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I think the Tatra Mountains in the south of Poland are some of the most beautiful in the world. Unfortunately, my most recent visit, as a part of a “study...

We all want to use our cell phones abroad, especially we of the younger generations. But setting this up can be more difficult (and costly) than we think. Here ...

Somehow, my 3 bags + guitar and I managed to get to Krakow without anything getting lost. Unfortunately, for some reason, I thought that the dorm supplied linen...

I like shoes and clothes (rather a lot, in fact). Ordinarily, this isn’t a problem when moving, especially since my last moves have all been manageable wi...

Wait, that sounds like a completely tacky advertisement that would appear on a pop-up (do people still use those?). In most cases it would be – except tha...

As I’ve noted previously, my spoken and written Polish is, at best, extremely limited (I might drop “extremely” when describing my reading ski...

I love beets in all forms – soups, salads, sandwiches, or even just straight up, raw. “Barszcz” is the Polish spelling of the popular Eastern ...

In which I go to the Polish Consulate in New York to get a visa, learn about repatriation insurance and buy repatriation insurance

This is a continuation of my previous post, Q&A, Part 1, in which I answered questions that people usually ask when they hear that I will be spending the ne...

When people first hear of my plans to do my MA in Poland, I usually get a barrage of questions: “Are you Polish?” “Do you speak Polish? “...