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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.

There is a daily farmers market near my apartment.  Poles, like most Europeans, go to great length to get fresh food, and farmer’s markets and fresh-food stalls are very popular.  The price for the box of raspberries (malina) is about $2.50.

This is the main geology building at the University of Szczecin (I work in a new building behind this).  There is a science museum here, and – in the foreground of this picture – are some large local bouders that are labeled as an exhibit.  I would like to do something similar at UMPI.

This is my work station, in my colleague Jakub’s office.  I am looking a Paleocene age (~60 million years old) sample from the South Atlantic (Argentine Basin).

Fire hydrant on Jana Pawela II Ulica.  (I love the old architecture!)