During my last stay in Szczecin I found a place straight from a London park: Jasne Błonia, where a large clean green area of grass entices one to relax. My children went crazy. They ran as if they had never seen such a big amount of grass. Clean, green joy and madness. The knees of their trousers envied the grass its colour. The stains were very difficult to clean off.

Everyone has secrets; issues which shouldn't see the light of day. We can have secrets at any age. We confide first in our mothers and then we share our secrets with friends. In adult life we have situations in which our secrets overwhelm us, and sometimes they are not fit to be shared with anybody.

Breton style beans is one of the most popular Polish dishes. Once it was even more popular, but it fell out of favour and came to be associated with the bachelor lifestyle. I think this is wrong because it's very tasty and easy to prepare. You just have to remember to soak the beans earlier.

In the entry about the pear meringue cake, I mentioned that meringues aren't my strength. This time I think my baking attempt was successful because I prepared little cookies rather than big meringue layers. My son was as happy as a clam because he really loves meringues. The only problem with the cookies was that I didn't make enough. Next time I'm going to bake a few more.

Pineapple is the common name of the edible pineapple fruit. A pineapple plantation would be amazing to see. I would look for the fruit overhead, but it turns out that pineapples grow quite close to the ground. The big, juicy fruit grows out of a clump of spiky leaves on top of a short stem. The main producers of pineapples are Hawaii, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines.