Legends and icons in the Market Square

Walking through the Main Market Square, it's impossible to miss places that are universally known and deeply embedded in Polish culture. One such place is "Piwnica pod Baranami." "Piwnica pod Baranami" has already reached such an age that it could easily find its way into the Guinness Book of Rec...

Corpus Christi procession in Krakow

At 9:00 a.m., it's raining heavily in Krakow. We're waiting to see what the weather will be like. "As with all of Poland, Eucharistic processions are taking place in Krakow today, on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. In Krakow, the largest, central Corpus Christi procession d...

Royal Capital City of Krakow

And so, on the long weekend of Corpus Christi, we find ourselves in Krakow after a rather long break since our previous stay. One of the reasons was our need to visit my cousins ​​– Barbara and Grzegorz Cisowski – wonderful senior citizens, both natives of Krakow. We are grateful to Grzegorz for b...

Today is a big celebration at IKEA Szczecin: It's been five years since the store opened in Szczecin on May 31, 2021. This happened thirty-one years after the first store opened in Poland! It's just that Szczecin always has to wait a while, as there are more important cities in the country! So w...

The Anniversary with music

To sum up the wonderful anniversary time spent with extraordinary friends, we decided to post musical arrangements of the PROGRESS SONG, which were written "in honor of" it. So, I'm attaching the song about PROGRESS in Polish, in pop (1), swing (2), and smooth jazz (3) versions. Creative inspira...

The anniversary celebrations continue

PART II Note: We recommend reading and watching Part I first. Following the chronological order will make it easier to get to know the participants of the PROGRESS anniversary celebration. There were two groups of outstanding teachers. The first were those whom I had the pleasure of training in En...

There's a party!

Here's a report from the 35th anniversary celebration of CJO PROGRESS. PART I. On a beautiful May afternoon, beloved PROGRESS's English teachers and several invited guests gathered on the terrace of the hospitable home of Iza and Jasiek Landsberg.   As befits teachers organizing teaching, they n...

Jubilee of the PROGRESS language school

CJO – PROGRESS – The language school was formally founded in September 1991! From the beginning, the school was my own, and in 2000, Adrian joined the company. So, some time has passed since its founding, but PROGRESS is still operating after a slight adjustment to its educational approach, sinc...