the big fat world

[ad#adsense:vertical/no outline] You don’t think that former soviet block countries have much to offer in terms of culinary arts besides great vodka, well some may agree but I was pleasantly surprised by the variety and quality of the Polish diet. Mind you, they love some beets in this country and cabbage is in almost everything, [...]

In my 2nd installment of OMG, it’s a Wiener Dog in…., I want to feature my favorite long dogs in my favorite country, Poland. In Poland the dachshund is so revered, they hold a doxie parade in Krakow (link is Polish but the photos aren’t) every Aug/Sept. Poland’s jamnik (dachshund) (yom-nik) is all around as [...]

Krakow is the most beautiful city in Poland. It’s central square square is unmatched, it has one of the oldest universities in Europe, and thanks to luck, it was not destroyed during WWII.

Going to Auschwitz and its sister camp, Auschwitz-Bikenau is a extremely painful experience. The first time I went was in 1998 and returned again in 2007. To get to camps, you must go by way of Krakow and take a train to Oswiecim (ohshe-venshum). From there you can take local buses or pay a few [...]

Poland is a country between a rock and a hard place and has suffered terribly for this geographical inferiority. With the signs of communism slowly fading, there are a variety things one must see, smell, hear, say, and taste while passing through. Here is my top 10 list. 1. Visit Krakow market square 2. See [...]

Poland is a cultural landscape of past and present. The most alarming signs of the recent past are most evident in it’s capital city Warsaw. Smack in the middle of the center city is the palace of Culture and Science, a monstrosity of a building given to the Polish people by the benevolent Stalin. Palace [...]