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Polish Flowers - All Saints Day, Christmas, Funerals and other Occasions

Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Monday, 24 November 2003 17:00

Fall flowers, especially yellow and white chrysantemum are a typical flower used for decoration of graves during All Saints Day celebrations in the beginning of November. Chrysantemum is my personal favorite, some yellow chrysantemum are just gorgeous!. Unfortunately - it is almost specifically used for All Saints celebration and for funerals. Because of that these flowers are completely inappropriate for any other occasions like birthdays or weddings. Also other fall flowers like asters are used for All Saints celebration, but not exclusively.

Flowers for Weddings and First Communion

Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Saturday, 22 November 2003 17:00

As I already mentioned in several previous articles how important are flowers especially for dating , weddings and the all Saints Day. Flowers are very popular and used for many occasions in Poland. It is impolite to be invited to somebody's house and do not bring a bouquet of flowers, especially in summer when flowers are really cheap.

Flowers are usually bought in uneven numbers. Typical bouquets do not have more than 3-5 flowers, sometimes just one - but they are just wonderfully decorated with eucalyptus, evergreen or another kind of decorative "grass".

Travel to Poland: Advice for tourists (Part III)

Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Tuesday, 01 May 2001 17:00

I hope you think about packing your suitcases after the first and the second article, but before you go please still read these final remarks.

The valuable advises below were given by Robert, with his permission. Robert also participated of our discussion in the Polish Forum and visited also recently Poland. These remarks are very interesting since Robert grew up outside Poland so his point of view is just like a traveler who sees Poland the first time.

Travel to Poland : Tips (part II)

Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Tuesday, 01 May 2001 17:00

Let us continue with guidelines for our readers who are going to see Poland. I hope that the first article about this subject did not scare any tourists from visiting Poland. In writing the article (especially this second part and the final third part) I used the help of the members of our forum. These are advises for these who want to go away from standard tourist routes.

Travel to Poland: Tips (part I)

Written by Jagoda Urban-Klaehn Wednesday, 11 April 2001 17:00

I hope that this article will help you during your stay in Poland!

In the past all foreign tourists were forced to exchange certain amount of money every time they were crossing the boarder according to the official (poor) course, not anymore! People from Western Europe and the USA were also forced to pay higher rates in the hotels than people from Eastern Europe - not anymore either. In spite of the fact that Polish "zloty" (Polish currency) is interchangeable into dollars (there is not anymore "official" and "inofficial" exchange course) Poland is still a relatively cheap country for the foreigner from the Western Europe and the USA.