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Czestochowa   
3 Apr 2007
Love / The polish girl, and the life partnership [40]

and now I finally understand why he likes me making his sandwiches for work

Yes little stuff like that is really sweet.

The first 3 days they were ham and cheese, I was so tempted to just say "they had ham and cheese in" but I'd at least learnt not to dig myself deeper in it when getting caught out.

I'd left them at work and checked the next day, it was just cheese... maybe it was done to check if I was actually eating them!
Czestochowa   
3 Apr 2007
Love / The polish girl, and the life partnership [40]

This is probably a bit of a generalisation but here are my experiences and the things I've found more prevalent with a Polish girl based on a 3yr previous relationship.

1) Don't forget important days, I'm from the UK where name days and woman days are unheard of. Write them down somewhere and don't forget them. They also have a knack for remembering the things like the date you met, the date you first kissed etc etc.

I used to dread the question "Do you know what day it is today?" and then rack my brain to decide if it was an anniversary, woman day, name day or special occasion.

2) Try and get a balance with your social life, my first Polish girlfriend was a real stunner and I put my social life on hold for pretty much a whole year as she didn't like going out or meeting my friends and she hated being left alone (kind of understandable as she'd moved over from Poland to be with me and didn't know anyone).

It got to the point where I needed to get back in touch with my friends and meet them sometimes which didn't go down too well. Even once a month was too much. I should have clarified all these things before agreeing to let her move in but I was blinded by love.

3) Again this might be a more general point applicable to all nationalities but try to take notice of what she's into and what she is doing, If my previous had a new hair cut/nails/clothes she wouldn't tell me and wait for me to notice and if I didn't I be in trouble.

My first Polish girlfriend was into nail art and design so I surprised her on her name day with a huge bag of nail goodies I'd found in stores or on eBay, plus I'd made a mental note every time she'd looked at things she liked when shopping and picked up a few of those.... there was tears of joy and 1am phone calls to her mother to tell of this.

4) Do not lie to her, at all… under no circumstances even if it’s a little white lie that you think would not matter. She will find out and it’s not worth it. One day a few months into a relationship my girlfriend used to make me sandwiches to take to work which was very sweet, this went on for 3 days and on the fourth day I was so busy in work I didn’t get chance to eat them. On meeting her after work she asked how my sandwiches were and not wanting to hurt her feelings I told her they were lovely.

My nervousness obviously set her spidey sense tingling so the next question one millisecond later was “What was in them?” I tried to backtrack but the damage was done, I confessed and she didn’t speak to me for a few days and I got no more sandwiches to take to work.

It can be hard work but there is nothing like love from a Polish girl, when its right it's like you are the only person in the world for them and that's a great feeling. I'm sure people who favour ladies from other countries (my friend is mad on Asian ladies) think similar but I love all things Poland, the language, culture, food and especially the ladies so I'm biased.

Again the above are my experiences only and of course not all Polish girls are the same.

Best of luck with the marriage!
Czestochowa   
27 Mar 2007
Travel / Poznań to Gorzów - taxi cost? [7]

Can certainly consider them, I’ll be travelling a fair bit that day though so want the quickest possible route but without paying a fortune, if a taxi is a reasonable price then that’s my preferred method.

And as you’re from Gorzow… I’ve had a look at hotels and Qubus seems to be nice?

Good choice or not?
Czestochowa   
27 Mar 2007
Travel / Poznań to Gorzów - taxi cost? [7]

I’m flying to Poznań at the end of next month and need to go on to Gorzów, anyone any ideas on taxi costs for a 120km trip?

Was going to fly to Frankfurt which is closer but flights cost twice as much.
Czestochowa   
15 Mar 2007
Life / Thinking of relocating from Ireland to Poland! [5]

I'm planning the same but moving to Gdansk for 6 months, I'm not going for a few months yet but I'm planning already to ensure the transition goes smoothly.

Here are a few of the things I've taken care of so far, this mainly applies to people from the UK.

European Health Insurance Card:

You may know it as E111, this has now been replaced by the EHIC, simply apply online and they sent you out a credit card style plastic card with your details on.

Apply Here: dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Healthadvicefortravellers/DH_4135688

International Driving Licence

"An International Driving Permit (IDP) allows you to drive a private motor vehicle overseas when accompanied by a valid UK driving licence. IDPs are valid for 12 months from the date of issue."

Just take your current drivers licence to Post Office that offers the IDP service and complete the form and play a small admin fee.

Info here: theaa.com/getaway/idp/motidp002.html

Polish Bank Account

I've spoken to MBank who appear to be a popular online bank, it seems you need to be in Poland for them to open you an account, the way it works is an agent comes to visit you, takes some ID and forms and confirms your identity and your application is sent for processing.

I've arranged on my next short trip for this to happen, hopefully it will go smoothly.

mbank.com.pl/eng/index.html

Euro Visa Card

As well as my normal visa card I've gone for a pre-paid Euro credit card from Lloyds TSB, I can top it up from my online account and the fees are relatively low.

lloydstsb.com/travel/travel_money_card.asp?WT.mc_id=TM01070131prepay_cardGoogle&WT.srch=1

Learning Polish

My Polish isn't too bad, I'm enrolling at the Sopot Polish school for a few months of lessons, there are plenty of programs online that can help. The best one I've found is at byki.com just download the Polish version for free.

Best of luck!
Czestochowa   
12 Mar 2007
Life / Moving to Gdansk. Tuition, community, apartments questions [23]

ive a course booked at the sopot school of polish for the first 2 weeks of april - looks the best in the 3Miasto...

Just checked this out and it looks very interesting.

Especially the 15 week course which would give me 3 months to get going and then evaluate. Anyone been here? can recommend this?
Czestochowa   
11 Mar 2007
Life / Moving to Gdansk. Tuition, community, apartments questions [23]

Hi All,

My Story:

My interest in Poland (I'm from the UK) comes from dating a girl from Czestochowa for 3 years or so, we are no longer together but I've been to Poland many times in that time period and love going there.

I'm a bit fed up with my current situation and later this year intend to move to Gdansk for 6 months to spend some time developing a few business ideas and learning Polish.

I have a side business online which generates around $1000 a month at present which I'll use as income with my savings in reserve should that drop off at any time.

My Polish is basic at the moment but I can get by in most situations.

Questions:

I've a couple of questions that someone can hopefully answer:

1) Has anyone had experience of Polish tuition in the Gdansk area or can recommend lessons via Skype that kind of thing? one on one learning would be ideal if not classes would suit me fine.

2) Ex-pat community in Gdansk, are there any social kind of events or just a case of finding likewise people on forums such as these.

3) I've been looking at apartments to rent for 6 month periods online and most of the decent ones seem to be around 2000zl a month, my knowledge of the Gdansk real estate market is not great and only comes from websites.. does this seem about right for a nice apartment or a little too much? anywhere else I can look e.g. local papers etc?

Any advice would be great, thanks in advance

:)