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Christmas Gift Ideas for Poles Abroad
Pictured from the top left: Baltic amber and sterling silver frog by SA Necklaces, Nalewka Babuni, dish by Ceramika Beata Woźniak, Wild Honey and Rye –... Read More
10 years of Upfest, street art festival in Bristol
This is not our first street art post – I have already posted about Banksy and Polish monumental art. This one is different though as... Read More
Festivals, Fairs and Other Events in Brighton & Hove
Pictured from the top left: Children’s Parade, March of the Mermaids, March of the Mermaids, Brighton Naked Bike Ride I have previously wrote about my... Read More
Polish Ingredients – Mayonnaise
Pictured above: Traditional Polish Vegetable Salad I believe many people will agree with me on this – Polish mayo does not taste the same like any other... Read More
The Bristol Cook Book – review
“Featuring 45 stunning recipes” – it says on the cover but the book is so much more than that. It is a culinary welcome to... Read More
Polska: New Polish Cooking – book review
I decided to review this book exactly because unlike all our other BIGOS UK members, I normally don’t blog about food. I much... Read More
Small things that make us feel better
I am very late with this post. I was away from BIGOS UK due to work and voluntary commitments. I finished a few courses. I... Read More
Polish Ingredients – Sour Cabbage (Sauerkraut) & Sour – Pickled Cucumbers
Pictured from the top left: sour cabbage & puff pastry swirls and quick-eating salted dill cucumbers. If you are not familiar with Polish cuisine and came... Read More
Building support networks
I am noticing an increased amount of conversations about mindfulness, self-care and resilience nowadays. Words that a few years ago sounded scary today start to enter... Read More
#The100DayProject
The 100 Day Project is something I meant to take part in but then completely forgot about it until I saw watercolour post by one... Read More
Falling in love with…allotments!
I am late with this post (I was supposed to blog on the 1st of April) but I was out in our new allotment instead.... Read More
Welcome to Ola!
Today we are joined by Ola from Canada. You can find her food and crafts blog over at PolishOla.com. We have asked her to tell... Read More
April (and earlier) hashtags
You have probably seen already that we have a calendar of hashtags on our website, but now and again we will also be posting monthly... Read More
Traditional Polish Easter Eggs – Pisanki
Pictured from the top left: crochet egg covers, naturally dyed eggs, crochet Easter eggs, onion shell eggs and scratched eggs. Pisanki is a generic name for all... Read More
Five simple self-care tips
Today I would like to talk about five simple ways to self-care. We live in a busy world with increasing amount of information to process... Read More
Imieniny (Name Day) – What is it All About?
I always thought imieniny (name day) was a Polish tradition just to find out that as it comes from feast days of Catholic saints it... Read More
My top 7 spring flowers from Poland and the UK
After few days of winter moods in Bristol (and about one day of snow this winter), I spent my morning visiting the local allotment plots... Read More
My Favourite Places in Brighton & Hove and Surroundings
Pictured from the top left: Birling Gap, Hove Lawns, Palace Pier, pier with starlings, Devil’s Dyke, Beachy Head, view from i360, Madeira Drive. Brighton is... Read More
Banksy and Polish Monumental Art
I have recently moved to Bristol so I am still discovering new pieces of street art but for this post, I have decided to mention... Read More
Valentine’s Day vs. Noc Kupały in Poland
Valentine’s Day (“Walentynki” in Polish) is upon us, it originates as a Western Christian tradition of honouring one of the saints – St. Valentinus, hence... Read More