Life / Warsaw - most boring capital in Europe, after Brussels - comments? [78]


Bar Lemon - great place :-) ...... not sure what street that was in though

Life / Germans and Poles - Fiction or Myth? [127]


I have no idea why Wroclaw. I would assume though that it was more so due to its location or other benefits not because it used to be Breslau. My dad was actually born in France. Granddad went to what became east germany just after the war (why I have no idea but have been told he has been quite the socialist person) so there wasnt any connection between my dad and Wroclaws history

Life / Germans and Poles - Fiction or Myth? [127]


I don't even know what to answer to your question to be perfectly honest

Life / Germans and Poles - Fiction or Myth? [127]

Poles have been working in germany before the revolution as well. My dad used to travel regularly to Wroclaw as he had a manufacturing plant out there. I can't really think of any incidents that would make me think that polish - german relationship is not a peaceful one

Life / Germans and Poles - Fiction or Myth? [127]


maybe we should have just kept you then hu? lol :)

Life / Germans and Poles - Fiction or Myth? [127]


Naw lets blame everyone else but us :-)

Life / Germans and Poles - Fiction or Myth? [127]

I also remember seeing pictures of dutch people applauding the german army when they marched in to holland.

Anyways for all you funny people who posted the David Hasselhoff and Modern Talking pictures. Here are three more things germany came up with:

Mercedes Benz
BMW
Porsche

Life / Germans and Poles - Fiction or Myth? [127]

personally i think we should have gone past the point of blaming each each other for what happened 60 odd years ago.

On my last visit to warsaw a month ago i only met friendly people, had a great time in clubs and bars and noone seemed to have an issue with where I was from. I have also been to Poznan on numerous occasions and again was always welcomed.

I dont think it matters where someone is from. Its about opening up to other nationalities, cultures and languages. Someone asked me something at Warsaw Airport. Instead of telling him in a longwinded conversation that i dont speak polish a simple Nie rozumiem Polski (i hope that was right) did the job and he walked off smiling. It is about the effort to fit in.

Now having said that sometimes I can be very lazy too and can't be arsed making the effort. I guess we all have those moments every now and then

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]


Remember going home the next day yes. Dont usually remember going home at night :-)

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]

Can't beat an Ulster Fry at Europa Bus station before going home after a good night in Belfast

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]


Yeah it is I suppose but we germans like to interfere and make it about us :-)


Have to disagree. There is english, scottish and irish breakfast. In Northern Ireland they call it Ulster Fry I think. All seem to differ somehow. Never heard of a welsh breakfast but im sure they have something too

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]


Its for the bavarians to celebrate their weirdness..........

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]

Or a Towelday in June or July considering that every other nation is accusing us of reserving the sunchairs with towels at 6am

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]

Well yeah we do have a lot of Bank Holidays but none of them are to celebrate our germanness. I suppose we have the 3rd of October which is when were re-united but still it no were close to Queensday or St. Patricksday.

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]

Fair enough I suppose.

I wonder when we germans can celebrate being german again without someone finding it disturbing

UK, Ireland / National Holiday To Celebrate Britishness Could Be On It's Way [83]

You have Queensday. How many days to celebrate your dutchness do you need?

UK, Ireland / The Poles are Coming documentary [38]


Not including the people who are in the country without permit and no one knows about them. That in my opinion is an even bigger issue considering they too have to/want to survive. Desperate time desperate measures ..............

Work / Scot going to Poland for work [13]


Easily done. I fell in love about twenty times within the three days of my last visit

UK, Ireland / The Poles are Coming documentary [38]


That's exactly what I thought.

Didnt think it was that good either although it did highlight some of the problems a lot of Eastern Europeans face when moving now especially the overcrowding of houses. I have heard of 10 people living in a three bedroom house here in Athlone which certainly can't be healthy.

Also I thought it was very good to see how those young brats declined the jobs picking vegetables but still blame foreigners for taking jobs.Although we can't really be sure whether or not that was done for the camera.

One thing I enjoyed though was the new firebrigade of Gdansk. They could come to my rescue anytime :-)

Travel / Czestochowa - what is it like? [30]

Thanks for your answers guys. Guess one has to make up their own mind. Will try and use the old google for a few pictures as well.

thanks :)

Travel / Czestochowa - what is it like? [30]

ooh lazyness got the better of me, sorry.

thanks a lot though :)

Life / Polish Train Travel - Scary? [101]

I travelled on the train from Poznan to Berlin on the Warsaw - Berlin Express many times and never had an issue.

Infact I always had a great time in the restaurant car meeting a lot of people whilst having one or two beverages

UK, Ireland / Best county in UK and why ? [45]

Better than "the only gay in the village" :-)

UK, Ireland / Best county in UK and why ? [45]

You know why once you had a black pudding supper, yum yum

UK, Ireland / Best county in UK and why ? [45]


WOW, that sounds like an awful lot of excitment and fun. Maybe I'll visit in 50 years with all my wee pensioner pals

UK, Ireland / Best county in UK and why ? [45]

I like Newcastle (dont know the county) and Manchester (Lancashire). Great nights out in both towns.

London is a wee bit too big for me. I always get lost which used to be funny in the beginning but its rather frustating now although had loads of good nights there too.

My favourite yet though is Belfast (Co. Antrim?). Great City (or Cittay as they say up north), friendly people and lots to do. Interesting history as well. And yes again fantastic nights out :-)

UK, Ireland / My fellow brits here - are "traitors" by not dating English girls? [103]

Never been labelled a traitor for dating girls who werent german. Maybe my friends just have a wider horizon than others.

UK, Ireland / My fellow brits here - are "traitors" by not dating English girls? [103]


Well you dont have to worry about that for another two years considering you didnt make it to the euro 08 :-)

Work / Wage question, technical field (Warsaw area)... [13]


I read somewhere that an Accountant earns around 3-4000 PLN before tax. Surely 4k after tax should allow for a good lifestyle then. Unless of course Accountant has a different meaning in Poland than in the UK or Ireland.....