Around The World

Is there anything better in a hot day than going to the nearest lake to relax in the shadow of trees and cool in the water? Well, yes, it would be probably better to go on the sea side. But if you can’t afford it or you just don’t have enough free time then lake is the best option. In Poznań, or actually in almost all the Poland, we have many lakes to choose to spend there a nice day. Poles like swimming   and having fun in the water which is the opposite to   British who don’t really understand this idea . If you ask any person in the UK about nice lakes to go they willcertainly ask you „for what?”.   And it’s not because they do not have lakes but because they are not used to spend their free time in such a way. What’s more, if you look for some information about places to swim in the UK in Internet, the majority of comments will be written by polish peole and, therefore, they will be the majority on the beaches. Anyway, as long as we stay in Poznań, let’s enj...

Strawberries are very popular berries   grown especially in countries caracterized by temperate or cold climate. Despite a short season for this fruit the world’s strawberry harvest is   estimated at over 800, 000 t and the world’s largest producer are the USA. What’s interesting, the king of France Louis XIV (who lived in XVIII century) is the one who gave start to the strawberry we know. He sent his spies to South America for miitary purposes, where in today’s Chile one of them found strawberries much larger than those known to Europeans. The man decided to take few seedlings to the king as a gift and they were planted in the royal garden in France. Infortunately the seedlings didn’t grow well so the king employed some botanists to take care of it. They crossed the chilean variety with the virginian, obtaining large and juicy fruts which are the strawberries we plant nowadays. What about their nutritional value, strawberries are very healthy. They are low in calori...