Welcome!

Dzień dobry, everyone! Welcome to the travel log of my time in Gdańsk, Poland. As many of you know, I was awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Poland for the 2007-2008 academic year. My grant is part of the Fulbright Scholarship program. For the next year, I will be an assistant English language instructor at Gdańsk University.

This log will serve as an online journal for me where I will document my life abroad, and friends and family will be able to regularly check my status. Pictures from my life and a handy map of my world are also available among the links to the right. If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to contact me via email at wadoli@gmail.com or comment on specific posts.

- Will

Monday, October 22, 2007

The Results

Preliminary results indicate that Civic Platform (PO), led by Donald Tusk, leads the voting with approximately 42% of the total. The ruling Law and Order party (PiS) trails with 32%. The Left and Democrats (LiD) coalition and Polish Peoples' Party (PSL) received about 13% and 9% respectively. Other, smaller parties make up the remainder. Articles detailing the results can be found at CNN and Al Jazeera.

This means that Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the current prime minister, will be replaced by Donald Tusk. Kaczynski's twin brother and current president of Poland, Lech, will not be up for reelection until 2010. The PO is most likely to join with the PSL in order to form the necessary coalition for a stable government.
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