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Another week down

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [765] | Comments [1]

This week has been really weird. I went to The Warsaw Uprising Museum last Sunday but it feels like I went yesterday. It's like the past week never happened. I can live with that. Now for my first real work-related rant: I imagine that next week ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Apologies

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [691] | Comments [2]

I'm still trying to work out how to reply to comments. It's not as straight forward as it should be ... I'll try to investigate some more on the weekend :/

Tags: Misadventures

I need suggestions!

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [2195] | Comments [7]

I've got 9 days holiday in May and I do not want to spend them in Warsaw. The only other place I was considering in Poland was Gdansk but apparently that's where everyone in Warsaw is going (maybe I'll go there over Easter, although it will probably ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Why just stop at one bodily fluid?

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [2114] | Comments [3]

As some of you will know one thing I truely hate, something that has on several occasions nearly made me throw up, is spitting. Spitting does not seem to bother many Poles. In fact it seems to be a national sport. I didn't think anyone would ever ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Death Camps, Salt Mines and Other Adventures

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [1462] | Comments [6]

Luckily, my first full week of holidays was followed by the winter holidays. Two weeks of paid vacation, yay! I'm not sure how I would have coped if I didn't get that break. I was invited to go to Krakow with some of the other native teachers for ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Like sardines, lightly smoked

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [726]

Catching a bus during peak hour is always in interesting experience. The people in Warsaw could really teach the Japanese a thing or two about cramming people into confined spaces. Yesterday, I had to go to a training session on something that was ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

By the time you've lost all feeling in your face ...

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [638] | Comments [3]

... you know it's probably getting a bit cold. I think I've acclimatized nicely to the weather in Poland. Mum would probably be ready to fall on her sword but I don't find the cold too bad. Let me rephrase that, I don't find the cold too bad when ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

First Entry (second time around)

Fri, 9 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [881] | Comments [2]

Well I've been in Poland for about three weeks now and I'm still trying to work out what exactly I've gotten myself into. Everything is so - well to be banal – foreign. The landscape, the architecture, the weather, the food, the language, especially ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Gallery: Beskid Niski - klimkowka

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 | By beskidniski | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Poland 2006

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By travelingone | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Wrocław

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

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Wrocław

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [1344] | Comments [1]

That's Vrotz-hauf to everybody here, and here is 4 hours by bus and 5 hours by train from Slavakia - ouch! Is it worth all that time getting too... no. Maybe because it's a Saturday night when i arrived, but straight away i didn't like it. It's ... Read more >