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benszymanski   
2 Mar 2008
Love / Starosta & Staroscina - Polish wedding tradition [10]

I'm afraid I disagree with you there. I don't know about you, but speaking for myself if I was put in that situation there is no way I would do something like that knowing the reaction I could/would expect from my wife. Of course you could duck out of it. It's a bunch of drunken guests not the gestapo or the spanish inqusition.

Yes I agree with you though about her mentioning this fact to start with. Of course there could be many reasons for that but if I start going into that too then we'll never finish this thread ... :-)
benszymanski   
2 Mar 2008
Love / Starosta & Staroscina - Polish wedding tradition [10]

Sometimes I think I live in la-la land, this is certainly a crazy country and Polish weddings are famous.

Yes you can be put in awkward situations, I have been in some myself at drunken Polish functions. But you can always laugh/drink/joke your way out of something if you want to.

I think the original point is was she forced to kiss some guy for a prolonged period - I am personally sceptical but of course that's just my opinion. I think your comment about asking for the video is the best way to resolve the OP's concern.
benszymanski   
2 Mar 2008
Law / Do EU members need RESIDENCE CARD IN POLAND [29]

My experience of local registration is here: zameldowanie search.

I know that lots of people don't bother registering though - effectively they are here just as 'tourists'. Technically illegal but I don't see how anyone can prove they have been here longer than 3 months.

Because I haven't had the chance to go to Krakow and get my karta pobytu yet I just keep re-registering locally every 3 months. I asked about getting a karta pobytu on this forum just the other day in fact: karta pobytu in krakow
benszymanski   
2 Mar 2008
Love / Starosta & Staroscina - Polish wedding tradition [10]

that's true, Polish weddings can get a bit rowdy! But even so no-one would have made her do anything she didn't want to do.

But Magdalena has a brilliant idea there about the wedding DVD.
benszymanski   
2 Mar 2008
Love / Starosta & Staroscina - Polish wedding tradition [10]

My Polish wife (who has a master's degree in Polish and specialised in tradition and folklore) seems to think what your girlfriend is telling you is a load of rubbish.

The Starosta is someone chosen by the Groom to help make sure the hospitality side of the wedding runs OK, his chief job is to keep the vodka flowing. It is often the Best Man but doesn't need to be.

The Staroscina is chosen by the Bride. Again this is often the chief bridesmaid but doesn't need to be. Her role isn't so important but similarly is there to help with the entertainment. It's true that she's the 'partner' of the Starosta, but her duties are typically to dance with him a bit, go for photos with him and the newly-weds and generally entertain the guests.

The only time we can think of when she should kiss the Starosta is during some traditional games or dances, or when the Starosta and Groom arrive at the venue at the start. At no time would lip-kissing be expected, a peck on the cheek would suffice.
benszymanski   
1 Mar 2008
News / John Cleese in polish advertise [30]

Actually if anyone here has TVN Lingua channel (on N telewizja is ch. 46) they are re-running the Fawlty Towers series at the moment.
benszymanski   
1 Mar 2008
Law / Does anyone have experience of getting a karta pobytu from Krakow? [13]

Thanks for the info. I just found [mazowsze.uw.gov.pl/news.php?id=8934] this link that from my understanding means I need: the form filled out (they have the link), photocopies like you say of my passport, photocopies of my local temporary registration.

When the weather warms up a bit I'll get myself up to Krakow and have a go.

Thanks a lot for the info.

Ben
benszymanski   
1 Mar 2008
Law / Does anyone have experience of getting a karta pobytu from Krakow? [13]

Hi, I am British and have been living in Poland for 15 months now. At the start I didn't bother to put myself through the pain of registering (zameldowanie) because I don't work for Polish companies (I am self-employed and continue to run my UK company from Poland) and basically didn't need it.

Because I recently bought a house with my wife and wanted to register a car I started to do the temporary registration (tymczasowe zameldowanie) at the local town office (urząd miasta). Annoyingly I have to go back there and repeat this every 3 months because the temporary registration is only valid for 3 months.

More annoyingly, because my Polish car is registered to me, I therefore have to return to the motoring office (wywiad transportu) every 3 months to update my car registration too.

I was told that if I go to the Krakow office (urząd wojewódzki) then I can get a 5 year residence permit (karta pobytu). Does anyone have experience of actually doing this themselves? What documents did you need? How long did it take? How painful is the process?

Thanks in advance...

Ben