Our New Polish car March 10, 2009

Its a Fiat 126p (the p is for polish made). We call ours Zissou but there are lots of other affectionate names for them. Total bargain at 399 złoty (about $100)!!!

In Poland it is called Maluch, which literally means ‘a little kid’ or ’something small’, or mały Fiat (’small’ Fiat), on contrary to Fiat 125p (‘big’ Fiat). In some regions, it is also called Kaszlak(most likely derived from kaszel = cough) or “groszek” a pea.

Wrocław Poland June 17, 2008

There are little metal gnomes all over down town Wroclaw.

Travels in Poland June 8, 2008

I have been in Poland for about half a month or so. I came in from Berlin to Poznan on the 25th and then headed down to Krakow with Ola and her friend Catie for a couple of days. After that we went back to Poznan for a week and then I helped Ola move out of her apartment. We packed all of her stuff up an put it into a Renault Laguna rental car and drove three hours down to Wroclaw where we visited her Grandparents and then headed over to there a-frame cabin to put Ola’s stuff into storage. We stayed there for 2 nights, did some hiking and great cooking and then headed back to Poznan for a couple of days until Ola caught a flight back to the states. Currently I am back in Krakow and about to watch Poland take on Germany in the Euro2008 Football tournament.