“All the windows of my heart I open to the day”. —John Greenleaf Whittier I can’t resist photographing beautiful windows. This one is on a little sidestreet I discovered by accident, in Krakow, Poland. Happy Friday!
Category: Poland
Last weekend we stopped in at our local Modern Art Museum for a special exhibition of Polish artists. I can never understand why were are literally the only people in the entire museum—after all, the exhibits are usually pretty interesting,…
Last Saturday was All Saints’ Day, followed by All Souls’ Day on Sunday. Here in Poland, these days are a big occasion, with people traveling if necessary to their home towns and villages in order to clean and decorate the…
We live in Poland, where Halloween isn’t as widely celebrated as it is other places. You can’t go shopping for a costume, for example. Businesses are not decorated, nor are homes. You can get pumpkins at the market, and you…
Last weekend I spend a few days in Krakow for a city/culture/mama break. Want to come along? First, a walk across the Vistula River that cuts through the city. We’re going through the Old Town (Rynek Główny) and former Jewish Ghetto….
It’s properly autumn around here: Dark, gloomy, rainy, windy…the works. I love it. I always feel a strange pressure to go outside when the weather’s nice, so rain and wind give me a good excuse to stay indoors with my…
Remember these machines when you were a kid? The thrill of putting in a dime or a quarter and—luck of the draw—getting a piece of candy, a sticker or a temporary tattoo? Last weekend we were at a beachside restaurant…
I often take public transportation to pick up Anna at preschool. The journey usually takes an hour door-to-door, depending on my tram and train connections and how quickly I can buy my tickets from the ticket kiosks. (And whether or…