This week GOVECS put together first pre-series test models for Scrooser. Owners of Scrooser were present as our engineers assembled, disassembled, tweaked, assembled again, repeat, etc… Scrooser scooters. The first are always the hardest, a learning experience in its own right when taking CAD modelled parts and assembling them together in real life. So hickups were…
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GOVECS Charging
This week marked the first time ever I charged my electric scooter outside of home or work. This actually seems strange to write but made me think and wonder about the usage of my scooter. Until now, I charged my scooter at home or work, went out for a city trip and charged back up…
Sky Towering
Back in August Ania and I went up Poland’s tallest building, named appropriately The Sky Tower. Of course when it comes to record breaking everyone wants a piece of the pie so the titles of being the tallest is bit of a pickle. At 205 meters (672.5 ft) Sky Tower does have the tallest roof…
OriginPin: Origin Pride
Earlier this year a buddy of mine Ulrik had asked me to try out his OriginPins and give a proper feedback about the idea and the pins themselves. That being said, I am a few months late with my feedback with only a smudge of an excuse…this rustproofing photo that would have taken down my…
DAG Alfred Nobel Krzystkowice
As per usual at motorcycle meet ups, the second day had two types of field trips for all participants; on-road for the most, and an off-road for dirt enthusiast at the event. With Ania as my backpack the choice was clear. We rode in a column of about 60 motorcycles to our first destination, an…
Monster X Tour Wrocław
Monster X Tour stopped by my city of Wrocław in June. I think they meant for the event to be pretty big but with just a few days left before the show I snagged our tickets cheap via Groupon. This must have been due to lack of interest and initial high cost of the tickets….
Vacay by the Sea
It’s been quite a while since I last visited the Polish seaside. Arguably the same can be said for posting anything on this blog. But if you follow the Instagram feed to the right you would know that there’s been some movement on my side so it’s just a matter of time before I post…
5th Annual Beer Festival
After a two year hiatus I attended Wrocław’s annual festival of good beer that took place for the 5th year in a row this past weekend. Due to the ever growing popularity of the festival, and growing popularity of smaller brews in general, this year the festival had moved from its original location near a castle…
Das Coffee Experiment
Good coffee is hard to make. And I’m not talking about the difficulty of drawing a swan on your latte 😉 I’m talking about a cup of coffee that you drink black, no sugar, no milk, and yet it’s the best tasting coffee you ever had. Last month I attended an “Alternative Coffee Making” workshop…
Fat Thursday
Happy Fat Thursday everyone! And thank you Boss for treating us to a day full of sweets! Here’s a quick write up I did about this “pączek” day a while ago. https://polvadis.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/fat-thursday-tlusty-czwartek/
Birthdaying
Turning 32 was actually pretty great, and that’s due to a very cool surprise my girlfriend Ania threw my way in a form of a non-surprise surprise birthday party. No-surprise surprise…because at one point there were 16 people coming and it was very difficult to keep that a secret with all necessary preparations a day…
Fado Walkin’
Winter in Poland is yet to show its ugly gray and cold self, but for the time being days here feel more autumn-like, and in some instances even spring-ish. Autumn, because with golden leaves everywhere it sure feels the winter is coming. Spring, because some flowers and trees already began blooming due to warm temperatures…
The Hardest Part
The hardest part of writing a blog is…the writing part. Or not even that, but more so the motivation to take some time out of the daily routine and sit down to a keyboard for a while. Now I’ve noticed that every cold season in Poland I come across the same slump. The winter is…
Christmas Fair by Day
Wrocław’s Christmas fair is by far one of holiday’s must-do-events come the holiday season. It’s actually gotten bigger every year that I’ve gone to it, but this year was the first time I’ve seen it during the day. Sure it’s not as spectacular when you don’t have the glitter of Christmas lights all around, and…
Transalping
I probably have a couple more Romania posts to write, but last weekend this happened. Yeah, my Trampie took a hit, and not a small one either. Turns out I should have let go of the throttle when I got to the top of the jump, not actually jump it landing awkwardly with no control…
American Football – Polish Style
Last week I attended my first American football game since… high school, I think. Damn. To be fair, L.A. does not have a football team to go see and I’ve done all other L.A. team sports spectating: Dodgers, Lakers, Clippers, Kings, and even the Galaxy! When college came around I was surprisingly drawn more towards women’s volleyball…
MTB Marathon – Złoty Stok
On Sunday I rode the shortest distance of the MTB Marathon series in Złoty Stok (Golden Slope). Truth be told it was also my very first time on a mountain bike this year. Somehow between snow on the ground till April and riding my motorcycle I managed to forget about my Marin bike. But my…
Sunday Motocross Fun
Speaking of motocross, I also happened to go to a motocross track here in Poland last week to hang out with a buddy of mine Mariusz. Now I’m not that huge of a cross fan, and this being a second post on motocross in as many days in strictly coincidental. To me a day a…
TEDx Wrocław – My Thoughts
Last Saturday I attended a TEDx conference. The “x” in TEDx stands for “an independently held TED event”. Basically a conference deemed cool enough by TED to bear its name. Wrocław’s TEDx theme was “Unleash Your Inner Hero” and the entire day of talks was divided into four sections: hero state of mind, superpowers, having…
Old Jewish Cemetery in Wrocław
During her high school years Karolina did something much different then anything I’ve ever done in high school: she volunteered to participated in a program that organized a local Jewish cemetery clean up. The volunteer program between Wrocław’s ASSA high school and Berlin’s Thomas-Mann-Oberschule put together a group of students willing to share their views, cultures,…
The Polish Magician 