So. The big news a couple of weeks ago was: Ewa quit. Yes, Alex’s nanny, the one who bought his great hats and who was funny and sweet and who Alex loved loved LOVED. She quit.
Oh, she had her reasons – good ones, too! – and they involve everything from a better job (actually in [...]
So, there’s a bit of an update on the whole pissed off letter to the medical clinic…. and is it just me, or was the medical center’s response just plain old WRONG in terms of customer service?
OK, some explanation: I sent the original letter of complaint on August 4th, and by yesterday – the 18th, [...]
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Since posting Part Two of the Saga (oh, it ain’t over yet!), I’ve had three phone calls and three e-mails from Polish friends here in Warsaw, asking me who Nameless Clinic is. Of course I told them – and nobody is rushing to go there and everyone is disgusted and they have talked about how [...]
I have no idea what is going on in Poland lately in terms of the passing of really hard and tough laws, but I am loving it. Normally I’d be all, “Well, there is an election coming up!” and although there is, it’s the Presidential election, not the Prime Minister/ party election which determines all [...]
So, have y’all heard that Poland is now the only country in Europe where chemical castration is mandatory for paedophiles, or for people who have been found guilty of raping a close relative who is a minor? The law was actually passed in the Senate back in September – and the vote was almost unanimous: [...]
I am at a bit of a loss how exactly to begin this entry. Hence the sigh…
I joined an expat forum a couple of months ago, and as a result I have heard from a few other expats here in Poland – which I really like – and I have also been contacted by people [...]
So, yesterday was Mother’s Day in Poland (remember how I said it’s celebrated on May 26th, no matter what day of the week that may fall on?). So since it was a Wednesday, there was (a) no sleeping in (b) no day with the family (c) no lovely brunch or fuss or whatever.
But! Max woke [...]
Welcome, everyone, to another ‘Over To You’ Tuesday! Today’s guest is the gorgeous (and she IS gorgeous, ya’ll: this is her on ‘Bloggers Without Makeup Day’) Cinda from This Side Of The Island. With a fantastic husband and three beautiful kids, Cinda’s love of ‘Family, life and simple food’ is central to her belief system, [...]
You know, for me one of the funniest Polish language things has been ‘pet names’ for kids. In Polish, the diminutive is just so sweet; in my opinion, it is much more so than in English.
Example: in English, how do we show that a person is little? Well, we do something to their name, right? [...]
Well, nobody was more surprised than I was when ‘T’ called me about two weeks ago. You see, he is a casual acquaintance of ‘J’s’ (y’all remember ‘J’, don’t you? Yes, I thought you might), and it turns out that ‘T’ read J’s post, then mine, and all your comments, and he was quite offended [...]
