Life / Talk-sex in Poland...are Poles really prude? [44]

dubbed by young female voice..done the way so you can also hear S. Johanson talking. She also has a book in polish, titled like her TV program: "Porozmawiajmy o seksie" (Let's talk about sex). Her tv show is on daily at midnight.

Life / Talk-sex in Poland...are Poles really prude? [44]


She's already on polish tv daily..that is nightly

Travel / Hotels, Hostels and B&Bs in Krakow [28]

I've stayed twice at Peregrinus, 5 min walk from the rynek, good price and comfy.

peregrinus.krakow.pl/content/view/14/32/lang,en/

Life / Moving back to Poland after 20 unhappy years in Canada and USA [70]


I'm not in your shoes but I would not worry too much and not even think too much about your future life in Poland. You are very likely to find something to suit you well when back. You will just see what is available and act when already in Poland.

Wories about unknown future was something that only was preventing me from going back earlier. I wasted at least several years in USA, had simply stayed for some years too long. Before going back, Poland was - in my mind - a big unknown. It turned out that Poland was both: the same and ..new.

Life / Moving back to Poland after 20 unhappy years in Canada and USA [70]

I never regretted the move after 12 years in US. From day one I felt in Poland like being back home. First two years were just hilarious! Everything made me very happy ..from traveling by PKP to mushroom picking and watching polish tv for hours...

Unemployment is now about !! 6%. With gained experience -if you have some entrepreneur wibe in you - you should be able to set your own way making an income with no problem. Poland is not saturated in so many business fields and competition is easy to overcome.

Language / Polish Leter Confusion [13]

Czerewacha is now called CHEREVACH (in Ukraine) Черевахa

maplandia.com/ukraine/kyyivska/cherevach/

MANIEWICZE (now Маневичі) was just few km away from Czerewacha

mapywig.org/m/WIG100_300DPI/P43_S41_MANIEWICZE_300dpi.jpg

some old pics from Maniewicze:
1932 Maniewicze:

odkrywca-online.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/1_copy777.jpg

1925 Maniewicze market day

szukamypolski.com/data/media/1007/Maniewicze.jpg

Language / Polish Leter Confusion [13]

Rucinski Antoni is an author of this letter , his signature ends the latter.
Waclaw Wolynski is likely the receiving party.
As far as I know it was quite common to put address and name not only on envelope but also inside the letter itself. If the package (envelope) was damaged the content still was deliverable. Also this letter could be deliverd not by mail but personally (privacy was not such an issue, I guess)

Language / IN ANGLODOM -- MISS KOWALSKA OR KOWALSKI? [5]


I think, yes. When she marries Kowalski she is Kowalski and all her female children are Kowalski (unless they'd like to apply for name change which is easy as far as I know)

Intresting though is when Mankowska is not maried and has a male child. Her son would be Mankowska then.

News / Polish economy, the US Dollar, the PLN and the Polish real estate bubble. [25]

forein investors sell stocks on polish GPW and buy USD and EURO - that is all.

Life / Paying bribes in Poland - necessity or a luxury? [41]

some korupcja cases from policja.pl

Life / 90-DAY VISA-FREE STAYS IN POLAND? [19]

Overtaying a Schengen visa gives your name RED in SIS2 database. UK is not connected to SIS2 Database, but when u will leave Schengen you will get a RED Stamp in your passport

If you will have Schengen RED Stamp in ur passport you will be refused visa/entry into UK too.

Life / Paying bribes in Poland - necessity or a luxury? [41]


great example but 15 years ago

Life / WHAT WILL $1 and $100 BUY IN POLAND? [20]

1 USD = 2.60 today

There's lots of items you can buy for 1USD in Poland

one or two daily newspapper
one ride on public transportation
onions 1,5 kg
apples 0,75 -1 kg
swiss cheese 100 g
cottage cheese 250 g
... heloween stickers
:)


we have it as 5 zloty stores ($2)

1 kg bread 1.50 USD
1 kg potatoes 0,5 USD
1 kg smoked kiełbasa (eg Podwawelska) 8 USD
1 kg curd cheese (twaróg) 8 USD
dozen eggs 1,5 USD
1 1/2-litre bottle beer 3,5 USD
Snickers bar 0,5 USD
1 T-shirt starting at 2 USD
1 US gallon (3.8 l) petrol
Big Mac
large pizza
blank CD 0,30 USD
pair of socks startin at 1-2 USD

Genealogy / What are the people like from Choszczno? [4]

100 years ago Choszczno was called Arnswalde and was populated in 99% by Germans.
:)

Travel / I need a hotel in Szczecin - got to be central and affordable [9]

szczecin.radissonsas.com (closer to Ladoga restaurant)

Travel / Poznan-Berlin train fare [8]

PKP info available at:
e-mail: infoeuropa@intercity.pkp.pl
phone: 00 48 22 5116003

Poznan Berlin tickets are often on sale for 19.00 euro. Not sure what regular price is. You will get more information calling or emailing PKP, the above are contacts for PKP international information.

Love / Polish Wedding Shoes [7]

As strange as believing in one ancient civilization story.

Travel / Driving to Świnoujście [5]

and no ferry over Swina river?
...had a great time in Swinoujscie myself couple days ago. I went to see Liga2 football match there (FC Flota Swinoujscie) and the stadium was 150 m from the beach. Got there early, bought match ticket and spend 1 hr at the beach waiting for kick off.

nice shootings anyway and good choice of music

Travel / Dzialdowo train station at night [5]

I'd sugest not to take that 11.25 train as you may find yourself the only waiting passanger at that train station along with one or two local homeless.

Consider taking a cab from the airport, 2 hours is planty of time to reach Warszawa Centralna station... or ...if late take a bus from Warsaw to Olsztyn at 19.45 (plus one leaving at 22.00 on Sundays)

UK, Ireland / Polish Music Festival in London (and I'm a bit miffed) [22]

Radek Sikorski will speak before DODA show :)

Travel / Anyone ever eaten at Logoda restaurant, Szczecin? [9]

Never eaten there. All I know place is popular with German tourists, expect hearing German spoken around you.

Travel / BIKING in POLAND [75]

miranda, hello! here's your web source to update yourself on biking in Poland
rowery.org.pl/rowery.htm

Love / Polish Wedding Shoes [7]

I know bride needs to keep a small coin in her wedding shoes..for prosperity I think. Now it has been changed to papper money.

Also bride shouldn't ever receive shoes from her husband-to be, as she would leave him.
:)

Study / Cost for a moderate student life in Poland? [29]

your accomodation and food would take 300 euro/month at least and you would have to be spending it wisly. Nevertheless it'd be enough for decent food and fair, shared accomodation.

cheers

Travel / Wot? No beer allowed on Polish PKP? [30]

The latest news: fine for drinking beer on PKP is now 500 pln

Travel / Szczecin - small and compact or a sprawl? [14]


Stay on the left side of Odra river where the town center is. Getting to Szczecin center may take up to one hour from some locations on the right side of Odra - town has huge lake within its borders, crossing bridges with trafic can take time.

Travel / Visiting Szczecin, communication and English in the city [6]

When at the table grab a glass of water, drink half immidietly. When vodka is served take all vodka into your mouth, do not swallow but fill up your water glass instead.

Start drinking when 50% of guest are drunk. Don't eat much of anything, more dishes are comming. Never refuse when asked for a dance. To make good impression ask someone to dance with you.

:)

Travel / Specific question about large baggage on a train from Poznan to Torun [7]

or find bicycle room on train - seldom they're packed with bikes and sitting on your bag there for 2hrs among bikes and bikers - priceless. :)

Travel / hotels Gdansk [14]

barwymorza.pl
turystyka.org.pl/bronislaw?id_od=8
google.com/search?hl=en&q=kominek+hotel+morzem

Life / What nation Poles like the most? [56]


welcome to PF