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W-wa Jeziorki

It may surprise my readers from Warsaw that though the snow's retreated from the city's pavements leaving only piles of icy grey heaps here and there, the Las Kabacki forest is still experiencing a proper snow-covered winter. After lunch the skies cleared, so it was time to check it out....

Commuters' staging post

Unless my Jeziorki-bound train is the first one in at W-wa Powiśle station (it rarely is), in winter I'll hop onto whatever comes first and hop off one stop further along, at W-wa Śródmieście to wait there. Compared to some of the more rubbish stations I could choose to wait...

Half way through Lent

It's gone so quick this year I'm not even counting off the weeks. As one gets older, so time passes faster. At the age of ten, a year is 10% of your life's experience. At 50, it's but 2%. Lata lecą. This is my 19th Lent in a row, and...

Congruent consciousness

Imagine a childhood summer's day on the beach, the sun glinting off the waves; or a walk in a pine forest with your parents, or staring at a toyshop window just before Christmas, snow falling gently on the rushing shoppers. Can you feel those memories strongly? Can you conjure up...

20 east

Dziki Ryż

Full review to follow later but for now, feast your eyes on the latest ‘Bad English!’ found in the menu at Dziki Ryż, an otherwise fine restaurant. Big Sthrimp – almost impossible to say, even for an Englishman. Sounds like a character from a Tarantino movie. whit chives – a tiny or...

Airport security is a giant exercise in arse-covering — and it doesn’t work (obviously)

An article in the Spectator that had me laughing my arse off this morning, the first part of it anyway about airport security. So true. So well put. I had missed this whole Abdullah al-Asiri story until I read this. Hilarious. Al-Asiri was the al-Qa’eda operative who — following a sojourn...

they’re there & their

Rant time. I am sick to the back teeth of seeing these three very simple words misused so here’s a very simple guide. Will all guilty parties PLEASE keep a link to this in your bookmarks: THERE – a place, point or matter. As in; “Hi there”, “We visited there last year”,...

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent snow?”

I say this in the hope that Reginald FitzUrse, Hugh de Moreville, William de Tracy, and Richard le Breton will appear and spill the brains of this pestilent snow about the streets of Warsaw. Of course, if Simon Schama is correct we should rather believe the account of Edward Grim...

Łazienki park in winter

Łazienki Park – Warsaw We don’t go to Łazienki as often as we used to so it was nice to pop over to ‘Peacock Park’ on Saturday. It is a bit bleak in winter compared to any other season but the upside is that it’s almost empty of visitors. The animals...

20 east – now powered by Mac!

It’s been a long time coming but I finally bit the bullet today and invested in a brand-spanking new iMac, just like the one shown above. I was initially tempted by the low price available for the 20″ older model but in the end the greatly improved spec and right...

Poland News

Britain's Prince Charles to visit bison-filled virgin forest in eastern Poland

Britain's Prince Charles visits Poland Monday, a journey that includes a visit to a bison-filled woodland - Europe's last remaining primeval forest thanks to preservation efforts of kings and czars of centuries past....

Holocaust monument in Poland vandalized

Polish media say vandals have sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on a Holocaust memorial at a former Nazi concentration camp....

Insult-to-Religion Prosecution in Poland

From Gazeta Prawna , with many thanks to my father Vladimir and brother Sasha for the translation from Polish: The Gdynia district prosecutor's office has accused Adam Darski, the leader of the death metal band Behemoth, of defamation of religious sensibilities.... The decision to accuse the musician was announced ......

Alex Carlin Sets New Guinness World Record With TELEFUNKEN

By the end of his show, Carlin had performed 500 songs, including the entire Beatles catalogue, which took only 12 hours....

Lead singer of Behemoth charged for ripping Bible in Poland

If Behemoth frontman Nergal gets convicted he could actually get up to 2 years in jail for "insulting Catholics" hmm, interesting law....

T den.cz: EZ interested in heating networks in Poland

Prague/Ruda Slaska, Poland, March 7 - Czech power producer CEZ is eyeing the heat distribution network in Ruda Slaska in the south of Poland, the server Tyden.cz. wrote on Saturday....

Polish Blog

Natasza Caban – Solo circumnavigation of the world

A bit of news now from the nautical world, in December last year Natasza Caban completed her solo navigation of the globe. She started sailing as a youngster on a local lake in Utska Poland, by the time she was 22 she was joining crews sailing to Australia and the...

Anna Baranska – Playboy Pictures

Poland’s favourite volleyball starlet has shed her clothes for a shoot in Playboy’s Polish edition. I’ve just included the (relatively) SFW pics here, if you want to see the full set I’ll include a link at the bottom. Enjoy! Full set of Anna Baranska Playboy pics here...

Kasia Popowksa – Mam Talent

I’ve not been following Mam Talent but I usually try catch up with it online. Regular viewers will know of Kasia Popowksa from last year. She’s not a bad singer but can’t seem to lose the slight Polish accent on the English songs. She seems to be doing well though. Enjoy...

Trip coming up this week: Zakopane > Czestochowa > Prague

Reports coming soon!...

Miss Poland Contestants in Thailand

The 25 contestants for Miss Poland 2009 are currently touring Thailand, visiting places such as Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket. I wonder what the overweight Westerners who go there to pick up petite Asian women made of this, seeing as they prefer the Thai look and paying to get laid. The Polish...

Polska Chatka Restaurant – London

I’ve been heard about a new Polish restaurant in London but as I’m currently away I’m not able to try it out. When I return in a few weeks I’ll give it a try and let you know what its like but in the meantime I’ll give you the details...

Global Voices Online

Serbia: Belgrade's Trees Fall Victim to “Chain Saw Massacre”

Belgrade city authorities are in the process of cutting down some 400 plane trees that were planted on Belgrade's longest street in the 19th century. Sinisa Boljanovic reports on the ongoing protest against what is now known as the "Belgrade Chain Saw Massacre."...

Russia: Thoughts on March 8, Feminism

Thoughts on March 8 and feminism in Russia and Ukraine - at Poemless, Global Comment, and Sean's Russia Blog....

The Balkans: Ejup Ganić's Arrest

Updates on the arrest of Ejup Ganić in London on March 1: Amila Bosnae - here and here; Gray Falcon - here, here, and here; Greater Surbiton - here and here; Samaha - here; CAFÉ TURCO - here;...

Bulgaria: Delivery of Some Cancer Drugs Stopped?

European Union Law reports that “the Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has stopped the delivery of some drugs against cancer for children under 18 years”: “A very simple question arises: what sort of a European Union Member State is Bulgaria, really??? How is it possible to leave the children...

South Africa: inappropriate content in the classroom stage

Rochele Ardesher published a video taken during a South African elementary school class of what she calls inappropriate content where the teacher berates the students for improper bathroom usage....

Taiwan: Inequality in Baseball Game

Los Angeles Dodgers was invited to Taiwan to play with CPBL's best players this week. However, after the first game on March 12, media and baseball fans found that all the budget(2.8m TWD) for improving Tianmu Baseball Stadium was used only on Dodgers' side. Baseball blogger Kenmy argues that “the games...

Travel Blogs from Europe , Poland

First day in Krakow

Hello well you'll all be glad to know Im here save and sound.My grandad put me under orders to get a taxi to the airport apparently you can't trust the buses at that time of the morning. So I got picked up at 7. Luckily the taxi driver wasn't the...

Spine Tingling Poland

After packing up which took forever in a slightly hungover state we were in desperate need of greasy food We made it onto the highway where we saw a glimmering sign which was like a mirage in the desert reading ldquoK F Crdquo. As we came so close to this...

"U2 Tour a night off in Krakow"

August '09Krakow is Poland's second largest city and certainly its jewel. This is a beautiful city google it deserving more than a long weekend to do it justice. A snippet from Introducing Krakow reads 'accordion players ply trade next to old trouts selling bobble hats and bagels.' That...

A Day for Reflection

Finally we reach the most important day of the holiday and the reason for the whole trek around Europe ever happening Auschwitz. As a history graduate Auschwitz has always been an important place to me and one that I've always felt a strong inclination to visit. I didn't...

Last stop Warsaw capitol of Poland

Polish capitol Warsaw was our last stop during the trip. We hadn't any time to seesighting than I put some Warsaw's skylines from internet. We attend to visit there especially to visit in Warsaw Uprising Museum which concerns to Warsaw Uprising Polish capitol was terribly destroyed while WWII...

First stop Gdask

Gda324sk was first town which we have visited. This is Polish historical town and one of the most famous locations in this country. There we hadn't enough time for seesighting and being impressed by the Old Town but we saw enought to be convinced that's one of the most beautiful...

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Doda water crisis, a cause of worry for locals

The acute water crisis in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir has added to the worries of local residents, who have been forced to face numerous problems due to it....

Hamilton rubbishes claims that Pussycat Doll girlfriend ordered him to sack dad

British Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has dismissed reports that his Pussycat Doll girlfriend ordered him to sack his dad Anthony as manager....

Malaysian Indian businesses in dire need of 100,000 foreign workers

Malaysian Association Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI) President K.K. Eswaran has said the Malaysian Indian business community is facing an acute foreign workers' shortage because of the government's restrictive policies....

Lord Swaraj Paul repays 38,000-pound 'admission-of-guilt' expenses

In order to clear his name from a House of Lords investigation into an MPs expenses scam, Indian-born Lord Swaraj Paul has voluntarily repaid the controversial amount of 38,000 pounds that was at the centre of the probe....

Another Take That star, Howard Donald, exposed as a 'love rat'

After Mark Owen, it is now the turn of his fellow Take That member Howard Donald to be exposed as a love rat following reports he bedded a married Dutch beauty while dating his girlfriend....

Brits 'among the least likely to suffer from food sensitivity reactions'

Britons are some of the least likely people to have problems with foods such as apples, peaches, shrimp and wheat, says a study....