Laundry Day in Poland

Our little washer – squeezed into the bathroom

Before I left the States, I made 3 attempts to replace our washer and dryer.  We finally found a set that would fit the small laundry closet in our kitchen.  The appliances are now bigger and technologically sophosticated. We ended up with a very basic, bottom of the line set because it would fit in our space.  Even so, the comparison to what I’m using now is marked.  Small and simple as our Polish washing machine may be, friends are envious because it’s much newer and nicer than the one in their Polish apartment.

Now for the huge difference in equipment – our dryer.  This will come to no surprise to anyone living in Europe, but by US standards, this is huge, and it’s one of the reasons, we don’t let laundry pile up.  We can’t do 5 loads in one day because our clothes drying rack will only hold one load and it may take two days for things to dry.

This gets moved to whatever bit of floorspace we’re not using at the moment.

I’ll bet large families have more than one drying rack.

When not in use, it folds up – out of the way.

It just occurred to me that we could turn this to stand vertically and not see it at all.  Sometimes, I need a picture.

The internet makes the world a much smaller place.  I learned yesterday that a friend and former colleague died on Sunday – a generous soul that touched many lives; Bob will be missed. 

Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.