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Poland has seen some diverse weather in the past few months, especially in Southern Poland (close to Czestochowa) which has seen a couple of bad tornados. Some pictures:

The 263 strong team Poland sent to Beijing is one of their largest squads ever participating in the Olympic Games, expectations are high in Poland with members of the public expecting medals in double figures being won during the games. The first day Cuba beat the Polish women in the preliminary match of pool A. [...]

As there was quite a lot of interest in the post a few days ago showing a few pictures of the Polish Women’s Volleyball team, lets meet the squad that are competing for gold in Beijing, China.
There will be some who think I’m using this as an excuse to post pictures of pretty Polish girls [...]

258 athletes will be representing Poland at the 2008 summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. 101 women and 157 men led by the national flag bearer canoer Marek Twardowski.
The Polish Olympic Mission have spent over PLN 186 million over the last 4 years and hopes are high for an improvement on the 10 medals [...]

More Polish storms. Lightning across cities in Poland.

There are a few reasons why I picked Gorzow as the first city profile. I used to live there and it’s widely known as one of the most depressing places in Poland. High unemployment, Communist blocks, skinheads and a feature on a TV program called “The Worlds Worst Gangs”.

To be honest it got a bit [...]

Some bloke with a lot of time on his hands travelled all over the world seeing what people eat in a week and also how much they spend.