English Mass and Dinuguan

It isn't difficult to find a Catholic church here in Warsaw - Polish people are predominantly Catholic. The problem is that, like almost everything here - the language used is almost exclusively Polish. In fact, when we went to mass in Gdansk last week, it reminded me of the Capampangan Sunday mass back at home - I couldn't understand a word.

Fortunately, we were able to find an English mass in a chapel near where I live. It was a bit out of the way though, but the taxi driver didn't have any problems finding it.

The nice thing about attending an English language mass in a foreign country is that it is the best place to meet your kababayans. I had the same experience when I spent some time in Kobe and Tokyo - English language Sunday Catholic mass is a good way to get in touch with the local Pinoy community. And the good thing is, Filipinos abroad are usually very very friendly. In fact, to illustrate this, right after mass, we started getting into a car - and were on our way to a Filipino party.

There aren't too many Filipinos in Poland - less than 100 in the whole country.

The good thing is that the moment we stepped into the house, there was this distinct smell of Filipino food in the air. "Pare naamoy mo yon?" Dinuguan, laing, puto, chopsuey, pan de sal:















It was the best meal I had all week - the Pinoys here are great! I absolutely loved it!