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Fog, a Mercedes and Bulldogs: A True Polish Odyssey

August 21, 2026August 31, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

Nothing must happen to them.

Low Prices Every Day

August 21, 2026September 10, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

“OTWIERAMY DRUGĄ KASĘ!"

Under the Dumpling

August 21, 2026August 31, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

and the kind of smile that suggested he knew something you didn’t.

The Adventures of Gary: Cycling in Gliwice

August 20, 2026August 31, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

... the kind where you turn a key and a steel bar slides through the spokes with a satisfying clunk. Park, click, walk away. Utterly civilised.

Naked Ben & The Library of Buckwheat

August 20, 2026September 6, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

Gruby Benek — another thoroughly Polish company named, so I was told, after a fictional chubby chef.

In Crust We Trust: Da Pizza

August 20, 2026September 6, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

And when you go somewhere every week — especially when you’re a foreigner in a city where foreigners were still rare — you get noticed.

In Crust We Trust: A Short Story Memoir of Pizza

August 20, 2026September 6, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

A few wore grand, floppy mushroom toques—traditional baker’s caps so oversized and ballooning they seemed to hover above their heads rather than sit on them,

Train, Street and Bus

August 20, 2026September 10, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

Until that unexpected meeting.

Learning the Hard Way

August 19, 2026September 7, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

So I stood by the door, doing my best to look as though this was how I preferred to travel.

The Outward Journey

August 19, 2026September 7, 2026 ~ Gary ~ Leave a comment

The occasional tannoy announcement — delivered in a tone that suggested I should already know what was being said — drifted across the platform.

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