Following Polish footsteps in the countries of Southern America, it is not hard to miss Curitiba, a city that is the centre of Polish diaspora in Brazil. Three hundred thousand of Brazilians inhabiting the city in whose veins runs Polish blood.
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Following Polish footsteps in the countries of Southern America, it is not hard to miss Curitiba, a city that is the centre of Polish diaspora in Brazil. Three hundred thousand of Brazilians inhabiting the city in whose veins runs Polish blood.
Sri Lanka has changed my perception of the world and re-valued my present life.
Travelling around South America is a fulfilment of our dreams. We plan to spend here half a year and in the meantime we try to find out what Latinos think and know about Poland.
Dead Vlei (Dead Valley) is locates in the Sossussvlei National Park. “Vlei” is a bottom of a dried-out lake. The harsh climate of this place is a natural means of conservation of acacia trees which died a few centuries ago. The volume of rainfall in the area is very low, as it is even less than 5 mm per year on the coast, to 85 mm deeper inland. Morning mist (which stretches for even up to 50 kilometres) is the only source of water for the local fauna and flora.
At last!!! September 2, 2012. After nine months of generating ideas, drawing up a plan, searching for sponsors, contacts, people of good will, organizing the expedition, I am standing in the doorway of a plane to Paris, both full of excitement and stressed at the number of things that could go wrong when you least expect it.
Having put in words what I want to do, and having prepared the right title, I started to define what my priorities are as far as this excursion is concerned. The first one was to choose an appropriate date of the departure.
Do you ever watch movies or read books, and think of how great it would be to be right where they are? Do you ever wish to be there and see it with your own eyes? You give in to your imagination and you let your dreams take you far, far away. But inevitably, the voice of the reason always questions the size of your wallet.
The story begins in a short and dark December day of 2011. I have just got the latest issue of Polityka magazine with an interesting article about the search for young scientists with a doctorate title to the office of President of Poland.