With all this recent excitement over Bielsko Biała, I totally forgot that yesterday (wczoraj, 14 października) was Dzień Nauczyciela (Teacher’s Day). Now, I’m the first one to admit, I don’t like Dzień Nauczyciela. Never liked it and probably never will. It’s like Dzień Matki (Mother’s Day) - we should respect and honor our teachers (and mothers) every day, regardless of what the calendar says. But I guess my students didn’t get that memo…

But it’s not about Dzień Nauczyciela that I wanted to talk to you about today. Nah… Instead, I wanted to ask you what you thought about the weather. In Poland, naturally.

Isn’t it a bit early to be snowing? Granted, the stuff has already melted, but still… It’s only October now. And honestly, I don’t remember it snowing in October, like ever…

But with this early snow, I’m hearing a lot of foreigners complaining about the weather. Oddly, some of those foreigners come from places like Montana and Calgary, where snow in October is nothing special. In fact, it’s something to be expected. And the same people started kvetching this month that the weather in Poland sucks.

Frankly, I’ve always remembered it as being sucky. It was either too cold, or too wet, or too cold, or too wet. Even during summers. And my opinion hasn’t changed that much since.

But enough about me. What I want to know is what YOU think about polska pogoda (Polish weather). Bring it on… This is the time and place for you to complain.

And while we on the subject of weather, who’s your favorite “pogodynka” (weather person) on TV?