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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Remember that last scene from..Mission Impossible..was it..1, 2, or 3.? in Paris..?
Gdynia - A City on the Amber Sea
We do not hide what our intention is - it is to bewitch and seduce you and make you travel to the ends of the Earth! Have a look at the map: geographic latitude 54.50 North; longitude 18o33'E. This is our address: Europe, Poland, Gdynia - in other words a beautiful harbour city on the Baltic Sea, with a population of a quarter million.
In far-off countries, our generally calm Baltic sea is often confused with the Balkans. This is a perfect opportunity to rectify this erroneous association.
We will be using the most appealing photos and most convincing words - perfectly aware that we have to compete for your hearts and minds with other wonderful regions of the World. We have our strengths - at the same time we realize that our invitation is addressed to the inhabitants of beautiful Japan, and of her equally attractive neighbours.
* * *
It is absolutely gorgeous at dawn. At this hour, it is good to come to the beach at the foot of a steep cliff to witness the primeval rite of the Sun rising above the horizon and wakening Gdynia while the crisp breeze drives away the remnants of the night.
The lucky ones greet this sunny city on board a tall ship or a yacht entering the harbour early in the morning. What the sailor can see then is the hills lit with the early sun and grown with beech and Swedish whitebeam; the bright white of houses amid thick verdure, the lofty church steeples, the cross at Kamienna Góra and the steel-gleaming port cranes and ships. And the sailor - whether one returning home or one visiting our country for the first time - can feel that this is where Poland begins
* * *
The best thing is to be a Gdynia resident, but this is the privilege enjoyed by few (249.5 thousand inhabitants). What we can suggest to the remaining 6 billion inhabitants of the globe is that they at least visit our city - it is beautiful, comfortable and, according to scientists, the sunniest Polish city (1,671 hours of sunshine annually). Deriders say one day is enough to see Gdynia. But they say the same about Paris
* * *
Gdynia is one of the youngest Polish cities. When in 1920, following WWI and the Versailles Treaty, Poland regained access to the sea, it was decided that a modern port and a town be built here - at the site of a small fishing village. In this way Gdynia became a major national investment project.
Since the very beginning, Gdynia has been fortunate in getting the right kind of people to come - attracted by the sun and the cheerful and optimistic character of the place. It is the bravest, most unyielding and ingenious people that have been coming - those who would find it difficult to make their dreams and daring ideas come true anywhere else. To date, Gdynia is a token of romantic entrepreneurship rooted in Polish tradition, which is blended with patriotism, courage and striving for freedom.
He who comes to Gdynia can experience many of the advantages it offers, like clean water and air, good roads, modern and environment-friendly public transport, ample energy resources, availability of all kinds of services; those which make up the business environment like banking or insurance as well as those determining the quality of life. Gdynia is attractive owing to its rapid growth in virtually all areas and the unmatched dynamism of its citizens.
There is everything here: the port - a gateway to Poland; a major road, rail and sea transport node, providing access to major European cities The port of Gdynia ranks among the best in the Baltic region, as it is not only a cargo-handling facility but also an international business centre.
Gdynia also means four modern shipyards, benefiting from the boom in the industry through profitable contracts. However, apart from the industries which actually gave birth to the city, companies associated with the 21st century scientific disciplines - IT and biotechnology - have been booming in recent years.
Gdynia has a well-developed business environment sector - companies specialising in finance, consultancy, brokerage, R&D and data processing. Gdynia is among top Polish cities in terms of single foreign investments in excess of a million US dollars. Someone who ties up big money usually checks carefully beforehand where he is doing so.
Gdynia has a 100-hectare area of developed land between the city centre and the port - a rarity in European scale. This is the City Centre Development Zone, which is to host a modern district in which the port functions and the city functions are to overlap. The city can also offer attractive land to investors wanting to build hotels and boarding houses, especially in the waterfront area.
* * *
Although Gdynia is so young, you can find buildings here dating from hundreds of years ago: the 13th-century Archangel Michael church at Oksywie, the 17th-century buildings of the Kolibki estate, once frequently visited by Polish king John III Sobieski and his beloved wife, the beautiful Marie-Casimire, or the neo-Gothic manor house dating from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries at Orłowo.
Gdynia has a history as well as artefacts - for this reason a museum is nearing completion at the heart of the city, in the vicinity of the beach and the Musical Theatre. It is to be run jointly by the city and the Navy. The museum is to open in 2006 - Gdynia's anniversary year. Among the exhibits, there will certainly be the skeleton of a woman who lived here two thousand years ago, now kept in a storeroom.
Gdynia architecture of the twenties and thirties of the 20th century also deserves attention. It is in those years that the modernist style of Gdynia originated; structurally advanced, functional and containing details characteristic of naval architecture - porthole-like windows and bridge-like superstructures. The modernist forms can be found in both public buildings and private villas. After many years, the style is recalled by the designers of today - this is what makes Gdynia stylish, despite its young age.
* * *
One of Gdynia's nicest features, apart from its likeable size, is the direct proximity of the city centre and the water. Without haste, in a matter of minutes, you may get on foot from the busy streets of Świętojańska, 10 Lutego and Starowiejska to Skwer Kościuszki - the prestigious part of the port.
It is here that two ships are moored, recognised as symbols not only by the Poles. The ORP Błyskawica, the only surviving destroyer - WWII veteran, and the Dar Pomorza - the white tall ship, a classic beauty, a globetrotter and winner of many races. Both are used as museums now. The retired Dar Pomorza would sometimes be used as a theatrical stage, yet it more frequently hosts marine writers, as on board her new books are ceremonially named or launched with a rose dipped in champagne. Is there another place where the birth of a book is so romantic? Other attractions of the place are the Aquarium of the Sea Fisheries Institute, housing hundreds of exotic specimens of marine wildlife; hydrofoil, boat or even balloon cruises. And the sailing-ship masts; big ferries, merchant ships and picturesque fishing cutters entering or leaving the harbour; the horizon at sunrise and sunset The beauty of all this, breath-taking at every time of the year, can only be matched by great art.
* * *
If you have started your walk in Skwer Kościuszki, you will certainly want to call at the beach, too. It is beautiful, wide and golden - full of sunshine from dawn to dusk. Getting back to the city centre is not tiring - a mere five minutes' walk to the high street. And if you care for yachting, sailing boats are waiting in the marina nearby.
You may, of course, decide to sidestep and go up Kamienna Góra to delight in the beautiful view from its top. From here you can see the panorama of the city, the woody hills, the port and the sea - to the boundless horizon and the scythe-like Hel peninsula showing faintly in the distance. It is one of the most beautiful Polish landscapes - a real export commodity. Kamienna Góra is a good start of your further Gdynia itinerary.
So it is really worth the effort of climbing 100 steps, pausing half way up, to a vast terrace 52.5 metres above the sea level. You will be rewarded with a beautiful park - a secret garden, a flowery haven of serenity. When you are here you are likely to forget there is a humming city below. No wonder lovers like coming here; also music lovers are attracted here for the proms in the summer.
Another lovely route is along the Bulwar Nadmorski promenade. Its main function is to protect the cliff from the assaulting waves, yet at the same time it has been a major attraction of the city for thirty years now.
In the early morning, you can meet healthy-lifestyle enthusiasts here - jogging, cycling, walking their dogs or using the special exercising facilities. The bravest of them are the "walruses" - bathing in the cold sea in winter.
* * *
In Gdynia you do not have to travel beyond the city boundaries to enjoy the closeness of unspoilt nature. Residential areas are either near the sea, or near the forest, and the air in Gdynia is rich in iodine and the smell of pine resin. One of Poland's olds nature reserves - Kępa Redłowska with its steep cliff - is the daily walking route for many of Gdynia's residents, as it is virtually in the middle of the city. Residential areas are frequently visited by hedgehogs and wild boars, which do not seem to be afraid of people.
Also swans, cormorants and wild ducks have come to like Gdynia. Their thousands-strong colonies spend the winter here, fed by the people.
* * *
Anyone who decides to walk or ride across the woody cliff along the shore is most likely to have great experience. From here, 50 metres above the seal level, on nearly every summer day you can watch and admire racing yachts; and every few years you will see a tall ship parade. A walk on the beach at the foot of the cliff towards Orłowo is also romantic. The place is beautiful, no matter what time of the year it is, and different after every storm as waves swallow up bits of the cliff and seize mighty trees and boulders into the maelstrom. They also reveal the secrets of military fortifications - now the relic of the past and a unique tourist attraction. Amber is not easy to find on Gdynia beaches, but seashells and million-year-old fossils are quite common. With luck and skill, you may come across garnets, turquoises and agates.
* * *
A lot of sunshine, coastal breeze, closeness of nature - maybe this is why one breathes deeply here, one wants to live and create something?
Artists in Gdynia are allured by water and sunshine. Graphic and theatrical artists have found a venue for their arts at the foot of the cliff in the residential district of Orłowo. The stage on the beach is unique. Midday rehearsals are accompanied by the scream of seagulls and the hubbub of children playing in the sand. At dusk, however, when the audience come, the actors perform Shakespeare, Chekhov and Gombrowicz speaking the hexameter measured out by waves pounding the shore.
* * *
Gdynia offers great conditions for various sports, including dangerous sports for people with courage and character. Most are connected with the water and the wind; they are, after all, the prevailing elements.
In recent years, many dangerous sports clubs have been established in Gdynia - hang-gliding, ballooning, scuba diving, dog sledging (or carting) or winter sea-bathing in icy water. Nevertheless, the sport with the longest history and most numerous club facilities is yachting. Gdynia is, after all, often referred to as the yachting capital of Poland. The conditions offered here are excellent - there is a modern and safe marina as well as an attractive Gulf of Gdańsk basin to race in. The annual Idea Gdynia Sailing Days held in late July and early August attract the best sailors of the world. In 2003 Gdynia hosted for the third time the rally of the largest tall ships in the world - the event seen by 1.5 million spectators. Gdynia has the largest marina in Poland - constantly upgraded and offering the support facilities needed by the weary visitors. What makes it attractive is, among others, its location nearly in the city centre with all its attractions. Yachting families, who call at Gdynia in growing numbers, find a hospitable and, above all, safe haven here. Gdynia also offers excellent conditions for cycling, especially mountain cycling (this is because Gdynia is the second most undulated city in Poland, after the city of Zakopane - the Polish Sapporo).
The offer for those who like doing things is supplemented by swimming pools, tennis courts, playing fields, a skating rink, athletics halls, fitness clubs, cycling routes through the forest, fitness trails, canoes and beach volleyball.
* * *
There are more than twenty people in Gdynia who are 100 years old or more. In 2001 the most senior citizen of Gdynia celebrated her 107th birthday. In October 2005 a similar occasion will be celebrated by a male. The oldest entrant for a long-distance cross-country race which Gdynia regularly organises was eighty-three! This probably is no coincidence.
Nature, i.e. good climate, clean air, attractive recreational grounds within easy reach of the residential areas, coupled with the ever-improving infrastructure translate into quality of life and recreation, and at the end of the day, into good health and longevity.
* * *
The world on a plate, or national cuisines: Polish, Greek, Indian, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese; you can also find vegetarian food, frutti di mare or fast foods in Gdynia. And Japanese cuisine and its lovers, too, Polish cooking, with its specialities like bigos sauerkraut meal, red beet soup, mushroom soup or żurek soup, is present in the menu of all restaurants in Gdynia. Try it! Another story is frutti di mare - like in every seaside location. In Gdynia you can eat fried Baltic fish just delivered from the cutter; delicious flounder, cod or eel.
* * *
One of Gdynia's chief specialities is the shops. It is like paradise for all those who enjoy shopping. The fact is acknowledged by the local people, but also by visitors, some of whom come specially to rummage through shops. This includes Scandinavians arriving on Stena Line ferries from Karlskrona in Sweden as well as passengers of huge cruise liners calling at the Gdynia port in the Summer. It is good to do shopping in Gdynia, because there are shops for every type of customer; prestigious ones for the more affluent on the one hand, and well-supplied, inexpensive hypermarkets on the other. The latter can be quickly reached by special no-fare buses. Furthermore, Gdynia is a well-designed city, not too large, with well-organised modern public transport - you can hardly get lost here. The high street is Świętojańska and is a shopping avenue with hundreds of smart shops and boutiques, dozens of bars, pubs and cafés and pavement cafés and cafeterias in the summer. The avenue is designed for pedestrians in the first place and is popular with both residents and visitors. It can hardly be compared with Shinjuku, Ginza or Shibuya of Tokyo, yet it is certainly one of the trendiest Polish streets, a landmark indeed.
* * *
The inhabitants of Gdynia like enjoying themselves and are good at it. They begin, naturally, by greeting the New Year in the open air. For obvious reasons (the climate!) the best outdoor events take place in the Summer. There are concerts accompanied by a show of fireworks and laser images against the background of the sky, attracting dozens of thousands of spectators to Skwer Kościuszki; there are shanty festivals, usually taking place on board sailing boats or tall ships; there are SAR operation shows, or the cadets from the Maritime or Naval Academies taking oath - as part of the traditional Maritime Days. It is then that a lot of visitors both from inland Poland and abroad come to our city, marking the beginning of the summer vacation and the tourist season.
A recent attraction, although not entertainment in the classic sense of the word, is the "picnic of knowledge" which has developed into the Festival of Science, which propagates the achievement of researchers studying the secrets of seas and oceans, as well as of other disciplines. An event worth watching is certainly the balloon contest. As there is a group of keen balloonists in Gdynia, balloonists from all across Poland and from abroad come to Gdynia in the Summer. Their contest and the night show of illuminated balloons in the marine scenery of Skwer Kościuszki attract thousands.
Gdynia bids farewell to the Summer in Polana Redłowska. For many years a three-day's picnic has been held here in the third decade of September, coupled with the fair of the fruits of the forests, orchards, gardens and the sea - all this in colourful, folk adornment.
* * *
Gdynia's great neighbours is another advantage. If you decide on a holiday in Gdynia, you should take the opportunity and see the other parts of the conurbation, visit the Swedish Karlskrona - only 9 hours by ferry or the Russian Kaliningrad - 1.5 hours by hydrofoil.
Gdynia, Sopot and Gdańsk are mutually complementary: Gdańsk stands for one thousand years of history, Sopot is a spa and Gdynia - the youngest of the three - offers a larger dose of the sea than any other Polish town and city, and the greatest number of sunny days during the year.
Do you feel seduced?
In far-off countries, our generally calm Baltic sea is often confused with the Balkans. This is a perfect opportunity to rectify this erroneous association.
We will be using the most appealing photos and most convincing words - perfectly aware that we have to compete for your hearts and minds with other wonderful regions of the World. We have our strengths - at the same time we realize that our invitation is addressed to the inhabitants of beautiful Japan, and of her equally attractive neighbours.
* * *
It is absolutely gorgeous at dawn. At this hour, it is good to come to the beach at the foot of a steep cliff to witness the primeval rite of the Sun rising above the horizon and wakening Gdynia while the crisp breeze drives away the remnants of the night.
The lucky ones greet this sunny city on board a tall ship or a yacht entering the harbour early in the morning. What the sailor can see then is the hills lit with the early sun and grown with beech and Swedish whitebeam; the bright white of houses amid thick verdure, the lofty church steeples, the cross at Kamienna Góra and the steel-gleaming port cranes and ships. And the sailor - whether one returning home or one visiting our country for the first time - can feel that this is where Poland begins
* * *
The best thing is to be a Gdynia resident, but this is the privilege enjoyed by few (249.5 thousand inhabitants). What we can suggest to the remaining 6 billion inhabitants of the globe is that they at least visit our city - it is beautiful, comfortable and, according to scientists, the sunniest Polish city (1,671 hours of sunshine annually). Deriders say one day is enough to see Gdynia. But they say the same about Paris
* * *
Gdynia is one of the youngest Polish cities. When in 1920, following WWI and the Versailles Treaty, Poland regained access to the sea, it was decided that a modern port and a town be built here - at the site of a small fishing village. In this way Gdynia became a major national investment project.
Since the very beginning, Gdynia has been fortunate in getting the right kind of people to come - attracted by the sun and the cheerful and optimistic character of the place. It is the bravest, most unyielding and ingenious people that have been coming - those who would find it difficult to make their dreams and daring ideas come true anywhere else. To date, Gdynia is a token of romantic entrepreneurship rooted in Polish tradition, which is blended with patriotism, courage and striving for freedom.
He who comes to Gdynia can experience many of the advantages it offers, like clean water and air, good roads, modern and environment-friendly public transport, ample energy resources, availability of all kinds of services; those which make up the business environment like banking or insurance as well as those determining the quality of life. Gdynia is attractive owing to its rapid growth in virtually all areas and the unmatched dynamism of its citizens.
There is everything here: the port - a gateway to Poland; a major road, rail and sea transport node, providing access to major European cities The port of Gdynia ranks among the best in the Baltic region, as it is not only a cargo-handling facility but also an international business centre.
Gdynia also means four modern shipyards, benefiting from the boom in the industry through profitable contracts. However, apart from the industries which actually gave birth to the city, companies associated with the 21st century scientific disciplines - IT and biotechnology - have been booming in recent years.
Gdynia has a well-developed business environment sector - companies specialising in finance, consultancy, brokerage, R&D and data processing. Gdynia is among top Polish cities in terms of single foreign investments in excess of a million US dollars. Someone who ties up big money usually checks carefully beforehand where he is doing so.
Gdynia has a 100-hectare area of developed land between the city centre and the port - a rarity in European scale. This is the City Centre Development Zone, which is to host a modern district in which the port functions and the city functions are to overlap. The city can also offer attractive land to investors wanting to build hotels and boarding houses, especially in the waterfront area.
* * *
Although Gdynia is so young, you can find buildings here dating from hundreds of years ago: the 13th-century Archangel Michael church at Oksywie, the 17th-century buildings of the Kolibki estate, once frequently visited by Polish king John III Sobieski and his beloved wife, the beautiful Marie-Casimire, or the neo-Gothic manor house dating from the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries at Orłowo.
Gdynia has a history as well as artefacts - for this reason a museum is nearing completion at the heart of the city, in the vicinity of the beach and the Musical Theatre. It is to be run jointly by the city and the Navy. The museum is to open in 2006 - Gdynia's anniversary year. Among the exhibits, there will certainly be the skeleton of a woman who lived here two thousand years ago, now kept in a storeroom.
Gdynia architecture of the twenties and thirties of the 20th century also deserves attention. It is in those years that the modernist style of Gdynia originated; structurally advanced, functional and containing details characteristic of naval architecture - porthole-like windows and bridge-like superstructures. The modernist forms can be found in both public buildings and private villas. After many years, the style is recalled by the designers of today - this is what makes Gdynia stylish, despite its young age.
* * *
One of Gdynia's nicest features, apart from its likeable size, is the direct proximity of the city centre and the water. Without haste, in a matter of minutes, you may get on foot from the busy streets of Świętojańska, 10 Lutego and Starowiejska to Skwer Kościuszki - the prestigious part of the port.
It is here that two ships are moored, recognised as symbols not only by the Poles. The ORP Błyskawica, the only surviving destroyer - WWII veteran, and the Dar Pomorza - the white tall ship, a classic beauty, a globetrotter and winner of many races. Both are used as museums now. The retired Dar Pomorza would sometimes be used as a theatrical stage, yet it more frequently hosts marine writers, as on board her new books are ceremonially named or launched with a rose dipped in champagne. Is there another place where the birth of a book is so romantic? Other attractions of the place are the Aquarium of the Sea Fisheries Institute, housing hundreds of exotic specimens of marine wildlife; hydrofoil, boat or even balloon cruises. And the sailing-ship masts; big ferries, merchant ships and picturesque fishing cutters entering or leaving the harbour; the horizon at sunrise and sunset The beauty of all this, breath-taking at every time of the year, can only be matched by great art.
* * *
If you have started your walk in Skwer Kościuszki, you will certainly want to call at the beach, too. It is beautiful, wide and golden - full of sunshine from dawn to dusk. Getting back to the city centre is not tiring - a mere five minutes' walk to the high street. And if you care for yachting, sailing boats are waiting in the marina nearby.
You may, of course, decide to sidestep and go up Kamienna Góra to delight in the beautiful view from its top. From here you can see the panorama of the city, the woody hills, the port and the sea - to the boundless horizon and the scythe-like Hel peninsula showing faintly in the distance. It is one of the most beautiful Polish landscapes - a real export commodity. Kamienna Góra is a good start of your further Gdynia itinerary.
So it is really worth the effort of climbing 100 steps, pausing half way up, to a vast terrace 52.5 metres above the sea level. You will be rewarded with a beautiful park - a secret garden, a flowery haven of serenity. When you are here you are likely to forget there is a humming city below. No wonder lovers like coming here; also music lovers are attracted here for the proms in the summer.
Another lovely route is along the Bulwar Nadmorski promenade. Its main function is to protect the cliff from the assaulting waves, yet at the same time it has been a major attraction of the city for thirty years now.
In the early morning, you can meet healthy-lifestyle enthusiasts here - jogging, cycling, walking their dogs or using the special exercising facilities. The bravest of them are the "walruses" - bathing in the cold sea in winter.
* * *
In Gdynia you do not have to travel beyond the city boundaries to enjoy the closeness of unspoilt nature. Residential areas are either near the sea, or near the forest, and the air in Gdynia is rich in iodine and the smell of pine resin. One of Poland's olds nature reserves - Kępa Redłowska with its steep cliff - is the daily walking route for many of Gdynia's residents, as it is virtually in the middle of the city. Residential areas are frequently visited by hedgehogs and wild boars, which do not seem to be afraid of people.
Also swans, cormorants and wild ducks have come to like Gdynia. Their thousands-strong colonies spend the winter here, fed by the people.
* * *
Anyone who decides to walk or ride across the woody cliff along the shore is most likely to have great experience. From here, 50 metres above the seal level, on nearly every summer day you can watch and admire racing yachts; and every few years you will see a tall ship parade. A walk on the beach at the foot of the cliff towards Orłowo is also romantic. The place is beautiful, no matter what time of the year it is, and different after every storm as waves swallow up bits of the cliff and seize mighty trees and boulders into the maelstrom. They also reveal the secrets of military fortifications - now the relic of the past and a unique tourist attraction. Amber is not easy to find on Gdynia beaches, but seashells and million-year-old fossils are quite common. With luck and skill, you may come across garnets, turquoises and agates.
* * *
A lot of sunshine, coastal breeze, closeness of nature - maybe this is why one breathes deeply here, one wants to live and create something?
Artists in Gdynia are allured by water and sunshine. Graphic and theatrical artists have found a venue for their arts at the foot of the cliff in the residential district of Orłowo. The stage on the beach is unique. Midday rehearsals are accompanied by the scream of seagulls and the hubbub of children playing in the sand. At dusk, however, when the audience come, the actors perform Shakespeare, Chekhov and Gombrowicz speaking the hexameter measured out by waves pounding the shore.
* * *
Gdynia offers great conditions for various sports, including dangerous sports for people with courage and character. Most are connected with the water and the wind; they are, after all, the prevailing elements.
In recent years, many dangerous sports clubs have been established in Gdynia - hang-gliding, ballooning, scuba diving, dog sledging (or carting) or winter sea-bathing in icy water. Nevertheless, the sport with the longest history and most numerous club facilities is yachting. Gdynia is, after all, often referred to as the yachting capital of Poland. The conditions offered here are excellent - there is a modern and safe marina as well as an attractive Gulf of Gdańsk basin to race in. The annual Idea Gdynia Sailing Days held in late July and early August attract the best sailors of the world. In 2003 Gdynia hosted for the third time the rally of the largest tall ships in the world - the event seen by 1.5 million spectators. Gdynia has the largest marina in Poland - constantly upgraded and offering the support facilities needed by the weary visitors. What makes it attractive is, among others, its location nearly in the city centre with all its attractions. Yachting families, who call at Gdynia in growing numbers, find a hospitable and, above all, safe haven here. Gdynia also offers excellent conditions for cycling, especially mountain cycling (this is because Gdynia is the second most undulated city in Poland, after the city of Zakopane - the Polish Sapporo).
The offer for those who like doing things is supplemented by swimming pools, tennis courts, playing fields, a skating rink, athletics halls, fitness clubs, cycling routes through the forest, fitness trails, canoes and beach volleyball.
* * *
There are more than twenty people in Gdynia who are 100 years old or more. In 2001 the most senior citizen of Gdynia celebrated her 107th birthday. In October 2005 a similar occasion will be celebrated by a male. The oldest entrant for a long-distance cross-country race which Gdynia regularly organises was eighty-three! This probably is no coincidence.
Nature, i.e. good climate, clean air, attractive recreational grounds within easy reach of the residential areas, coupled with the ever-improving infrastructure translate into quality of life and recreation, and at the end of the day, into good health and longevity.
* * *
The world on a plate, or national cuisines: Polish, Greek, Indian, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese; you can also find vegetarian food, frutti di mare or fast foods in Gdynia. And Japanese cuisine and its lovers, too, Polish cooking, with its specialities like bigos sauerkraut meal, red beet soup, mushroom soup or żurek soup, is present in the menu of all restaurants in Gdynia. Try it! Another story is frutti di mare - like in every seaside location. In Gdynia you can eat fried Baltic fish just delivered from the cutter; delicious flounder, cod or eel.
* * *
One of Gdynia's chief specialities is the shops. It is like paradise for all those who enjoy shopping. The fact is acknowledged by the local people, but also by visitors, some of whom come specially to rummage through shops. This includes Scandinavians arriving on Stena Line ferries from Karlskrona in Sweden as well as passengers of huge cruise liners calling at the Gdynia port in the Summer. It is good to do shopping in Gdynia, because there are shops for every type of customer; prestigious ones for the more affluent on the one hand, and well-supplied, inexpensive hypermarkets on the other. The latter can be quickly reached by special no-fare buses. Furthermore, Gdynia is a well-designed city, not too large, with well-organised modern public transport - you can hardly get lost here. The high street is Świętojańska and is a shopping avenue with hundreds of smart shops and boutiques, dozens of bars, pubs and cafés and pavement cafés and cafeterias in the summer. The avenue is designed for pedestrians in the first place and is popular with both residents and visitors. It can hardly be compared with Shinjuku, Ginza or Shibuya of Tokyo, yet it is certainly one of the trendiest Polish streets, a landmark indeed.
* * *
The inhabitants of Gdynia like enjoying themselves and are good at it. They begin, naturally, by greeting the New Year in the open air. For obvious reasons (the climate!) the best outdoor events take place in the Summer. There are concerts accompanied by a show of fireworks and laser images against the background of the sky, attracting dozens of thousands of spectators to Skwer Kościuszki; there are shanty festivals, usually taking place on board sailing boats or tall ships; there are SAR operation shows, or the cadets from the Maritime or Naval Academies taking oath - as part of the traditional Maritime Days. It is then that a lot of visitors both from inland Poland and abroad come to our city, marking the beginning of the summer vacation and the tourist season.
A recent attraction, although not entertainment in the classic sense of the word, is the "picnic of knowledge" which has developed into the Festival of Science, which propagates the achievement of researchers studying the secrets of seas and oceans, as well as of other disciplines. An event worth watching is certainly the balloon contest. As there is a group of keen balloonists in Gdynia, balloonists from all across Poland and from abroad come to Gdynia in the Summer. Their contest and the night show of illuminated balloons in the marine scenery of Skwer Kościuszki attract thousands.
Gdynia bids farewell to the Summer in Polana Redłowska. For many years a three-day's picnic has been held here in the third decade of September, coupled with the fair of the fruits of the forests, orchards, gardens and the sea - all this in colourful, folk adornment.
* * *
Gdynia's great neighbours is another advantage. If you decide on a holiday in Gdynia, you should take the opportunity and see the other parts of the conurbation, visit the Swedish Karlskrona - only 9 hours by ferry or the Russian Kaliningrad - 1.5 hours by hydrofoil.
Gdynia, Sopot and Gdańsk are mutually complementary: Gdańsk stands for one thousand years of history, Sopot is a spa and Gdynia - the youngest of the three - offers a larger dose of the sea than any other Polish town and city, and the greatest number of sunny days during the year.
Do you feel seduced?
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"If you lead with your heart, it will carry you much further than your brains will." ~ Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Enzio Stallone (1946-) celebrates a birthday today. Born in the dangerous streets of New York's Hell's Kitchen, Sly studied drama at the University of Miami and was discouraged from pursuing acting by his teachers.
"I grew up with a pretty profound complex of inadequacy. And I thought the only way to override that was through creating an imposing exterior."
So he pumped his body up into Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, creating larger-than-life superheroes, becoming an international superstar. Stallone's characters celebrated the underdog, overcoming great odds and soaring in the face of adversity.
In 1976, Stallone wrote the Rocky script in longhand and refused to let any one else play the role of the prize fighter. In Rocky's words, "believe in yourself, and you can do anything."
But beneath Stallone's noticeable speech impediment and even more noticeable brawn, beats the heart of an articulate, sensitive artist. He began painting while at college, earning enough money to make it to Hollywood.
Stallone, the artist, paints by squeezing colors directly onto the canvas. He uses bold strokes, vigorous splashes of heart and energy. His works always include the image of a clock or watch, because "time well spent is hard to accomplish, while time lost is a tragedy."
Sylvester Enzio Stallone (1946-) celebrates a birthday today. Born in the dangerous streets of New York's Hell's Kitchen, Sly studied drama at the University of Miami and was discouraged from pursuing acting by his teachers.
"I grew up with a pretty profound complex of inadequacy. And I thought the only way to override that was through creating an imposing exterior."
So he pumped his body up into Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, creating larger-than-life superheroes, becoming an international superstar. Stallone's characters celebrated the underdog, overcoming great odds and soaring in the face of adversity.
In 1976, Stallone wrote the Rocky script in longhand and refused to let any one else play the role of the prize fighter. In Rocky's words, "believe in yourself, and you can do anything."
But beneath Stallone's noticeable speech impediment and even more noticeable brawn, beats the heart of an articulate, sensitive artist. He began painting while at college, earning enough money to make it to Hollywood.
Stallone, the artist, paints by squeezing colors directly onto the canvas. He uses bold strokes, vigorous splashes of heart and energy. His works always include the image of a clock or watch, because "time well spent is hard to accomplish, while time lost is a tragedy."
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Friday, June 02, 2006
http://www.rasamusic.com/category_25_22.html
Yam..or Jammie..? ;)
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http://www.chopra.com/kamasutra
http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/06/sex_and_spiritu.html
An ancient text that sees pleasure (kama) as one of the four goals of life. The other three being: Dharma which is harmony with the universe; Arth (material abundance) and Moksha (enlightenment). Before I started the book I thought I would put down any insights I personally had with relationship with sex and spirituality which I would like to share with you:
Hey, check for yourself(s)..you lazy..;)
A major new book from bestselling author Deepak Chopra
For the first time, acclaimed and international bestselling author Deepak Chopra explores the universal themes of spirituality and sexuality and their role in connecting lovers emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Deepak Chopra's loyalty to the original Kama Sutra and ability to find its sacredness makes this unique book a modern classic and a definitive version for generations to come. The book will be fully illustrated by a group of Indian artists hand selected by Chopra.
The text also includes The Seven Spiritual Laws of Love, Deepak's intensive meditation and affirmation of simple, practical applications that partners can bring to their relationship to enhance and entice their intimacy.
A modern classic
The original Kama Sutra was written by the courtesan and poet Vasyayana, believed to have lived sometime between the 1st to 6th centuries A.D. and includes guidance on how to be a good citizen, insights into relationships between lovers, the four main pursuits of life, as well as providing insight into the sexual mores and practices of India in ancient times. Deepak Chopra's Kama Sutra proves that the classic text is also a spiritual text that elevates the carnal experience to the heights of spiritual ecstasy.
There, kids..;)
http://www.himalaya.nl/
An ancient text that sees pleasure (kama) as one of the four goals of life. The other three being: Dharma which is harmony with the universe; Arth (material abundance) and Moksha (enlightenment). Before I started the book I thought I would put down any insights I personally had with relationship with sex and spirituality which I would like to share with you:
Hey, check for yourself(s)..you lazy..;)
A major new book from bestselling author Deepak Chopra
For the first time, acclaimed and international bestselling author Deepak Chopra explores the universal themes of spirituality and sexuality and their role in connecting lovers emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Deepak Chopra's loyalty to the original Kama Sutra and ability to find its sacredness makes this unique book a modern classic and a definitive version for generations to come. The book will be fully illustrated by a group of Indian artists hand selected by Chopra.
The text also includes The Seven Spiritual Laws of Love, Deepak's intensive meditation and affirmation of simple, practical applications that partners can bring to their relationship to enhance and entice their intimacy.
A modern classic
The original Kama Sutra was written by the courtesan and poet Vasyayana, believed to have lived sometime between the 1st to 6th centuries A.D. and includes guidance on how to be a good citizen, insights into relationships between lovers, the four main pursuits of life, as well as providing insight into the sexual mores and practices of India in ancient times. Deepak Chopra's Kama Sutra proves that the classic text is also a spiritual text that elevates the carnal experience to the heights of spiritual ecstasy.
There, kids..;)
http://www.himalaya.nl/
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
In the beginning There was neither existence nor non-existence, All this world was unmanifest energy... The one breathed, without breath, by Its own power Nothing else was there... – Hymn of Creation, The Rig Veda
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http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/blog2.cfm
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The last day
If this were the last day of your life, what would you do? What would you consider important? To whom would you speak, and what would you say? Who would you make time for, and with whom would you share a really important moment?
If this were your last day on earth, what would you make your top priority? How would your tone of voice change? On what would you spend your words? To what would you devote your thoughts?
How, if this were your final day, would you define "wealth"? How would you define "self"? How would you define "God"? What would it matter? Why?
What would you worry about? What would you have faith in? What would you be frightened of? What would you feel certain about?
Do you think it is possible to live this day as if it were you last day on earth? What would have to change for you to do so? What would remain the same?
Would you make a few calls and seek forgiveness? Would you hug a few people and tell them you love them more than they will ever know? Would you stop franticizing and futurizing? Would you smile at a few things that yesterday you frowned upon? Would you yell at the dog...or pet her and give her a big squeeze...
Who would you thank on this day, in a special way? Who would you want to make very sure that they understood the contribution they have made to your life?
What flower would you ask for, to smell one more time? What would you request as your last meal?
If this were my last day, I'd ask everyone to get up early and come over and help me trim a Christmas tree. I'd get all the Christmas decorations out and light a pine-scented candle and string the lights and hang the tinsel and laugh and sing carols and drink wassail and then, as dusk set in, I'd ask everyone to stay, I'd light the tree and sit there before it and give everything I had away as special Christmas presents to my family and friends. I'd call it Continuation Day, and at the end I'd snuggle up in my bed with my dearest people around me, I'd ask for one last scoop of ice cream, I'd hold hands with my closest one, then I'd close my eyes and dream my way to God.
Oh...and I would say I love you a lot.
To everyone.
The last day
If this were the last day of your life, what would you do? What would you consider important? To whom would you speak, and what would you say? Who would you make time for, and with whom would you share a really important moment?
If this were your last day on earth, what would you make your top priority? How would your tone of voice change? On what would you spend your words? To what would you devote your thoughts?
How, if this were your final day, would you define "wealth"? How would you define "self"? How would you define "God"? What would it matter? Why?
What would you worry about? What would you have faith in? What would you be frightened of? What would you feel certain about?
Do you think it is possible to live this day as if it were you last day on earth? What would have to change for you to do so? What would remain the same?
Would you make a few calls and seek forgiveness? Would you hug a few people and tell them you love them more than they will ever know? Would you stop franticizing and futurizing? Would you smile at a few things that yesterday you frowned upon? Would you yell at the dog...or pet her and give her a big squeeze...
Who would you thank on this day, in a special way? Who would you want to make very sure that they understood the contribution they have made to your life?
What flower would you ask for, to smell one more time? What would you request as your last meal?
If this were my last day, I'd ask everyone to get up early and come over and help me trim a Christmas tree. I'd get all the Christmas decorations out and light a pine-scented candle and string the lights and hang the tinsel and laugh and sing carols and drink wassail and then, as dusk set in, I'd ask everyone to stay, I'd light the tree and sit there before it and give everything I had away as special Christmas presents to my family and friends. I'd call it Continuation Day, and at the end I'd snuggle up in my bed with my dearest people around me, I'd ask for one last scoop of ice cream, I'd hold hands with my closest one, then I'd close my eyes and dream my way to God.
Oh...and I would say I love you a lot.
To everyone.
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Monday, May 22, 2006
aladdinwiththemagiccarpet@gmail.com
the most important thing you can do in your life
is to become a passionate lover,
and if you are a passionate lover,
then you'll be a lover in life,
you'll be a lover in death,
you'll be a lover in the tomb,
you'll be a lover on the day of Resurrection,
you'll be a lover in Paradise,
and you'll be a lover forever..
And if you've not been a passionate lover,
then don't count your life as having been lived!!!
Rumi, Sufi poet and mystic
http://store.chopra.com/
http://www.rasamusic.com/category_25_22.html
is to become a passionate lover,
and if you are a passionate lover,
then you'll be a lover in life,
you'll be a lover in death,
you'll be a lover in the tomb,
you'll be a lover on the day of Resurrection,
you'll be a lover in Paradise,
and you'll be a lover forever..
And if you've not been a passionate lover,
then don't count your life as having been lived!!!
Rumi, Sufi poet and mystic
http://store.chopra.com/
http://www.rasamusic.com/category_25_22.html
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http://www.intentblog.com
Mmhn.. the lady doesn't want to dance,
the Waltz,
nor the Tango..
I sure would like to see those hips,
doing the Salsa,
but,
According to the entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980 ed.), "in its origins, the krakowiak (a Polish dance) seems to be connected with courtship ritual."
But some girls...;)
Love, Passion!
Ps. http://culture.poland.com/culture-music-d.php
the Waltz,
nor the Tango..
I sure would like to see those hips,
doing the Salsa,
but,
According to the entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980 ed.), "in its origins, the krakowiak (a Polish dance) seems to be connected with courtship ritual."
But some girls...;)
Love, Passion!
Ps. http://culture.poland.com/culture-music-d.php
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A thousand kisses..;)
[Will]
Uh
Ha ha
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Uh
Ha ha
Yo yo
Uh
Whoo
A one two a one two
[Will]
I-I-I-I woke up this morning
Looked at ya picture
Think about when I'm a get wit'cha
Hit ya on the two-way simply to say I gotta see you today
They say love is a gamble and if so, I'm the Bilagio I can't lose
And I guess that make you the mirage
Wait you more exotic than that you like the Taj Mahal momma
You a treasure to me life with you is a plesure to me
And I'm a make sure no man ever measure to me
Like Run and D you and me are together forever
I got an interview to do (whoo)
Then to the plane, that too (whoo)
Uh wear that black dress boo (whoo)
Then close your eyes and open your heart and I'm a give you
All my love
A thousand kisses from you is never to much
All my love
Never too much never too much never too much
Uh huh uh huh
And I just don't wanna stop
Never too much mever too much
[Jada]
Woke up this morning to invite and couldn't (?) write you
I licked your back and then kissed three little kids that look just like you
Love is magic and it's plain and sometimes it just happens
Saw your picture your so surly boy you keep my laughing
We've got a photo shoot can't concentrate my mind is roamin'
Because it's 4 o'clock and at 5:15 you are comin' home and
You know my heart you know my thoughts so ruffneck yet you're tender
The only person ever locked up safe was to surrender
All my love (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
A thousand kisses from you is never to much
All my love
Never too much never too much never too much
Uh huh uh huh
Cause I just don't wanna stop
Never too much mever too much
[Will]
The way you walk wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Jada]
The way you let me make you wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Will]
Girl the way you look wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Jada]
Just so you all wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Will]
Yo yo me and more it's like a Pichasso painted your ora
It's like Beehtoven composed your vocal tones
Wrote band inspired hand sculpted you the desire of man (uh)
Michel Angelo grieves inside you
Seeds of my wildest dreams fertilized in your eyes
Your compationate and your passion is how you ration it
That makes me swear you was trained how to take me there
Rarely I seen faith be fared
We got a stroke of grace
Remember you was countin me out?
It's crazy we had times of doubt right?
And since the dawn of time written history
Better men better poet than me
Have tried to set verse to the love they knew
Dead to words judge what I do when I give you
A thousand kisses from you is never to much
All my love
Never too much never too much never too much
Uh huh uh huh
And I just don't wanna stop
Never too much mever too much
Big Will
Lil' Jaden
Ha ha
2002
Tra-Knox
What?
All my love
Everything I got baby
Jaden: Mommy I love you
Jada: Aww I love you sweetie
Jaden: I love you too. All the way to the moon
Jada: I love you to the moon
Jaden: Huh?
Uh
Ha ha
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Uh
Ha ha
Yo yo
Uh
Whoo
A one two a one two
[Will]
I-I-I-I woke up this morning
Looked at ya picture
Think about when I'm a get wit'cha
Hit ya on the two-way simply to say I gotta see you today
They say love is a gamble and if so, I'm the Bilagio I can't lose
And I guess that make you the mirage
Wait you more exotic than that you like the Taj Mahal momma
You a treasure to me life with you is a plesure to me
And I'm a make sure no man ever measure to me
Like Run and D you and me are together forever
I got an interview to do (whoo)
Then to the plane, that too (whoo)
Uh wear that black dress boo (whoo)
Then close your eyes and open your heart and I'm a give you
All my love
A thousand kisses from you is never to much
All my love
Never too much never too much never too much
Uh huh uh huh
And I just don't wanna stop
Never too much mever too much
[Jada]
Woke up this morning to invite and couldn't (?) write you
I licked your back and then kissed three little kids that look just like you
Love is magic and it's plain and sometimes it just happens
Saw your picture your so surly boy you keep my laughing
We've got a photo shoot can't concentrate my mind is roamin'
Because it's 4 o'clock and at 5:15 you are comin' home and
You know my heart you know my thoughts so ruffneck yet you're tender
The only person ever locked up safe was to surrender
All my love (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
A thousand kisses from you is never to much
All my love
Never too much never too much never too much
Uh huh uh huh
Cause I just don't wanna stop
Never too much mever too much
[Will]
The way you walk wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Jada]
The way you let me make you wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Will]
Girl the way you look wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Jada]
Just so you all wanna make me say (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Will]
Yo yo me and more it's like a Pichasso painted your ora
It's like Beehtoven composed your vocal tones
Wrote band inspired hand sculpted you the desire of man (uh)
Michel Angelo grieves inside you
Seeds of my wildest dreams fertilized in your eyes
Your compationate and your passion is how you ration it
That makes me swear you was trained how to take me there
Rarely I seen faith be fared
We got a stroke of grace
Remember you was countin me out?
It's crazy we had times of doubt right?
And since the dawn of time written history
Better men better poet than me
Have tried to set verse to the love they knew
Dead to words judge what I do when I give you
A thousand kisses from you is never to much
All my love
Never too much never too much never too much
Uh huh uh huh
And I just don't wanna stop
Never too much mever too much
Big Will
Lil' Jaden
Ha ha
2002
Tra-Knox
What?
All my love
Everything I got baby
Jaden: Mommy I love you
Jada: Aww I love you sweetie
Jaden: I love you too. All the way to the moon
Jada: I love you to the moon
Jaden: Huh?
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With Passion!!
Put on your best dress darling
Can't you see the time is right
There will never be another tonight
If you got your motor runnin'
Then I got my engines on
Say the word and darlin' we'll be gone
Outside the world is waitin'
But we won't lose control
So come on now - let the good times roll
You gotta ride your broom right into my room
Kick off your shoes make yourself at home
Wave your little wand - weave a little spell
Make a little magic - raise some hell
There will never be another tonight
C'mon baby - hold on tight
There will never be another tonight
I don't care if it's wrong or right
We got nothin' to lose just me and you
In your wildest dreams...
There'll never be another tonight
Who cares about tomorrow
Let the wind fill your sails
A runaway train ridin' on the rails
We got the bases loaded
Home run - power play
Tonight's the night we're goin' all the way
You gotta ride your broom right into my room
Kick off your shoes make yourself at home
Wave your little wand - weave a little spell
Make a little magic - raise some hell
There will never be another tonight
C'mon baby - hold on tight
There will never be another tonight
Flash your diamonds shine your lights
There'll never be another tonight
I don't care if it's wrong or right
Cause we got nothin' to lose just me and you
In your wildest dreams...
There'll never be another tonight
Some people they're looking for paradise
Others they're looking for inner light
Me I'm just having the time of my life
I'm headin' out, to check it out
Check it out!!
Who's song, is this kidz?
..?
Can't you see the time is right
There will never be another tonight
If you got your motor runnin'
Then I got my engines on
Say the word and darlin' we'll be gone
Outside the world is waitin'
But we won't lose control
So come on now - let the good times roll
You gotta ride your broom right into my room
Kick off your shoes make yourself at home
Wave your little wand - weave a little spell
Make a little magic - raise some hell
There will never be another tonight
C'mon baby - hold on tight
There will never be another tonight
I don't care if it's wrong or right
We got nothin' to lose just me and you
In your wildest dreams...
There'll never be another tonight
Who cares about tomorrow
Let the wind fill your sails
A runaway train ridin' on the rails
We got the bases loaded
Home run - power play
Tonight's the night we're goin' all the way
You gotta ride your broom right into my room
Kick off your shoes make yourself at home
Wave your little wand - weave a little spell
Make a little magic - raise some hell
There will never be another tonight
C'mon baby - hold on tight
There will never be another tonight
Flash your diamonds shine your lights
There'll never be another tonight
I don't care if it's wrong or right
Cause we got nothin' to lose just me and you
In your wildest dreams...
There'll never be another tonight
Some people they're looking for paradise
Others they're looking for inner light
Me I'm just having the time of my life
I'm headin' out, to check it out
Check it out!!
Who's song, is this kidz?
..?
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul..
Guys..gues who's quotes are these...
'..From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire...'
'..There is no order or hierarchy in miracles..'
'..the conspiracy of improbability..'
..?
'..You can be a messenger of miracle to the world. You do not need anything else to create this universal miracle. You are already all that you need to make a world of real magic..'
— Wayne Dyer
Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Lover : 101 True Stories of Soul Mates Brought Together by Divine Intervention (Hot Chocolate for the Mysterical Soul)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452282179/104-8323367-8716746?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.fordsisters.com/hotchocolate.html
But, offcourse, to dance the English Waltz..
or to get Dutch females wearing skirts and dresses...
;)
Love, Passion!
http://www.anhglobal.org
http://www.renaissancealliance.org/ourvis/princ.htm
http://www.himalaya.nl/
http://www.roymartina.com/
'..From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire...'
'..There is no order or hierarchy in miracles..'
'..the conspiracy of improbability..'
..?
'..You can be a messenger of miracle to the world. You do not need anything else to create this universal miracle. You are already all that you need to make a world of real magic..'
— Wayne Dyer
Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Lover : 101 True Stories of Soul Mates Brought Together by Divine Intervention (Hot Chocolate for the Mysterical Soul)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452282179/104-8323367-8716746?v=glance&n=283155
http://www.fordsisters.com/hotchocolate.html
But, offcourse, to dance the English Waltz..
or to get Dutch females wearing skirts and dresses...
;)
Love, Passion!
http://www.anhglobal.org
http://www.renaissancealliance.org/ourvis/princ.htm
http://www.himalaya.nl/
http://www.roymartina.com/
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
http://www.chopra.com/namaste/index.htm
http://www.tonyrobbins.com/nextlevel/May06/FeaturedStory.html
http://www.drwaynedyer.com/articles/wise.php
http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/blog2.cfm
http://www.rockybalboablog.com/
C'mon, uhh, uhh
I guess he's back 'urr derrty, S-T-L derby
I'm like Magic to Kareem, mayne you tell me I ain't Worthy
I ain't speakin 'bout a jersey, I'm speakin 'bout income
DID YOU HEAR THAT ELIZABETH? HERE COME THE BIG ONE!
I put mo' money in the community than you got in yo' budget
I wipe my ass with yo' advance to the toilet then flush it
My last stance be a stance of a General Custard
I hot dog cause I can, I got the cheese and mustard
I got the stats of a hall of famer - in just two records
That's why I'm back up at the Superbowl - with Julius Peppers
I got that cain't stop, won't stop, in my veins
That's why they cain't stop, won't stop, screamin the name
NELLY! NELLY! Go tell a friend to tell a friend
I'ma keep the same grin whether I, lose or win
Up, or down ten, I'ma fight to the end
[breathing hard] Let's go
[Chorus: L.U.V.E.]
Ain't no way they can stop me now Nelly
Cause I'm on my way, I can feel my ring comin
It's the blood of a champion, pumpin
Deep inside my veins, too much pride to be runnin
I'ma get what I can and more, even if
My blood, my sweat, and my tears don't mean nothin
It's the heart of a champion (it's the heart of me)
(It's the heart of a..) in me
[Nelly]
I'm the first pick, the first round, signin bonus profound
Playin for his hometown, reppin for the home ground
And gettin buffer like Michael Riggs, tell 'em again
I gets buffer like Michael Riggs, heard what I said?
The MV-P of the game, intensity still the same
I'm shootin out from my reign, with Peyton Manning type aim
Can't stop me from scorin so they results are just hackin
So there's, three of us now - me, A.I. and Shaq'n
From the look to the as I say
Hover man with more heart than Hallmark on Valentine's Day
I'm the one that you've been Raven about, like Ray Lewis
I think it hard to go and change your route
Cause you don't know if I'm blitzin or if I'm sittin and readin
Waitin for you to go and trip, drop back and throw up a brick, man
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
[Chorus]
[Nelly]
It's like a big time decision made on how I can twurk it
If hard work pays off then easy work is worthless
My work habit ain't no habit man, I do it on purpose
I push myself to the limit so my talent'll surface
So now it's, curtains and drapes, on anybody who hates
Dislikin what I'm recitin, bitin what I've been writin
I've been dogfightin, scratchin and clawin on every height
Tryin to make you remember me like you +Remember the Titans+
Cause I'm a WARR-IOR, my daddy was a soldier
A Vietnam vet, lil' derrty I thought I told ya
I'm supposed ta, whip up your town in Testarossas
Heatin like Folgers mayne, I'm young black and rich
As good as it gets, and givin your point guard fits
He think he done seen pressure mayne, but he ain't seen shhhh...
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
[Chorus - repeat 2X]
http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/nelly_lyrics_239/sweat_lyrics_9615/heart_of_a_champion_lyrics_111183.html
;)
Emotional Freedom
"At the heart of the human experience is the quest for love. The driving force of human evolution is the need for more fulfilling, more nourishing and more expansive relationships. In every stage of life we seek deeper connections between those with whom we surround ourselves and our own Spirit." – Deepak Chopra
http://www.drwaynedyer.com/articles/wise.php
http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/blog2.cfm
http://www.rockybalboablog.com/
C'mon, uhh, uhh
I guess he's back 'urr derrty, S-T-L derby
I'm like Magic to Kareem, mayne you tell me I ain't Worthy
I ain't speakin 'bout a jersey, I'm speakin 'bout income
DID YOU HEAR THAT ELIZABETH? HERE COME THE BIG ONE!
I put mo' money in the community than you got in yo' budget
I wipe my ass with yo' advance to the toilet then flush it
My last stance be a stance of a General Custard
I hot dog cause I can, I got the cheese and mustard
I got the stats of a hall of famer - in just two records
That's why I'm back up at the Superbowl - with Julius Peppers
I got that cain't stop, won't stop, in my veins
That's why they cain't stop, won't stop, screamin the name
NELLY! NELLY! Go tell a friend to tell a friend
I'ma keep the same grin whether I, lose or win
Up, or down ten, I'ma fight to the end
[breathing hard] Let's go
[Chorus: L.U.V.E.]
Ain't no way they can stop me now Nelly
Cause I'm on my way, I can feel my ring comin
It's the blood of a champion, pumpin
Deep inside my veins, too much pride to be runnin
I'ma get what I can and more, even if
My blood, my sweat, and my tears don't mean nothin
It's the heart of a champion (it's the heart of me)
(It's the heart of a..) in me
[Nelly]
I'm the first pick, the first round, signin bonus profound
Playin for his hometown, reppin for the home ground
And gettin buffer like Michael Riggs, tell 'em again
I gets buffer like Michael Riggs, heard what I said?
The MV-P of the game, intensity still the same
I'm shootin out from my reign, with Peyton Manning type aim
Can't stop me from scorin so they results are just hackin
So there's, three of us now - me, A.I. and Shaq'n
From the look to the as I say
Hover man with more heart than Hallmark on Valentine's Day
I'm the one that you've been Raven about, like Ray Lewis
I think it hard to go and change your route
Cause you don't know if I'm blitzin or if I'm sittin and readin
Waitin for you to go and trip, drop back and throw up a brick, man
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
[Chorus]
[Nelly]
It's like a big time decision made on how I can twurk it
If hard work pays off then easy work is worthless
My work habit ain't no habit man, I do it on purpose
I push myself to the limit so my talent'll surface
So now it's, curtains and drapes, on anybody who hates
Dislikin what I'm recitin, bitin what I've been writin
I've been dogfightin, scratchin and clawin on every height
Tryin to make you remember me like you +Remember the Titans+
Cause I'm a WARR-IOR, my daddy was a soldier
A Vietnam vet, lil' derrty I thought I told ya
I'm supposed ta, whip up your town in Testarossas
Heatin like Folgers mayne, I'm young black and rich
As good as it gets, and givin your point guard fits
He think he done seen pressure mayne, but he ain't seen shhhh...
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
[Chorus - repeat 2X]
http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/nelly_lyrics_239/sweat_lyrics_9615/heart_of_a_champion_lyrics_111183.html
;)
Emotional Freedom
"At the heart of the human experience is the quest for love. The driving force of human evolution is the need for more fulfilling, more nourishing and more expansive relationships. In every stage of life we seek deeper connections between those with whom we surround ourselves and our own Spirit." – Deepak Chopra
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Thursday, February 09, 2006
Verba - Mogliśmy
Ref:Mogliśmy dojśc najdalej ze wszystkich,
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
BARTAS:Mogę zostać jeśli tylko chcesz,
Ale powiedz,że potrzebujesz mnie,
Żebym został z Tobą tu i teraz,
Bo bezemnie nie możesz się pozbierać,
Mogę powstać,miłośc mnie prostuje,
Dajesz siłę, która Nas buduje,
Łatwiej wierzyć, jeśli wciąż utwierdzasz,
Że nie zniknę z Twego Serca,
Mogę marznąć,kiedy wiem ,że wrucisz,
Bo ogrzejesz mnie, Mocno tak przytulisz,
Będziesz zawsze,przy mnie, Marzę o tym
Twoje ciepło wypala wszelkie kłopoty,
Mogę zasnąć, jeśli zaśniesz obok,
Słodka noc,odpływam razem z Tobą,
Piękna chwila, którą docenia każdy,
Kto w objęciach żegna białe gwiazdy.
Ref:Mogliśmy dojśc najdalej ze wszystkich,
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
BARTAS:Coś się stało,widzę to wyraźnie,
Chyba najgorszy sen opuścił wyobraźnie,
Jeszcze milczę, chociaż serce krzyczy,
Zaraz zacznę otwierać usta ciszy,
Może powiesz Mi co się dzieje z Nami,
Nie zatrzymam łez, karmiłaś mnie kłamstwami,
Jest ktoś inny i w nocy był tu,
Masz w sobie tyle miłości, żę rozdzielasz kilku?
Nie chcę Cię już znać lepiej odejdź ode mnie,
Zrujnowałaś to, co przecież było piekne,
Starałem się,a teraz nie ma Ciebie,
Samotnie żegnam przed snem białe gwiazdy na niebie,
Mam nadzieje, że przyśnisz mi się lepsza,
A gdy obudzę się nie bęndę nic pamiętać,
Rozdarłaś zdjęcie wspólnego jutra,
A teraz zjeżdżaj i pozdrów Twego Kumpla.
Ref:Mogliśmy dojśc najdalej ze wszystkich,
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
Mogliśmy dojśc najdalej ze wszystkich,
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
BARTAS:Mogę zostać jeśli tylko chcesz,
Ale powiedz,że potrzebujesz mnie,
Żebym został z Tobą tu i teraz,
Bo bezemnie nie możesz się pozbierać,
Mogę powstać,miłośc mnie prostuje,
Dajesz siłę, która Nas buduje,
Łatwiej wierzyć, jeśli wciąż utwierdzasz,
Że nie zniknę z Twego Serca,
Mogę marznąć,kiedy wiem ,że wrucisz,
Bo ogrzejesz mnie, Mocno tak przytulisz,
Będziesz zawsze,przy mnie, Marzę o tym
Twoje ciepło wypala wszelkie kłopoty,
Mogę zasnąć, jeśli zaśniesz obok,
Słodka noc,odpływam razem z Tobą,
Piękna chwila, którą docenia każdy,
Kto w objęciach żegna białe gwiazdy.
Ref:Mogliśmy dojśc najdalej ze wszystkich,
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
BARTAS:Coś się stało,widzę to wyraźnie,
Chyba najgorszy sen opuścił wyobraźnie,
Jeszcze milczę, chociaż serce krzyczy,
Zaraz zacznę otwierać usta ciszy,
Może powiesz Mi co się dzieje z Nami,
Nie zatrzymam łez, karmiłaś mnie kłamstwami,
Jest ktoś inny i w nocy był tu,
Masz w sobie tyle miłości, żę rozdzielasz kilku?
Nie chcę Cię już znać lepiej odejdź ode mnie,
Zrujnowałaś to, co przecież było piekne,
Starałem się,a teraz nie ma Ciebie,
Samotnie żegnam przed snem białe gwiazdy na niebie,
Mam nadzieje, że przyśnisz mi się lepsza,
A gdy obudzę się nie bęndę nic pamiętać,
Rozdarłaś zdjęcie wspólnego jutra,
A teraz zjeżdżaj i pozdrów Twego Kumpla.
Ref:Mogliśmy dojśc najdalej ze wszystkich,
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
Mogliśmy dojśc najdalej ze wszystkich,
A teraz każde z nas szuka drugiego w snach,
To historia,która nie znajdzie końca
Opowiada o tych,których zmazał czas,
Może spotkają się jeszcze w samotnym mieście,
Może znajdą dzień, w którym zgubili szczęście,
Może miną się i pójdą w inną strone,
Może tak może nie.
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met hart en ziel!
Met hart en ziel
Tröckener Kecks
Hij glittert in de spot
Zwaait zjn heupen heen en weer
zijn hand glijdt door het laatste beetje haar
En hij lacht zijn tand bloot
Al heeft hij die niet meer
en blijkt dan voor het podium te zwaar
Hij doet het
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En drie - voor het publiek
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En hij houdt van zijn muziek
En nu, nu het even tegen zit
Denkt hij aan wat hij heeft geleerd
Door de jaren heen
Doe het én voor het geld
En voor de show
Maar doe het (Doe het)
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
Hij maakt zijn ogen op
Hoort gejuich vanuit de zaal
Een vette knipoog naar zijn spiegelbeeld
Want het stond zelfs in de streen
Hij wordt het helemaal
Wel speel, zoals je nog nooit hebt gepseeld
En doe het
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En drie - voor het publiek
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En hij houdt van zijn muziek
En nu, nu het even tegen zit
Denkt hij aan wat hij heeft geleerd
Door de jaren heen
Doe het én voor het geld
En voor de show
Maar doe het (Doe het)
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
;)
Tröckener Kecks
Hij glittert in de spot
Zwaait zjn heupen heen en weer
zijn hand glijdt door het laatste beetje haar
En hij lacht zijn tand bloot
Al heeft hij die niet meer
en blijkt dan voor het podium te zwaar
Hij doet het
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En drie - voor het publiek
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En hij houdt van zijn muziek
En nu, nu het even tegen zit
Denkt hij aan wat hij heeft geleerd
Door de jaren heen
Doe het én voor het geld
En voor de show
Maar doe het (Doe het)
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
Hij maakt zijn ogen op
Hoort gejuich vanuit de zaal
Een vette knipoog naar zijn spiegelbeeld
Want het stond zelfs in de streen
Hij wordt het helemaal
Wel speel, zoals je nog nooit hebt gepseeld
En doe het
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En drie - voor het publiek
Eén - voor het geld
Twee - voor de show
En hij houdt van zijn muziek
En nu, nu het even tegen zit
Denkt hij aan wat hij heeft geleerd
Door de jaren heen
Doe het én voor het geld
En voor de show
Maar doe het (Doe het)
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
Doe alles wat je doet met hart en ziel
;)
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8:39 AM
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Sabbatical With Passion!
Hi ya all,
and welcome to the Fresh Prince' Dream..
We're officialy now on a Sabbatical! journey to..
Destiny..or Dharma..whichever you prefer..;)
with Good Karma, offcourse, ;)
Moving East, backhome, to the roots, Mission (hometown)
Gdynia, Poland, 2006, where it all started..
for the soundtrack..? see Nelly's song above,
After getting a royal asswhoppin' the likes of Rocky 3, 4, and 5,
in 2004, 5, and 2006, we had to do some deep soulsearching and rearange some
Date With Destiny? priorities,
the Dariusz Legal operation, intended to be transformed into Dariusz Advocates...mhhnn..gotta think about that..that..and a trading company,
im/ex, in Esoterics, Feng Shui products, sure was fun...
but that nose dive with the third business (ad)-venture?, but hey, you gotta been in bankrupcy court, at least once, in a incarnation, right? (that and I'm not gonna put some names up here..of people..who 'helped' that 'field trip' but I coulda... ;)
(Chambers of Commerce, Rotterdam and Terneuzen, for the legal..;)
And as the man himself so eloquently has put on his site,
http://www.instonenutrition.com/
http://www.sylvesterstallone.com/
It's not about the money,
It's not about the ride,
It's not about the fame,
It's not about the ...,
It's about YOU! and livin' life on your terms!
(with Passion!, offcourse, ;) it's a love thing..;)
Have fun reading, it's all for in-Spirit-ational purposes,
Oh, almost forgot..
http://www.silvaultramindsystem.com/
http://www.tm.org/sidhi/index.html
and welcome to the Fresh Prince' Dream..
We're officialy now on a Sabbatical! journey to..
Destiny..or Dharma..whichever you prefer..;)
with Good Karma, offcourse, ;)
Moving East, backhome, to the roots, Mission (hometown)
Gdynia, Poland, 2006, where it all started..
for the soundtrack..? see Nelly's song above,
After getting a royal asswhoppin' the likes of Rocky 3, 4, and 5,
in 2004, 5, and 2006, we had to do some deep soulsearching and rearange some
Date With Destiny? priorities,
the Dariusz Legal operation, intended to be transformed into Dariusz Advocates...mhhnn..gotta think about that..that..and a trading company,
im/ex, in Esoterics, Feng Shui products, sure was fun...
but that nose dive with the third business (ad)-venture?, but hey, you gotta been in bankrupcy court, at least once, in a incarnation, right? (that and I'm not gonna put some names up here..of people..who 'helped' that 'field trip' but I coulda... ;)
(Chambers of Commerce, Rotterdam and Terneuzen, for the legal..;)
And as the man himself so eloquently has put on his site,
http://www.instonenutrition.com/
http://www.sylvesterstallone.com/
It's not about the money,
It's not about the ride,
It's not about the fame,
It's not about the ...,
It's about YOU! and livin' life on your terms!
(with Passion!, offcourse, ;) it's a love thing..;)
Have fun reading, it's all for in-Spirit-ational purposes,
Oh, almost forgot..
http://www.silvaultramindsystem.com/
http://www.tm.org/sidhi/index.html
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12:48 PM
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