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Sticking to a Communist theme (those wanting more saucy volleyball shots will have to wait a bit) here are a few pictures from 1980′s Poland. For those that have been in Poland in the winter know it can get quite cold, I remember being told by a woman that she once spend 2 days queuing [...]

Now obviously my apartment is full of plasma tv’s, pinball machines, pool tables and a hot tub but what did a typical apartment look like during Communist times. Something like this:

For years in Poland a meal out meant wandering down to the local milk bar – a state run canteen serviing good heart food – and as long as you didn’t want meat or alcohol, prices were cheap. Many thought the milk bar’s days were numbered with the end of communism, but after more than [...]