Author: Jillian

Well, we’re about to start the second week of exams here… The Polish university schedule is October-February and March-June, which is a bit differen...

Since I’ve been back, it’s been almost balmy, and the snow is all but gone! I seem to have left it all on the East Coast… 🙁 Ah well, I’m...

It’s been snowing here since November (and it is, in fact, snowing as I write this…), and if you know anything about me, you’ll know that I lo...

Ok, so this isn’t exactly a day trip (although I suppose you could do a day trip to London, if you felt like having the longest day ever…). My unive...

While living in New York, I acquired something of a sushi habit. I liked to have it delivered with my Thursday or Sunday evening television. I don’t think...

Mushrooms are a big deal over here. In the US, most supermarkets sell maybe white or Cremini mushrooms, pre-packaged and, all too frequently, pre-sliced. I thin...

Shopping for anything that you might want to buy in Duane Reade, Walgreens, Boots or the like in the US/UK is a bit more complicated here. Duane Reade has absol...

My family travelled abroad quite frequently when I was growing up, and so I figured that I wouldn’t really experience any culture shock when I moved to Po...

One of the directors of my programme here had been singing the praises of Cupcake Corner, an American-style cupcake/muffin bakery right here in Krakow. The sire...

A few days ago, my roommate came home with a very tasty-smelling sandwich. (Due to our lack of usable kitchen in the dorm here, I have taken to getting very exc...