Polish Friends

• Maria Curie. The ultimate lady in science. I visited her Warsaw house in November of 2003. She was not there. Her remains are in the Pantheon of Paris.
  1. I went to her Warsaw house again in 2007.
  2. Her house is just outside the old Warsaw wall, which used to protect the area now called the Old Town.

• Piano Concerts are held frequently at this Chopin sites. I was there in 1994. After the concert, while workers were removing the piano, I talked with several music-loving Polish friends. One of them was a music student, and the other was a Polish actress who became very happy when I showed her a photo of my wife with Actress Brooke Shields .

• Sienkiewicz. On the same park ground, there is a statue of Henryk Sienkiewicz. Who is he? Sienkiewicz was the recipient of 1905 Nobel prize in literature. He is the author of "Quao Vadis." In this photo, I am with a polish lady who has a great respect for Sienkiewicz. She is very happy to meet a non-Polish man who also respects this great Polish writer.

• Hillary: with a Polish lady looking somewhat like Hillary Clinton. She was very kind to me when I went to her church: the Church of Holy Cross near the Copernicus Square in Warsaw. This photo was taken in October 1995.

• Bus 175 . Warsaw's Bus 175 runs from the airport to the Old Town. I use this bus often whenever I go to Warsaw. In this photo, a kind Polish lady invited me to sit next to her on this bus (November 2003).

• Polish Hospitality in Poznan (2002). Very kind lady indeed! Poznan was the first capital city of Poland.
• Polish Lady and Russian Band at Catherine's Palace near Saint Petersburg (Russia 2003). At my request the band is playing Proschanie Slavianki. The musicians are very happy to hear Proshanie Slavianki spoken by a non-Russian. Click here for a full view of the band and the happy musicians.
• Mother and Son with Aunt in Zakopane (Poland 2009), at bus station. I asked the boy in English who the president of the United States is. The boy said "Obama." His mother was very happy and proud. He was able to understand and speak English.

• Polish Lady from Krakow I met at the Warsaw airport. We were on the same plane and met again at the Krakow airport. It was a pleasure to meet her again.
  1. Polish lady interested in an amber jewelry in the market building at Krakow's Market Square.
  2. with two ladies next to the statue of Saint John-Paul II at Krakow's Wawol castle.
  3. Four ladies from Oswiecim. I met them at Krakow's Market Square (2013). Very warm-hearted and cheerful people.

• Gdansk's restaurant district used to be the Long Market for Germans before 1945.
  1. Persuasive hostess urging me to dine at her restaurant in Gdansk. Inside the restaurant.
  2. One of the Russian restaurants.
  3. One of the coffee shops. Coffees and pastries taste the same everywhere. The difference is in the people who serve.
• Two Polish ladies at Gdansk's Solidarity Square.

• Polish Appearance. I met her in a Warsaw restaurant (2013), but I could have known from her appearance that she is Polish anywhere in the world. A very gentle lady!
  1. Two Polish ladies who know how to take care of their appearances. I spotted them at the Sopot beach near Gdansk (July 2015), and I had a photo with them.
  2. This Polish lady relinquished her seat to me as soon as I got onto a tram going from the Gdansk central station to the University. She thought I was as old as her grandfather (2013). A very courteous Polish lady.
  3. Polish senior citizen on a bus from Gdansk to Sopot (June 2015). She spoke English fluently.

Polish Professors

• Lidia Skibinska is a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (2002). In the tradition established by Maria Curie and Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish people are very skilful in collecting Nobel prizes.
• Magdalena Stobinska is an outstanding Polish physicist in quantum optics. In 2005, I met her at quantum optics conference held in Besancon, France.
  1. In 2015, I met her again in Gdansk (Poland) while attending a conference organized by her.
  2. In 2017, I met her at a conference in Jeju (South Korea) . She was a professor at the Univ. of Warsaw (the most prestigious position in Poland). In the same photo is Myungshik Kim, a long-time friend of hers as well as mine.
• Katarzyna Gorska from Torun (Vaxjo, Sweden 2006). She was very happy to see the image of Lidia Skibinska. She knows Lidia. Here is another photo.
• Polish medical professor I met on Bus 175 to Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport (2013). She was going to Spain for a conference, I was going to Gdansk. We had a photo together at the airport entrance.

Polish Students

• Polish Student in Warsaw I was talking with this Polish student while waiting for a bus. She was born in 1984, and she knows her country was under communist domination until recently. This is a photo of their Palace of Culture and Science at the Center of Warsaw. This tower was built by Russians in the early 1950s as a gift of Soviets to Polish comrades. Polish people decided not to tear down this Stalinist structure because it still serves many useful purposes, and because they do not want to upset their Russian neighbors. This photo was taken in October of 2007.
  1. Polish Student working at a restaurant near the University of Warsaw (October 2007).
  2. Polish Students at the bus stop in front of the Hotel Sobietski in Warsaw (2006).

• Polish student working at one of the campus restaurants at the Univ. of Gdansk (2013).
  1. Another photo.
  2. Two Polish students in front of the physical sciences building at the Univ. of Gdansk.
  3. Two more students at the Iniv. of Gdansk.
  4. Polish student who plans to be the king of his country. He was a political science major, and I asked him whether he is going to be the president. He said No. He said Poland needs a king, but does not have one. There is a position ready for him. While talking, we were joined by two young ladies.

• with a Polish student at the Market Square in Krakow (November 2002).
  1. One more student.
  2. Students at Jagiollenian Univ. in Krakow. This photo was taken at the Collegium Maius (the original campus site) of the University.
  3. Restaurant Jarema in Krakow (2002 and 2007).
  4. Tall Polish Students on a snowy day in front of Adam Miciewicz's statue in Krakow (January 2009).

• Polish student studying in Korea. She was spending her summer vacation with her parents in Gdansk. She knew how to greet a senior citizen in Korean way. This photo was taken at the Gdansk airport prior to a short flight to Amsterdam (July 2015).
  1. Two Polish students in Sopot (near Gdansk) ready to attend a campus party (July 2015).
  2. Polish high school students in Gdansk (2013). They were able to speak English, but their teacher was not. We felt very sorry for him, and invited him to have a photo with him on my side. He was pleased.

Polish Friends in U.S.A.

• Daria Zieminska came to the Univ. of Maryland from Poland in 1979 as a post-doc in high-energy physics. This photo was taken in the spring of 1980 in Annapolis, while her husband and son were still in Poland. Together with them, she is now an exemplary citizen of the United States. I learned many things about Poland from her while she was in Maryland. Where is she now? Click here for Daria's home page. She is an outstanding physicist.

• Are you from Poland? There are many Polish ladies in the United States. Thanks to my special interest in Poland, I can tell whether they came from Poland by looking at them. I asked this question to this Polish lady at one of the trendy restaurants in Columbia, Maryland (not far from College Park). She was very happy to say YES (September 2004).
  

• Polish Nurses in Chicago, at a shore of Lake Michigan. They were enjoying their off-duty hours.
• Polish Ladies in Chicago working at one of the Bobak sausage restaurants (2003). They came from Zakopane, and became very happy when I told them I have been there.

• Polish Lady in New York working at a French restaurant in New York (2009). She came to the United States when her father was a Polish diplomat in Washington. She decided to make her own life in the United States after her father returned to Poland. This photo shows she misses her father.
• Polish Lady from Detroit I met on a Potomac cruise boat. The Kennedy Center is seen in the background (2010).
• Polish Lady from Krakow in Princeton. I met here at the breakfast room in the Hyatt Place hotel (Princeton 2011).

  Two graduate students at Princeton (2002) Wilson School at Princeton

• Polish graduate students at Princeton's Graduate College (2002). I was a graduate student there from 1958 to 1961. There were no female students then.
  1. During this cold-war period, there was one male student from Poland studying at the Woodrow Wilson School for Public Affairs. He was exceptional, because students from communist countries were unthinkable at that time. He came as a Woodrow Wilson fellow to attend the W. Wilson School for Public Affairs.

  2. At the end of World War I, Wilson (the president of the United State) had his 14-point plan for the world peace. His plan included the unification and independence of Poland. Since then, Princeton had been granting fellowships to Polish students. I assume this program still continues. Wilson was the president of Princeton University before becoming the president of the United States.

Polish Friends in Europe

• Polish Nuns: with nuns from Poland proud of their Pope, at St. Peter's Square in Rome (June 2000). Pope John-Paul II came from Poland.

• Polish Lady I met at the Manchester Airport (England 2007). She came from the northeastern corner of Poland. This region is called Prussia and has a rich history.
  1. Polish Student working at the Canary Wharf (2009).
  2. Polish Student working at the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum (2009);
  3. Polish Receptionist at the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum (2009).
  4. Polish Student working at London's Heathrow Airport (2010).
  5. Polish Lady working at London's Heathrow Airport (2010).
  6. Two polish Ladies I met the Covent Garden in London (2012). Where is Covent Garden?

• Polish Student from Katowice. This photo was taken in the lobby of the Milan Hilton Hotel. The Last Supper is in the background (November 2003).

• Polish Lady with her Italian friend at the Cathedral Square in Cologne (Germany 2014).

Polish Friends in Korea

• I met this Polish lady from Krakow in Busan (Korea 2017). I met her at a busy shopping street in Busan. She was quite surprised when I told her I have been to her city many times. I mentioned St Mary's church and its tower, Wowel Castle, Jagellonian University, etc. She then believed that I was really there.

• I met this Polish lady at the Gimpo Int'l Airport in Seoul (Korea 2017). She became very happy when I told her so much about her country.

• Polish student studying in Korea. She was spending her summer vacation with her parents in Gdansk. She knew how to greet a senior citizen in Korean way. This photo was taken at the Gdansk airport prior to a short flight to Amsterdam (July 2015).

More Poland Pages

• Photos from Poland. Poland has a very interesting history, and many Polish men and women made contributions to the world history.

• Poland for Koreans. Poland and Korea are surrounded by powerful neighbors. Yet, they both have been able to develop their lifestyles while dealing with powerful influences from their neighbors. Koreans have far more U.S.-educated PhDs, but Poland is far ahead in collecting Nobel prizes. Koreans can learn something from Poland.

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