“So it is” – Northern Irish people, daily. So it is. Yes, we really do say that too often, so we do. Growing up in Northern Ireland, we always had our own slang. At the time, I didn’t know another world. I remember ordering “a chip” in England for the first time, only to be Read more about The Best Northern Irish Slang Words and Phrases Translated “Intill” English and Polish[…]
I don’t write about Kraków often, I admit it. It’s never been my favourite Polish city, nor even in my top 10, but it does grow on me with each visit and I plan to return again a few times in 2019. In fact, last year I visited Kraków about 8 or 9 times, sometimes for Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Kraków’s City Symbol, the Dragon[…]
I don’t mean to upset Polish people on here about this but there has always been a pureness and honesty within my blogs from around the world. In China, I wasn’t keen on the food and the smog. In London, I hated how unsafe the streets were. In India I hated the sexism and how Read more about Mieszka W Polsce: 5 Things I Don’t Like About Living in Poland[…]
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[…]
“I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me. Pepper, pepperoni.” – Lady Gaga orders a pizza. While I continue to write about Poland and work hard here promoting it, I once had a love for global travel and wrote daily on a different website called “Don’t Stop Living“. This project seems so Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Follow Northern Irishman in Poland Through 200 Countries[…]
I love to set myself challenges in life. On here, last year in January, I started a Reader Vote / Poland Poll every month to dictate my destiny for the following month. Having been coping with severe depression and dealing with liars the last 18 months, the excitement of others controlling my upcoming tourist jaunts Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: My Polish A to Z! Can I Visit A Polish Settlement With Every Letter of the Polish Alphabet?[…]
I have had a connection with Poland since serving ice cream with Warszawian Piotr on a beach hut in the English seaside resort of Bournemouth in 2004. At the same time, I also worked with Aneta and Grzegorz and later Zuzanna (who I met again as recently as 2016). All four are pictured with me Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Taking My Polish Friends on a Tour of Northern Ireland[…]
Travel and visiting new places NEVER has to end. In 2017, after starting this blog (well it started in December 2016 in reality), I decided I would TRY and visit EVERY Province of Poland as well as Polish Antarctica, Kashubia and some Micronations by the end of the year. With two months to go, I’m Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: 2018 Travel Target – To Have Visited All of Poland’s 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites[…]
I’m a bit of a fact freak and I always love learning new facts about countries I backpack to, Poland opened up a new ball game when I (completely unexpectedly) relocated to this beautiful country in 2016 – are there any secrets hiding here? You see Poland has a huge amount of history to it, Read more about Sixteen Cool Facts About Poland That The Polish Might Not Even Know[…]
Now into my second year living in Poland and I get emotional, sentimental and very spiritual these days. Before I had shared my craziest moments from my first year, my top 5 things to respect about Polish culture, my top 9 reasons why I love living here and my first 8 PRL bars in Poland. Today Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: My Five Favourite Facts About Poland[…]