To all you guys and gals, whatever your celebration this time of the year is, may your Christmas or any other celebration be special, warm and full of happiness. Regardless of how things have been going for each and every one of you lately, I do hope you are able to find closeness, company and peace at this time. Wesołych Świąt ^^

Took Xolani to a Polish wedding this weekend. Being the sole British guest it turned out he apparently managed to outdrink every other guest at the table, myself included. The wasp seems to have quite some capacity for vodka too ( Read more... )

Lovely Indian summer here in Poland. Spending some time here seeing my family and friends until Sept 30th, and attending a good friend's wedding on the 26th too ( Read more... )

I wouldn't be myself if I didn't comemorate one special anniversary, one of those days in the year where I am very proudly Polish. It is, after all, twenty-six years to the day that Poland had its first free elections in post-war history. Even though I wasn't around to see that memorable June day of 1989, I can well relate to it being the ( Read more... )

Just this Thursday I got back from my Christmas visit to Poland. To sum it up in one word, it was splendid seeing my family and friends again, this must have been one of the best visits I paid after I moved out to England ( Read more... )

Well, what do you know? Turns out on the 26th winter made a belated appearance and technically we still managed to get snow for Christmas ( Read more... )

So I'm heading off to Poland tomorrow to see my family and friends. I'll be gone for around three weeks and I got to say I'm looking forward to this visit. Not that much to do workwise so I will finally be able to enjoy myself more instead of dealing with shit ( Read more... )

On Wednesday I'll be taking Xolani to Poland. It's his first time there as well as it is also a first time for me taking any guests from abroad in ( Read more... )

This part of my motherhood's recent history I am probably most proud of. It's been quarter of a century now since the first free elections that put an end to communism for good there, and most importantly in a non-violent way.


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So, I am in Poland now, for my Easter visit. It is good to be seeing my family after such a long break, although the first few days always feel a little odd. Guess working into being here again takes some time but in the end I end up having a good time anyway. And, and below...


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