Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Poland (and Baba Jaga).... HERE I COME (I hope)

Next summer, my family is planning to go to Poland, like we do every so often. What is even cooler is that Mimi and her family are planning to go to Poland next summer too! And, we both live in villages by Tarnów- me, in Świebodzin and Gręboszów, her, in Jaworsko (is that right, Mimi?). Anyway, my family is saving up, and hopefully we'll be able to go. If need be, I'll pitch in my 400 and something dollars that I've been collecting for one thing or another (a dog or a D-SLR camera, or maybe something else). Just so I don't forget, here is my list of things (so far) that I want to do in Poland:

-Visit the Auschwitz museum (for inspiration for my newest novel idea)
-Go to Baba Jaga's house and take a few pictures (there's this cottage by the forest in Świebodzin, and everyone says its the house of Baba Jaga or a witch)
-Photograph the countryside, Tarnów, whatever I can! I want to get some pictures of bociany (I think those are storks in English, I'm not sure, here's a picture I found of one: http://uczenzklasa.gazeta.pl/gfx/userfiles/1499/Image/bocian.jpg)
-and lots of other things!

While I'm on that note, I'd like to ask what languages you dear readers speak. Partially, fluently, just a few words- whatever. I myself fluently speak English and Polish. I'm learning French in school, know a few words in German, and because I know Polish, understand totally and completely Czech when spoken(it's like Polish with an accent in a way for me), Slovenian when spoken, and Russian a little when spoken. The last three languages are very similar to Polish.
Once, I was watching a documentary about Stalin (the people in the movie spoke the language from the country they were from, with subtitles translating it into english), and I asked my dad why they were talking in Polish if the guy was Russian. My dad told me it was Russian they were speaking, but I understood pretty much all of it!

4 comments:

  1. I speak English fluently of course, and I know a few words in Croatian, and French. A know a lot of Spanish, but can't speak it very well. I can write some of it too.
    Poland sounds so cool! I've been to Ireland, England, and France, and I'm going to Croatia and possibly Ireland again next summer as well.

    Good luck with Poland, the camera, and the dog!
    Breanne

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  2. Hi, Kiki!
    I kinda skipped over from Ananka's Diary, after I saw this blog on your profile. (Hope you don't, like, mind.)
    It think it's REALLY cool that your a published poet. I occasionally write poems myself, but stories are more my thing.
    Happy New Year!!!!!

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  3. Yah i am from jaworsko, and great news! We are 95% sure that we will go to poland so yay! I think its time we went...it's been 7 years!

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  4. Thanks for the comments!
    Breanne- I hope you go to Croatia and Ireland. They sound amazing.
    The Irregular Girl- I don't mind, :). Thanks! I love writing stories too.
    Mimi- hopefully both our families will go to Poland this summer.
    Happy New Year!

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