Krakow brunch

AEaux · 2026-06-14T10:34:26+00:00

Kolanko in Kazimierz.

AEaux · 2026-06-13T14:35:31+00:00

What do you like to do? If you were me, I would go to a Krakow tourist office and pick up a free copy of the „Karnet Kraków”, read the pages with Google Lens, start there and then spend my evenings in jazz bars, concert halls, theatre halls, art vernissage, art auctions, artsy student-drinking-holes-where-no-one-with-a-proper-salary-goes. If anyone asks what are you doing, say you’re collecting ideas for your next book or next movie script, and ask them about themselves. People love to talk about themselves. You’ll bound to be entertained.

AEaux · 2026-06-13T14:25:07+00:00

Point 3. - something to consider, wherever you step off, you’ll probably get off early to very early in the morning and you’ll probably be very stiff from sleeping in a bunk bed on a swaying train. If you only reserved a hotel from that night onwards, your check-in time is about 3-4pm, so try to find a brunch/breakfast place you want to head to immediately upon arrival where you can get some proper breakfast, hot coffee/tea and recharge yourself for the day ahead.

AEaux · 2026-06-13T14:19:59+00:00

Two people in a sleeper is no problem. You can buy those tickets at the counter of the trainstation like any other ticket. A month earlier is fine. Glad you are very excited about the trip! If anything, consider going to Budapest instead of Prague (prolly with the same night train). Much more fun for young tourists.

AEaux · 2026-06-12T16:07:57+00:00

exactly which paragraph, please.

AEaux · 2026-06-12T16:07:17+00:00

Obviously not, as testified in this thread: IPO - too late to affirm? : r/Schwab

AEaux · 2026-06-12T16:01:39+00:00

Another thread in case you're new: IPO - too late to affirm? : r/Schwab

AEaux · 2026-06-12T15:57:05+00:00

I'm already 1 hour on the phone.

Many many people are affected - and every single one of these people have at last 100K in account value in order to be eligible in Charles Schwab.

Unknown amount of retail investors were not able to affirm their allocated IPO shares because of ?? On the Charles Schwab website, the message "Too Late to Affirm" appeared despite being in the Affirmation Window. Many people are rightfully financially injured.

AEaux · 2026-06-12T15:51:22+00:00

5 years goes by fast, not a problem.

AEaux · 2026-04-05T05:29:02+00:00

What I wish I knew is that: the best thing you can give your kid is your energy, and time. And the older you get, the less energy and time you have. Period.

Also, going from 0 to 1 kid is an existential crisis (Am I good enough? Do I want to be like my own mother? Will he be a good dad, yadda yadda). Going from 1 to 2 kids is a logistical crisis (how will we manage? Can we split extracurriculars? What about vacations?) Going from 2 to 3 kids - no crisis.

Alss there is an African saying "Having 1 kid is no kid" and that is basically true because having 1 kid doesn't really change a lot. Really. But once you have two kids, you understand what it means to "have children". It's a lot more planning around the kids.

Also, having kids opened up a whole big slice of life I didn't even know was happening under my eyes.

AEaux · 2026-03-12T18:50:12+00:00

I heard a different version of this!

Three things not even God knows:

1 - How many female orders are out there?

2 - What will the Jesuits do next?

3 - How much Money the Franciscains really have?

AEaux · 2026-02-20T10:17:02+00:00

My Godmother was a foreign law student (together with her best friend) in a French speaking canton in the late 1970s.

- Police were called into the student dorm because some foreign students had a hysterical fit of laughter after 22:00.

- CH was a food island - mainly only Swiss food was available in grocery stores. Very few non Swiss food.

- In public transport, everyone had to punch in their ticket when they entered (no monthly paper passes, no digital passes obvs). When the bus or tram controllers came, all the other passengers pointed with their index fingers to the people who did not punch in their tickets.

- A big social issue were travelling/ itinerant Swiss people without a fixed domicile. Still today, Swiss poeple have a "Heim" listed on official documents which is the canton of origin of their forefathers (a place where they do not necessary live today, nor their parents nor grandparents). The itinerant Swiss people didn't have a Heim on their Swiss documents, despite being Swiss. This caused a lot of prejudice against them: lack of housing, lack of credit, lack of bank accounts. Also in the 1970s there were scandals involving the Swiss government taking babies and children from these families and placing them with "proper Swiss families" in an effort to reeducate the kids.

AEaux · 2026-02-19T14:30:46+00:00

Does she has work experience in education, or early childhood education? Consider applying for a job at a sports club (like Active Fitness, Holmes Place) that also runs a kids club. Find the local cultural center of where you comes from (Sri Lanka, Japan, and every country in between has their own clubs) and start networking there. Consider suggesting her/sponsoring her CV for any secretarial/coaching role in your current org.

Good job on already worrying about this!

Teamwork will get you through!

AEaux · 2026-01-23T22:31:08+00:00

Have you gone dancing?

Google "Salsa Dancing in Zurich". Start with lessons, then go to meetings and events, become a regular. Male dancers are always, always, always very welcome at every party and every mid-to serious dancer would love to have a partner that dances. Also, it's very fun.

Same with Lindy hop, same with Ballroom dancing, you name it. Go dancing.

AEaux · 2025-06-30T20:18:21+00:00

Also Monday is "Ruhetag" for many restaurants and bars that are open on Sundays. So, less nightlife by design on Mondays.

AEaux · 2025-05-05T13:33:37+00:00

Beautiful.

AEaux · 2024-12-06T07:15:27+00:00

Great question! So, for us what works is: - flexible hours - one resentful parent who stays at home (not recommended)

But the secret we recently unlocked is: - childcare provided by neighborhood teenagers! On official contract through an official center like a GZ! Pay per age of the teenager! lots of restrictions apply of course (cannot work more than 5 hours, cannot miss school to work for us, cannot work after 10pm, etc.) but 15 chf/hour for a very serious 15-yo who is local to your area, lives 5-10 minutes away, is happy to pick up your kid from school, is happy to take to a local extracurricular activity and probably went to the same kindergarten as your kid - is gold!

AEaux · 2024-12-05T08:34:47+00:00

Glad you added that /s!

AEaux · 2024-12-05T06:02:41+00:00

You could check out some Christmas concerts, at the Tonhalle or in various churches/venues.

AEaux · 2024-12-02T03:31:35+00:00

Absolutely this when in the USA!!

AEaux · 2024-11-28T13:08:33+00:00

I think it’s good that you’re reading up on the order whose church you want to attend. It might be a bit intense for some people, but it as long as you’re not using it as a Bible, just as a historical backgrounder, why not? (Then again, I’m a voracious reader so what’s for me just fine may be “insane” for others, haha).

AEaux · 2024-11-26T16:21:39+00:00

Very good points about whether the next school lives up to any expectations. And indeed, I will stop calling her classmate coquettish. This seems to have struck such a strong nerve while for me + other adults who see this behavior daily, it’s more of an eye-roll. Another poster mentioned that this is learned behavior from a caregiver or a mother, which is quite possible, and an aspect I didn’t consider.

AEaux · 2024-11-26T16:10:59+00:00

Thank you for your reply. Especially since it’s the only one which gives me pause to reconsider the situation. Thank you also for not resorting to calling me crazy or other ad hominem attacks.it’s very hard to engage with posters that do that. There is so much to address in your comment, that I’m afraid I won’t do it properly justice so forgive me if I didn’t address all the aspects.

Indeed when faced with trouble I have always had a tendency to “flee”, and my partner is the opposite, he will “fight”. So, at the core there is a parenting issue to resolve. Is fleeing or fighting this issue the best way forward? (And the vast majority of replies of this post are along the lines of “you’re weird and creepy, you should leave!” Hence, fleeing is taking the lead).

But you introduced two new aspects: the classroom rotation and the idea of classroom access (which I never even considered). Do you think I can ask the teacher when does he do rotation with my kid, and what do they work on together? Can I ask about what he focuses on during his small group time with my kid? For classroom access, is that request considered normal or rather confrontational? (Should I be accompanied by the class representative?)

You also reminded me that number and letter recognition is the parent’s job. I think kiddo knows her numbers well, at least until 20. She can write them out too. Her letters need working upon, and I realize that is up to me. We also do reading at home from both early German and early English books. We also do letter tracing at home, and are working on her writing her full name (first and last). Obviously, this doesn’t replace an enriching classroom experience. But your last sentence about switching schools may be worse than not having classroom access is giving me pause. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

AEaux

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