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where is home

Where is Home?

January 14, 2025
by Steven Musings

After moving 19 times since 2003, will Łódź be the place I can finally call home?

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Wrocław Old Town - travel nostalgia

Travel nostalgia – Visiting Wrocław after a seventeen-and-a-half-year hiatus

January 17, 2024
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

With my break in Wrocław well under way, I decide to take a trip down memory lane in this post with my first visit to Wrocław in 2005 occasionally popping into my head.

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reverse culture shock

Reverse Culture Shock After Living Abroad

May 16, 2023
by Steven Musings

Before May 2023, I hadn’t been to the UK since February 2018. Check out how I was impacted by reverse culture shock.

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nostalgia for days gone by

Nostalgia for days gone by in Poland

March 18, 2022
by Steven Musings

A brief musing on how certain situations trigger my nostalgia for days gone by in Poland.

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mszana dolna - rzeka mszanka

Mszana Dolna – First contact with Polish culture (2005)

February 23, 2022
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

Memories of Mszana Dolna – the first place I ever visited in Poland in 2005.

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Working at a language school in Płock (2010-2011)

February 14, 2022
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

Brief recollections of my time working at a language school in the city of Płock.

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Ksiezy Mlyn Lodz

Living and working in Łódź (2012-13)

December 3, 2020
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

Dive in to read about my experience living and working in Łódź back in 2012-13.

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Polska Złota Jesień

The Polish Golden Autumn – Kind Thoughts

October 31, 2020
by Steven Musings

Step inside to find out why there’s no finer sight to see than the striking colours of a Polish Golden Autumn.

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Krakow Main Square

Living in Kraków – Candid Reflections (2006-07)

October 17, 2020
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

Reflections on two brief spells living in the magnificent city of Kraków.

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Polish hospitality

A few reflections on culture shock in Poland (2005)

September 23, 2020
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

Four ways in which I experienced culture shock in Poland back in 2005.

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My first journey to Poland (2005)

July 4, 2020
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

An account of my first journey to Poland in 2005. Only the small matter of a 30-hour bus trip from Nottingham to Kraków …

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coronavirus in Poland

Coronavirus in Poland – notes

March 17, 2020
by Steven Musings

A brief account of coronavirus in Poland. Everybody is fighting their own battles, but I realise that my own issues are very minor compared to what some unfortunate souls are going through right now …

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Polish Family History Research

December 29, 2019
by Steven Musings

At around the time I applied for my Polish citizenship certificate, a little research carried out by an experienced archivist revealed a great deal about my grandfather and his family. Read on to see why it’s worth hiring an archivist to kick-start the process of discovering your Polish roots …

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St. Mary's Basilica, Krakow

The story behind my first trip to Poland

September 30, 2019
by Steven Days in Poland - Reflections

I had only spoken to Paweł for an hour. However, his invitation to travel to Poland by bus from Nottingham to Kraków, and then stay at his family home in Mszana Dolna in the south of Poland, was an offer I could not refuse …

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