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She says that she is Polish by birth, U.S. by citizenship, and Hawaiian by choice. The owner of the only Polish travel agency in Hawaii was born in Nisko in 1951. As a 13-year-old girl, she moved with her family to the USA. They settled in Chicago, where Ms Jarnot finished high school, and then she started studies at the Faculty of Art of the University of Illinois. After she graduated, she left to Hawaii, the place which she loves most.

Chile, a distant country, that only a few Poles have reached. The number of Poles in Chile has never been large. One of the first fellow in this remote country was Ignacy Domeyko. He had arrived to Chile in 1838 and began working in Coquimbo as a professor of chemistry and mineralogy. Domeyko founded there the first School of Mining.Ten years later, for his services, he received a Chilean citizenship.

Data from 2011 census reveals 546,000 people in England and Wales speak Polish.

Polish is now the main language spoken in England and Wales after English and Welsh, according to 2011 census data released by the Office of National Statistics.

The series called “Poles abroad” will present the profiles of those of them who have found their home in the foreign country, stay there temporarily, travel there for business purpose, or just like to return to one particular place for vacation.

There are thousands or even millions of Poles living abroad for various reasons. In almost every single corner of the world we can find our fellow citizens. The series called “Poles abroad” will present the profiles of those of them who have found their home in the foreign country, stay there temporarily, travel there for business purpose, or just like to return to one particular place for vacation.Today we present the story of Andrzej Borowiak.

There are thousands or even millions of Poles living abroad for various reasons. In almost every single corner of the world we can find our fellow citizens. The series called “Poles abroad” will present the profiles of those of them who have found their home in the foreign country, stay there temporarily, travel there for business purpose, or just like to return to one particular place for vacation.Today we present the story of Jędrzej Majewski.