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Why I live in Europe Many people ask me why I live in Europe?  Why do you live where you do? If it is because you were born in your country, wrong answer. When you are 96 years old are you going to look back on your life and say you wish you had more [...]

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Galeria Bonarka Kraków Why is Galeria Bonarka Kraków important?  Let me explain. I am an American living in Kraków Poland. When I came here over five years ago, I was the richest guy riding on the tram.  Now I look around me and I ask myself, am I even average? I do not think so.  [...]

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Bonarka city center Kraków This post is not about languages, but about galeria Bonarka city center opening in Kraków. I am an American in Kraków and sometimes get off the subject of langauges.  I can not believe all the Galeria’s that have opened in Krakow. It is a good thing, I guess.  I am not [...]

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Convert square meters to square feet Do you want to convert square meters to square feet? I am an American living in Europe (not in London, but Krakow, Poland) and the most useful thing when converting the metric system to the English system of measure are rules of thumb. When you have a rule of [...]

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Italian people and Italy Why is Italy one of the most visited counties in the world?  Not because the prices are very reasonable or  air Italia has great specials on flights, its because Italy is simply amazing. Rene Decartes wrote “Every generalization is a distortion of the truth”.  So anything I write here is a [...]

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Krakow Chakra Where is the famous Chakra of Krakow, which often times official tour guides do no like to talk about and many people ask me where is the Chakra of Cracow? It is in the Castle in the court yard in the East corner. Here is a photo close up of the Krakow chakra. [...]

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Transsiberian the movie I watched the film Transsiberian last night with my wife Kasia. I would give it a two thumbs up. One of my off the beaten path dreams has been to cross Siberian with via the transsiberian railroad across Russia. The trip is about a week and you can buy tickets in any [...]

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Getting a driving license in the EU Rules will vary for each country, but if you want a driving license in the EU and you are a non-EU citizen here are your general options. Lets say you are an American citizen, you can drive with an international drivers license for one year in the EU. [...]

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Schengen Schengen Countries Schengen is a zone that includes most countries of Europe. The UK is not a full Schengen country so do not expect to come to and from the UK unless all your documents are in order.  However,  for full Schengen countries it is basically the elimination of boarders between these counties for [...]

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Immersion, for learning a language The best way to practice a language is always in the languages natural environment. If this sounds like painful immersion, it is not. How to really be immersed to learn a language Try something like this: Instead of going to hard core language school or expensive vacation in 4 star [...]

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