Halloween in Poland: painting pumpkins, not carving them

  Painted Polish pumpkins and finding a baker in Wroclaw that makes deliciously sweet gluten-free cakes: now that’s what I call a Sunday afternoon. A few blocks from me is the Botanical Gardens (Ogród Botaniczny) and this past weekend, they had a pumpkin festival. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was delighted— painted...

From All Hallow’s Eve to All Soul’s Day

After seeing Halloween displays in Poland, I wondered: is the American tradition of candy and costumes compatible with the solemn day of collective mourning, All Soul’s Day? Curious about both this, and how the Day of the Dead is celebrated here, I decided to find out. And I was unprepared for how beautifully the local...