Articles by Ryan Boudwin

Wesołych Swiąt!

A few days before Christmas we got a tiny bit of snow: It wasn’t quite enough to cover the grass completely, and it melted very quickly. I had expected the winters here to be far…




Conferences and Rooftop Service

Another very busy week. We live on the first floor of our building (effectively three stories up over a business) so our view isn’t that great. This week I went up to the top of…



Day of the Dead… in bed.

On October 28th, we had a get to know dinner for the international relations master’s students and their families at a nice pizza joint in Mokotów. Here we are: Halloween isn’t really celebrated at all…


Smartphones, Fulbrighters and a Sermon

Annika had an OB appointment recently, but Paul tends to get bored at the doctor’s office. One thing that really keeps him occupied is getting his picture taken. Thank goodness for smartphones. Thursday I took…


A brief visit to Old Town

Something I forgot to put on last week’s entry was about this film: I saw 1920: Bitwa Warszawska (The Battle of Warsaw) on the 6th of October at the Kino Femina. They had a special…


The semester begins

Monday was my first day of classes. I had some delays being able to register for my Polish classes at the university, and by the time I could register the courses were all full. I…