tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post4702809486205095773..comments2024-01-26T07:30:31.571+01:00Comments on Kielbasa Stories: Food desertsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384854442041889558noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-8151158022998133712014-01-18T19:17:10.521+01:002014-01-18T19:17:10.521+01:00Hi Ricardo - Thanks for contacting me and thanks f...Hi Ricardo - Thanks for contacting me and thanks for the compliment on my blog. I hope you are enjoying your time in Krakow. <br /><br />I've checked out the links you gave me and now I am wondering if I am an appropriate person for your project because I don't actively study Polish in any organized way and I never have. I can speak and write in Polish reasonably well for a foreigner. I read a lot compared to other learners and I am able to watch films/TV/news etc in Polish. Let's call it the "lazy learner" method. I learned Polish quite passively without even intending to learn it. My only minimal motivation was/is to be independent and not depend on others. <br /><br />The next issue is that I try to maintain semi-anonymity here and your project would "blow my cover" a bit. <br /><br />I think we could contact each directly. If you could please post a comment with your e-mail here on this post, I will drop you a message. It is an old post so it will go to moderation. I will catch your e-mail without posting your comment.<br /> Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384854442041889558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-13952346473552182212014-01-17T08:20:21.218+01:002014-01-17T08:20:21.218+01:00Hi Chris,
My name's Ricardo Ribeiro and I...Hi Chris, <br /><br />My name's Ricardo Ribeiro and I've been reading your blog for the past year, before I moved to Krakow!<br /><br />I'm part of the team at Languageisculture.com - a community and podcast dedicated to helping people successfully learn languages. <br /><br />The podcast is hosted by David Mansaray (@DavidMansaray on Twitter) who has conducted a number of interviews with some high profile language learners. <br /><br />For example, this discussion with a group of polyglots on YouTube: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g2K9mcJJL0 <br />and this interview with the well known polyglot Luca Lampariello: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8sytPJhdU <br /><br />languageisculture.com will be launching at the end of the month, and it will feature articles and interviews about language learning success stories together with advice from language learning experts.<br /><br />I’m contacting you today because we’d like to arrange a chat with you and David, and possible arrange an interview about your experience learning languages and imersed in another culture (in this case, Polish :) <br /> <br />If you are interested, please get back to me and I’ll let you know what the next steps would be. <br /><br />All the best, <br />Ricardo Ribeiro <br />Ricardo Ribeirohttp://www.languageisculture.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-43146740645151402492014-01-17T08:13:39.503+01:002014-01-17T08:13:39.503+01:00Hi Chris,
My name's Ricardo Ribeiro and I re...Hi Chris, <br /><br />My name's Ricardo Ribeiro and I really like your blog. I've been following it for the past year, before I moved to Kraków! <br /><br />I'm part of the team at Languageisculture.com - a community and podcast dedicated to helping people successfully learn languages. <br /><br />The podcast is hosted by David Mansaray (@DavidMansaray on Twitter) who has conducted a number of interviews with some high profile language learners. <br />For example, this discussion with a group of polyglots on YouTube: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g2K9mcJJL0 <br />and this interview with the well known polyglot Luca Lampariello: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8sytPJhdU <br /><br />languageisculture.com will be launching at the end of the month, and it will feature articles and interviews about language learning success stories together with advice from language learning experts.<br /><br />I’m contacting you today because we’d like to arrange a chat with you and David, and possible arrange an interview about your experience learning languages. <br /><br />If you are interested, please get back to me and I’ll let you know what the next steps would be. <br /><br />All the best, <br />Ricardo Ribeiro <br />Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07244132502698691882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-58982836791380848322014-01-04T15:31:07.412+01:002014-01-04T15:31:07.412+01:00Hi Kaja - It's nice to hear from you, faithful...Hi Kaja - It's nice to hear from you, faithful follower ;) Today I hit my favorite market stall again - the sweet potatoes were calling my name. We do buy our apples here locally and just a minute ago we picked up our eggs from the neighbor (50 gr per egg). I tried the milk and cheese from the neighbor across the field but I'm not into raw milk. It smells like cow :( And the one time I was brave enough to ask another neighbor for potatoes and carrots, he gave us 100 kilograms...for free! I have to refine my system in the new year. I wish you a very good new year as well Kaja and thanks for commenting.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384854442041889558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489825674468647913.post-60598516080354314872014-01-04T11:33:33.214+01:002014-01-04T11:33:33.214+01:00Dear Chris,
what you could also do is maybe ask ...Dear Chris, <br /><br />what you could also do is maybe ask your Village neighbours if they don't grow things for selling? You probably know that in Poland it's still a big part of the grocery market, the village ladies bringing their produce to the bigger towns to sell. Maybe they could also save something for you? And then you also probably wouldn't have to carry everything in one batch:) plus, it seems much healthier than what you can get at the supermarket - less sprayed with pesticides, grown locally therefore more ecological;), and also things like milk and cheese are less processed, and if you choose well, the taste is delightful, much better than with the things from the shop!<br /><br />Now I'll finish this panegyric and wish you a very good new year! best wishes from a faithfull follower of your blog:)Kajahttp://kajus.plnoreply@blogger.com