L’viv and Let Live

In L’viv, Ukraine, one can find theatres staging elaborate ballet and opera, view priceless ancient icons, haggle at open air markets, & dine on fresh sushi at one of the trendier nightclubs.

Get Thee to a Renaissance Faire

At the annual festival in Maryland, USA, you can step outside of yourself, dress up in velvet tights and fairy tutus – and feast on steak on a stake.

Day-Tripping in… Białystok

Christian Davies and Eric Bednarski take a day trip to Białystok, and find that it’s a fitting analogy to Poland as a whole.

A Son’s Pilgrimage to Monte Cassino

A pilgrimage is a journey to a shrine, holy place or any place of historical interest. Monte Cassino turns out to be all three fora son of Monte Cassino.

Not Your Grandma’s Pierogi: A Guide to Polish Food in Chicago

Justine Jablonska’s top picks for Polish food in that quintessentially Polish-American city: Chicago.

Ruthenia, Galicia, Bieszczady: The Land of My Grandmothers

A 4-month long round-the-world adventure brings the author to the lands of her ancestors. Anna Tomascovic-Devey explores the mountain ranges, valleys, forests, and cities of Poland and Slovakia.

Naples, Florida: The High Cost of Living in Paradise

A brief holiday in Pelican Bay is a bit like a visit to paradise. But this earthly paradise comes at a price, muses Kinia Adamczyk, a price too high for many long time residents who are forced to move.

A “Polyachka” in Saint Petersburg

Unsmiling bureaucrats and hospitable hosts, onion domes and skating to the music of Lady Gaga: welcome to St Petersburg.

Istanbul: Lust, Attraction and Attachment

Istanbul is alternately seductive and modest, attractive to men and women alike, and not inclined to be controlled by either of her two families, Asia and Europe. Kinia Adamczyk offers her Istanbul top 13.

Barcelona in Detail

Barcelona is a city that begs to be enjoyed – visually, intellectually, and culinarily. It is also a city of endless and varying details:

Brussels: a city of happiness?

Joyful, savory, unpretentious and inspiring – here is my definition of the EU capital.

Polish Football: a Survival Guide

An “Alphabet of Polish Football” to prepare fans for the 2012 European Championships, which will be co-hosted by Poland.

Horses and Bourbon and Hats, Oh My!

I’m at the Churchill Downs race track in Louisville, Kentucky, experiencing my very first Kentucky Derby. Thus far, I’ve downed the obligatory mint julep; explored the enormous infield; placed a single, tenuous bet, admired elegant horses being led onto a track for the day’s second run; watched a few races on a massive screen…

Of Self-Governance and Nature: Exploring Ecovillages in Denmark

What if, in one way or another, every citizen could spend some time participating in his and her own food production?

Moving Europe, Brandenburg-style

Europamobil – moving Europe

Is Europe really as far as it seems to many Europeans? Not if you move it to where the Europeans are. This is the idea of Europamobil, a project organised by the Genshagen Foundation, which aims, amongst others, to promote civic dialogue between Germany, France and Poland. Students from different European countries travel with a bus, the Europamobil, all around Brandenburg, situated in Eastern Germany, for eleven days, visiting schools where they are to meet pupils of different ages in order to convey the beauty of the European thought  – its diversity and plurality.