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Tommo   
8 Feb 2015
History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

I've just started working on a translation of Walenty Rozdzienski's Officina Ferraria (1612). The source version is available here.
pbi.edu.pl/book_reader.php?p=50174 broken link?
An English translation was published in 1976 but is not available online, which is a shame as such a significant poem really deserves a wider audience. I'm planning to do 8 lines a day and I figure that at this rate it'll take me about six months to complete. Any feedback would be more than welcome. Here's the link:

rozdzienskiproject.blogspot.com
Tommo   
8 Apr 2012
Language / Does 'Pimsleur Method' work? [4]

I tried Pimsleur lesson 1, didn't like it. Would recommend Michel Thomas Polish.
Tommo   
16 Mar 2012
Travel / "Cool Katowice" - a viable alternative to Kraków? [18]

Don't know how much to read into this but popular UK flight comparison website Skyscanner are recommending Katowice as an alternative to Kraków, which it says has been over-run by stag weekends... (can't post the address, you'd have to search for it)

I think Katowice definitely has a long way to go yet but it's unfair to label it as "grim, industrial, etc." Look at how Manchester has re-invented itself as the Lonely Planet/Rough Guide city of choice in the UK. Katowice Train Station has been knocked down and is being rebuilt, they've started work on a new Rynek, there's a lot going on in the city (the new museum/concert hall for example). Give it time and I think we could see more and more people visiting Kato as tourists (things can only get better).