Carno Pages

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30 April 1980

Nourishing body and mind in Warsaw

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Last day of classes. It's not been a hard semester, let me say it once more. But it has been and will probably remain the most instructi...
29 April 1980

Dinner, party and flags

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Busy all day with classes, in the morning at SGPiS and in the afternoon at the foreign policy center. We are not done before 7:15pm. The...
28 April 1980

Studying and cooking

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Usual classes at school, then to parents' apartment to study. They went to Krakow for a couple of days so I can take advantage of the ex...
27 April 1980

Wilanow, missed Chopin and more food

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Parents at Wilanow In the morning we all go to Wilanow , a beautiful park with a magnificant XVII century royal palace. We are lucky as ...
26 April 1980

East-West Seminar party and blind singer

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Party at our university with the participants in an East-West trade seminar. The substance of the seminar is not so important as the opportu...
24 April 1980

Parents fly over from Italy to meet us in Warsaw

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After the usual morning classes and lunch, in the early afternoon I drive to the airport to pick up my flying in from Rome to visit for a we...
22 April 1980

Classes and some privacy

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Usual classes in the morning at SGPiS. Nothing to write about. In the afternoon foreign policy class at the foreign policy institute, more...
21 April 1980

Duck and private lodging

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Another big lunch at Borzena's home. Her mum has prepared duck, a favorite dish in Poland and it is delicious as almost everything she p...
20 April 1980

Wedding stripping and beers

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During breakfast somehow the conversation gravitates toward a the wedding party of P. She says how it was an unusual wedding, people got a b...
19 April 1980

Football and mountain climbing

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Easy day. Tried to go to a bank but it was closed. Sometimes they are open on saturday, but not today. Visit at the post office to call It...
18 April 1980

Shopping, smoking and tea

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In the morning, after class, we go downtown, to the CENTRUM shooping area. There is very little to shop. I was looking for Summer clothing, ...
16 April 1980

Mail and telephone

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By chance, we meet Stefan at the university. He looks at our books on the economics of the socialist bloc and says: "All lies". Su...
15 April 1980

Meals, music and socialist toilets

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Morning classes and afternoon homework. Sort of. This program is not very hard, really, much less so than our courses back at Georgetown. Bu...
14 April 1980

Visas and ice cream

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After our usual morning classes we must once again to to the government visa office: our last Polish visa was cancelled because we left the ...
13 April 1980

Walking and eating in Warsaw

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In the morning we take a walk around the Wilanow park with Borzena and one of her friends. Andrew and I are thereafter invited to lunch at h...