars and houses) with cash to very widespread use of bank debit cards about 15 and 10 years ago (some credit cards, but mostly bank … Continue reading
Culture Creep Coming and Going
All Saint’s Day in Poland happened a few days ago. Normally every year at that time there are TV reports about the menace of the American holiday Halloween and experts say how it’s gaining a foothold in Poland (it’s not … Continue reading
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Language and Center of Gravity
I’ve been listening to some videos by a Ukrainian immigrant to Poland (he has enough Polish ancestry to be recognized as Polish and his channel is Polak z Ukrainy (A Pole from Ukraine). Mostly he compares things between the two … Continue reading
Fourth of July Conversations
I didn’t look for any kind of July 4th celebration yesterday and treated it as a normalish working day. Now I’m reflecting on three conversations. The first came as I was walking to work. I noticed some US flags and … Continue reading
A Migration Non-Crisis
Migration by Ukrainians to Poland to work was slow to arrive where I live. Despite being one of the wealthier and historically better run large cities in Poland, since the end of communism it hasn’t been among the first places … Continue reading
