Category: Fulbright – Szczecin Poland

Something new – bikes for rent, which can be dropped off at other locations.  Note the local architecture.

This is my tram stop, near the Geology Building.  The trains are quite frequent.

The upstairs neighbors and I went out for pizza.  Here are Agniezka, Maja and Jeremie.

This is my local Rotary Club, there are about twenty members attending here.  One of three Rotary Clubs in Szczecin, this one speaks English.  Many young members, that do good work.

Just to show that nonsense can be found everywhere; here an Alien is used in advertising (sorry, do not know what is being advertised).

Poles LOVE (Kocham, pronounced Koham) flowers.  There are about six private stalls on this corner, and flower shops are everywhere.

Water is a limited resource in much of Europe.  The faucet water is not pure and so people drink and cook with bottled water.  The toilets are designed to reduce water use and there are separate buttons for a “hard” (#2) or “soft” (#1) flush (the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ terms are my own, not local use).  American toilets waste a great deal of water; we should use more efficient toilets such as these.

My upstairs neighbor (górą sąsiad) took me to her garden.  She raises raspberries (melini), apples (jabki) and grapes (winegrona).  Many people have gardens behind their apartments.

I have gone to the department store to get a mobile phone (Yes, Kevin will have a cell phone!).  IN the mall is this department store, named “Saturn.”

During my first weekend there was a flea market in a park near my apartment.  I bought an antique trivet (base for an old iron) from the lady in the second picture.