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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
19 Aug
Pierogis are Polish dumplings with a filling that is wrapped with unleavened dough and cooked in boiling water. They can be sweet or savory. Some of the typical fillings are: potato, cheese, sauerkraut, mushroom, ground meat,...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 25
Are any of you old enough to have heard of Lech Walesa? He was Poland’s first democratically elected president since 1926 and the first to be elected by popular vote. He led the movement which ended Communist rule in Poland in...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Nov 24
The photo has nothing to do with the discussion.
With Russia’s continuing bombardment of Ukraine, its neighbour, Poland, has ‘scrambled its air force and activated all available resources at its disposal’.
Scrambling in this...
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Dawnsummer
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
20 Jul 22
This is a painting titled "The Blue Marquise" by Marcello Bacciarelli in 1757. He painted for many royal people in Poland.
The woman's name is Izabela Lubomirska, a Polish princess.
The beautiful blue silk dress and fur lined...
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
15 Mar 22
Martin Roberts from Homes Under the Hammer, who I've mentioned before, has been over to the Poland/Ukraine border with supplies and things for the refugees.
He posted his journey on his Twitter account @TVMartinRoberts and he...
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John Murphree
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
2 Nov 20
I took the picture abve on my second trip to Auschwitz. The site was originally an undistinguished army post. When it became a Nazi death camp, the Great Lie of such camps was put above the entrance, "Arbeit Macht Frei", meaning...
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John Murphree
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
17 Sep 20
While my wife and I were in Poland in the cold wintertime a few years ago, we visited the birth house of Chopin, an hour or so southwest of Warsaw. I made the picture above on this visit. At the time of his birth, the house had a...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
7 Nov 19
Spoiler alerts – 2009 – Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Among an estimated 3,000 book I have read in my life, (going by my lists on Goodreads), I can number very few as being penned by winners of the Nobel Prize...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Oct 19
2018 – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
The third of nine movies in the Preston based UCLan Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie Festival.
An incredible tragic love story set over many years from 1949 to the mid-1960’s,...
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John Murphree
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
5 Feb 19
A few years ago when we were teaching English in Warsaw Poland, we traveled about the countryside most weekends, just for fun. One of the really great places that we visited was the home of Chopin in the countryside about an hour...
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John Murphree
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
4 Feb 19
In a countryside town in Poland, we saw these Harry Potter books in the window of a bookstore. I was amazed that they were there. I believe the town that we were in was the hometown of Chopin.
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Lee Boueri
@CoachME (139)
• Sydney, Australia
27 Jan 19
This picture was taken during my visit to Eastern Europe 12 years ago. My visit to Auschwitz was a life changing experience.
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John Murphree
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
24 Jan 19
I learned about the Holocaust after World War II when I was a teenager. I really never expected to visit the place, but I have, twice. It was a gut wrenching experience, both times, just unbelievable in its presentation of pure...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
5 Oct 18
Hans Frank was one of Hitler’s most loyal, fanatical and evil Nazis.
He was Hitler’s personal lawyer up to the start of the second World War, and Governor-General of Poland from soon after the country was occupied.
Frank...
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Barnali sarkar
@barnathegr8 (350)
• Kolkata, India
20 May 17
The couples who has been married for at least 50 years, get rewarded with "Medal for long Marital Life" by their country, Poland. The country honor them because of their long marital life achievement.
I think this is a very good...
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k sridharprasad
@yugasini (12892)
• Secunderabad, India
21 Aug 16
Hi Mylot Friends,
It is an desire of any athelet to win a medal in the Olympics, if win their dream is fulfilled. They are treating this medal is valuable property and they keep them very safely. But Poland's Peter Malakhovski a...
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
14 Aug 12
I've been fascinated with different international languages, acquiring them can be so multi-linguistic. If I am not mistaken, there are six official languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. You may not...
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