What the quack? – animal noises in different languages
“What does the fox say?” asked a comedic one hit wonder a few years ago. The question is however not what but where does it say it. Did you know that in a different part of the world animals say a completely different thing? Wait, but does that mean that animals are multilingual? What? Really? […]
‘Millennials’ and ‘centennials’ – who are they?
Do you feel sometimes that you totally don’t understand people who are only a few years older or younger than you? Probably the reason is that you belong to different technological generations. Let’s take a look at two of them. Millennials (generation Y) People called ‘millennials’ were born more or less between 1982 and 1996 […]
New York – star of the silver screen
When you visit New York, you feel like you have seen all of it before. You might be right, because the building, the coffeehouse or the park you walk through probably served as a film set at some point. Photo K. Barnaś – Empire State Building and Flatiron Woody Allen shot most of his movies […]
Weather anomalies – present in the whole world
“W marcu jak w garncu” (In March like in a pot) – this Polish proverb reflects well what the weather is like this year – not only in Poland. One day we can sunbathe and enjoy the first breath of spring, whereas the next one it is impossible to leave the house without a winter […]
The Shortest Month of the Year
Certainly, we are no longer surprised by the fact that there are years when February has 28 or 29 days. What is more, once it even had 30 of them. And there was also a time when it didn’t exist at all. February is the strangest of all the months. But why? Shortest of the […]
Out of the Box – The Power of Creativity
There is no point in denying the importance of creativity in both private life and in a work environment. To think out of the box becomes the most popular among qualities while searching for new employees. And since January is the month of creativity, let’s have a look at this amazing human skill. Creativity seems […]
When autumn moves into winter…
On the night of 29/30 November in Poland it’s a time of mysterious events with candles and games predicting the future, called Andrzejki (St Andrew’s Day) – the same as in the very past but nowadays repeated only for fun. The tradition of Andrzejki was observed in the 16th century and is still known and […]
Is it Christmas yet?
In the middle of November the autumn seems to lose all its colourful beauty. Halloween, All Saint’s Day is long gone and shoppers are looking for a new items to stuff into their shopping baskets. Then, all of a sudden, characteristic autumnal menus and decorations are replaced with Christmas lights, gingerbread and Santa’s hats. Is […]
