Polish Blog A daily dose of Polish life

Now the European Union has opened up there are many relationships being formed between Poles and those of other countries especially in the UK. Here are the translations for some of the cute Polish phrases that couples say to each other: misiu – teddy bear slonko – little sun sloneczko sunshine kotku – kitty zlotko [...]

This is a video of a Tornado near Mykanów, Poland. Taken from inside a bus you can see the wind move the car in front and then as it gets close it flips over the bus. Eight people were injured but none seriously. Three people were killed and 34 injured in the storms which caused [...]

Pierogi are half circular dumplings of unleavened dough, stuffed singularly or in combination with cheese, farmer’s cheese, bryndza, mashed or other forms of potato, sauerkraut, cabbage, onion, meat, fish, mushrooms, rice, hard-boiled eggs, dry cottage cheese or with a fruit filling such as blueberry, prune, peach and apple. In some parts of Poland Bigos recipes [...]

A well known yet controversial figure in Poland is Dorota Rabczewska better known as Doda. After a promising start in Athletics she quit to be a singer/dancer, get her boobs out in Playboy and spit at people. Whilst it sounds like perfect girlfriend material for me that kind of behaviour doesn’t go down well a  [...]

For some unknown reason television stations like to use smoking hot women as weather girls. Some countries have really taken this to the extreme and the presenters would look more at home in Playboy. Lets start with the Polish ones: Dorota Gardias is a former Miss Poland finalist and now presents for TVN Marzena Sienkiewicz [...]

I promise you I’m not gay, but I just love rainbows. Did you know there are many different types of rainbow? Glass bead bows, Twin Bows, Cloud Bows. Enough of this… Here are some pretty ones from Poland

Polish festivals are where the cream of society head to drink the finest wine from goblets, sing jolly songs, dance merry dances and discuss the political implications of the US Missile Shield. Take Woodstock 2008 for example, taking place in Kostrzyn near the German border (I’ve been there and it’s full of brothels and alcohol/cigarette [...]