Last Tuesday the local newspaper ran an article about TORUŃ DAILY PHOTO.You can read it here (albeit in Polish):
http://www.pomorska.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100928/TORUN01/774534148
Alternatively, below is a rough Google translation:
Born in New Zealand. The father of the country he had lived for two years. Then the family moved to England, home of the mother. But not only because of this, Glenn can say that he is a citizen of the world. He loves to travel. He avoids, however, 5 star hotels and sophisticated restaurants. - Whether it's Kenya, Russia and Jamaica, I try to live among the people there, up close to know their customs, culture and mentality - Glenn says, and mentions that one of these trips almost cost him his life. - Malaria and typhoid - speaks briefly, and the twinkle in his eye proves that yet again he is ready to risk the adventure.
How did he come to be in Toruń? Many years ago in England for a conference on philanthropy, he met his future wife, Anna, a Polish woman from Łysomice. He quickly realized that he was ready to go for it everywhere and decided to train to be an English language teacher. A day after completing the course I was teaching in Torun - says Glenn.
Since then, it has now been over 8 years. Glenn now lives with his family in Łysomice and is a senior teacher at a language school in Torun.
Why he does he like the city? - Because Torun is just right. Not too big, not too small. And there are not many drunken Englishmen during stag nights - he laughs. He immediately added that what fascinates him is the original, historic architecture and unique atmosphere. He also mentions the world's best pizza with garlic sauce and dumplings from the oven.
Three years ago he founded the blog that publishes pictures of Torun and the surrounding area with a brief commentary. - Showing objects, people, phenomena and events that delight him here, and sometimes surprise or anger. But it's not a criticism, but to show a culture shock from the perspective of a foreigner - he explains.
On www.torundailyphoto.blogspot.com is a place for monuments and colourful blocks, people in Santa Claus costumes and uneral ceremonies after the Smolensk disaster, workmen working at heights without any safety precautions, decked Christmas trees and pobazgrane wall in an underground passage. Archives Glenn bursting at the seams.
"Torun Daily Photo" was mainly for foreigners who intend to come here for a while or longer. Glenn has to help. Usually it comes to giving tours, but sometimes it surprises readers. - Once an Englishman wrote to me who wanted to meet with his Polish aunt. He had no contact with her since World War II. Somehow we managed to find her and came to this meeting. Another time I got a request from abroad to recommend a florist in Torun. The boy wanted to surprise his fiancée, who for a few days had come to Poland - says Glenn.
He also mentions about a girl who decided to come to Poland and lives in Torun, after reading his blog. - Coincidentally, I was the first person she met upon arrival.
Glenn points out that thanks to "TDP" he has met many interesting people and also has learned to look closer at the world. - Wandering around with a camera, I see little things that escaped me earlier. And the more he sees Torun, the more it captivates him.
Do you imagine that you will spend the rest of your life here? - Maybe not the whole, but certainly for many years to come.
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