Smaczne Środy: Learning How to Cook Polish Food With Polish Your Cooking in Warszawa

Posted on May 30, 2018June 1, 2018 by Jonny Blair

“Smacznego” – Polish people advising you to enjoy your food. You have probably read before about my love for Polish food. I have written many articles on my favourite Polish food, my favourite pierogi, my favourite soups etc. Ever since my early visits to Poland I developed a surprising tongue for Polish cuisine. This is Read more about Smaczne Środy: Learning How to Cook Polish Food With Polish Your Cooking in Warszawa[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Gdańsk to Host 2020 Europa League Final!!

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Jonny Blair

Now for some great news for Poland!! Gdańsk will Host the 2020 Europa League Final!! This was announced yesterday on the official UEFA website. I’m buzzing about that and also want to get back into football writing more. I did some football stories for other sites recently, about Iceland and the Russia World Cup. But Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Gdańsk to Host 2020 Europa League Final!![…]

Poland Poll: What Should Jonny Do in June 2018? (World Cup Theme)

Posted on May 24, 2018May 25, 2018 by Jonny Blair

It’s going to be a quick Poland Poll this month and because it is the World Cup coming, I’ll make it football related. The Poll will end at the kick off time of the first match – Russia v. Saudi Arabia! I will be going to the World Cup again this year, having visited Brazil Read more about Poland Poll: What Should Jonny Do in June 2018? (World Cup Theme)[…]

Smigus Dyngus: Wet Monday in Poland, What’s It All About?

Posted on April 2, 2018April 25, 2023 by Jonny Blair

So you might have read that Poland has a Fat Thursday (doughnut day) known as Tłusty Czwartek, which is held on the last Thursday before Lent every year. I wrote about it in February, and also stuffed my bake with Pączki that day. Now for another cool Polish tradition and festival…Wet Monday! Yes in Poland Read more about Smigus Dyngus: Wet Monday in Poland, What’s It All About?[…]

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Speed Dating at the Hard Rock Cafe, Warszawa

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Dating Ideas in Warsaw

Posted on March 23, 2018June 1, 2020 by Jonny Blair

You might have read how I first lived in Gdańsk when life took me to relocate to Poland. I have been almost exclusively single since splitting up with my longer term girlfriend Panny Yu in late 2015, and now I live in Europe and am lonely again, I look for love. Panny and I parted ways, and Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Dating Ideas in Warsaw[…]

Smaczna Sroda: Dining Out at Kubicki, Oldest Restaurant in Gdańsk

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Dating Ideas in Gdańsk, Poland

Posted on March 19, 2018August 3, 2020 by Jonny Blair

You might have read how I first lived in Gdańsk when life took me to relocate to Poland. I have been almost exclusively single since splitting up with my longer term girlfriend Panny Yu in late 2015. Panny and I parted ways, and since then I have dated three ladies, who were all Polish. These Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Dating Ideas in Gdańsk, Poland[…]

Poland Poll: No Poll This Month, But A Last Minute Reader Invite to Saint Patrick’s Day in Warsaw (Dzień Świętego Patryka) – TOMORROW!!

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Jonny Blair

“Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night” – Scorpions. I was little more than a Northern Irish 9 year old when the Berlin Wall waved its goodbyes to an unwanted border in 1989 and this world, my world, your world changed forever. As time progressed, I studied Soviet politics, Northern Read more about Poland Poll: No Poll This Month, But A Last Minute Reader Invite to Saint Patrick’s Day in Warsaw (Dzień Świętego Patryka) – TOMORROW!![…]

Mieszka W Polsce: Living in Poland – How to Buy tickets for Lechia Gdańsk as a Foreigner

Posted on March 5, 2018June 12, 2020 by Jonny Blair

In my series Mieszka W Polsce (Living in Poland), I give detailed and personal experiences from things I do in Poland as a foreigner or immigrant to become part of the culture. I’m not here to change Poland – I love it how it is – I’m here because life took me here and it Read more about Mieszka W Polsce: Living in Poland – How to Buy tickets for Lechia Gdańsk as a Foreigner[…]

Tłusty Czwartek: Fat Thursday in Poland, What’s It All About?

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Jonny Blair

The amount of festivals, holidays, celebrations, wacky days and events in Poland never ever ceases to amaze me. It is a country steeped in endless history and tradition. What is amazing is how all these traditions remain intact and continue to thrive in today’s modernic Polska. In fact, I’d say some of Poland’s festivals get Read more about Tłusty Czwartek: Fat Thursday in Poland, What’s It All About?[…]

Smaczne Środy: Top 10 Polish Foods You Need to Try

Posted on January 17, 2018October 15, 2021 by Jonny Blair

“Smacznego” – Polish for enjoy yer grub. This will hopefully be the first of many of these food posts in my much neglected Smaczne Środy series. I’ve had the ideas on paper for about two years but as you might have read recently I have been madly busy lately. So I haven’t written all the Read more about Smaczne Środy: Top 10 Polish Foods You Need to Try[…]