Dearest sweethearts, BIG NEWS: I've Migrated Over To WORDPRESS!!! So do come over the new Twisted Red LadyBug site and follow me on my new journey! Love you loads! Do tell me what you think of the new page! Hugs from Krakow :)  The Twisted Red LadyBug ..read more

Dearest sweethearts, I don't know about you, but even before Coronavirus hit I was a bit of a germ freak. Having a child did not smooth that over and I still have issue about kids wanting to put everything they see inside their mouth - also know as learning about the environment and also known as... total disregard to the dangers of the world. You might remember also one of my previous posts where I was sharing my rather shocking discovery that people did not even wear masks when travelling by train. I mean... how hard is it to buy a mask from the nearest Zabka (store widely spread in Poland ..read more

Dearest sweethearts, It seems music is back in Planty for the 4th Edition of the Krakowskich Promenadowej (Krakow Promenades). From the 27th of June till the 27th of September 2020, the Promenades Concerts will take place on the Planty Gazebo every Saturday and Sunday. Due to the epidemic however, there will be no Friday dancing parties, like in the previous years.  The string quartet for children and the operetta-musical concert of the Presioza band will inaugurate the opening of the 4th edition this coming Saturday and Sunday with Krakow's Promenade Concerts at Planty in the Gazebo o ..read more

Dearest sweethearts,  That is right, you read correctly! New houses, apartments will go on sale soon - attractive locations, from less than 20 to almost 160 square meters, with original interiors under conservation protection. This is the city's offer in several tenders for the sale of communal premises, the earliest of which will take place on June 30. It is an opportunity to become the owner of a flat vis a vis Planty Area or e.g. in a 120-year-old tenement house at Na Groblach Square. Apartments are also waiting for those interested in Nowa Huta and in the vicinity of the Student City ..read more

Dearest sweethearts, #DidYouKnow that starting today the NEW Lajkonik Tram model went on the tracks? 2 brand new trams went into the Krakow Tram Fleet starting this morning - their first routes being route number 52 (connecting Nowa Huta Osiedle Piastow with Czerwoni Maki) and number 3 (Nowy Biezanow to Krowodza Gorka). In total, there will be 50 new modern Lajkonik trams delivered to Krakow!  The Lajkonik Trams Are On The Run! New trams replace old, already worn out high-floor vehicles on the routes. "It is worth noting that the passengers of Lajkonik, which will run on route No. 52 ..read more

Dearest sweethearts,  If you have read the news, even BBC broadcasted the large spike in the daily new cases of Coronavirus in Poland, caused by an outbreak amongst the miners in Upper Silesia region. Over the weekend of 5-7 June 2020, 1151 new cases of the Coronavirus infection were recorded nationally. Poland had a strict lockdown since early March 2020, and avoided thus the large numbers of deaths seen in countries like Italy and Spain; but starting 1st of June situation has rather relaxed and the citizens were allowed to go outdoors without a mask - if they kept the 2 meter distance ..read more

Dearest sweethearts, Some people (Coffee lovers) may say that having great coffee is a basic human right. Most of my colleagues and friends cannot wake up in the morning, nor start their daily work duties, before they don't make themselves a strong of hot coffee. It is true, it works like a charm on them, but I also consider coffee as an addiction - just as Internet or Facebook or sweets are an addiction as well... If you Google the subject out you will have many studies stating the PRO and CONs of drinking this beverage. "Studies have shown that coffee may have health benefits, including pro ..read more

Dearest sweethearts, We are passing through hard times, where the Coronavirus pandemic placed us: we have never been in such a situation before - not even with the Black Death. Since the Coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan, China in December 2019, more than 5 million people have been infected according to John Hopkins University. Poland has 21,867 cases and 1,013 deaths! If you want to see real data and projections, click here.   Since the 4th of March my family entered self-imposed lockdown. Considering I have a LadyBug Baby girl that will turn 4 years in August and my Granny th ..read more

Dearest sweethearts, In case you did not know (aka you did not read the Polish local news in Krakow), The City of Krakow + Krakow Festival Office + the Sports Infrastructure Board invite us to the VIP car park located at the Municipal Stadium Henryk Reyman on Thursday - 21st of May 2020, at 21:00 hours - at the cinema! It will be the very first car cinema screening in Krakow.  Drive In Cinema in the USA Marta Szkudlarek from the Krakow Festival Office mentioned that the open air cinema will keep the safe distance between people (due to their sitting inside the vehicles ..read more

My dearest friends, As we all know the Polish Presidential elections are coming up this year. My thought is they have eased upon the restrictions only so that the elections still would take place. A show of force that all is well, the Coronavirus pandemic is behind us, and that we should go business as usual... I fear this is nothing that passes by so easily and we may be stuck indoors and with masks upon our faces for the next 2-3 years. Waiting for the Polish Presidential Elections 2020 The latest news is that Poland will postpone the Presidential elections, scheduled for the 10th ..read more