Monthly Archives: February 2015

27 Reason not to Visit Poland

Posted on 28 February 2015 by lkonieczny

If you like to remain uninformed, if you do not appreciate art and culture, if you’d rather remain ignorant about history and geography, and if you would rather lead a boring, mundane life, then I have the perfect solution for … Continue reading →

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Not Your Grandma’s Pączki

Posted on 16 February 2015 by lkonieczny

I love to make my own pączki, much like my mother still does, and the way her mother did, and was taught by her mother’s mother. You get what I’m saying, right? There is a long family tradition here. And … Continue reading →

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Tłusty Czwartek — Fat Thursday

Posted on 12 February 2015 by lkonieczny

Today is Fat Thursday in Poland, Tłysty Czwartek in Polish. As the Christmas season and the following Karniwal come to an end and the season penitence, fast and abstinence–Lent–approaches, Poles take a bit of a time out to indulge in … Continue reading →

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Stalin’s Deportations Began 75 Years Ago Today

Posted on 10 February 2015 by lkonieczny

75 Years ago today, on February 10, 1940, Stalin and his NDVD (Secret Police) began the mass deportation of Polish Citizens to Siberia. Beginning in 1940 and continuing into 1941, somewhere between 300,000 and 1,500,000 Poles were  evicted from their … Continue reading →

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