Life / Appreciate any remarks on life in Kraków [41]

One hungarian guy said that when he came to Pl he felt like home. I felt the same way when I was in Hungary few years ago. Only barrier should be language.

1000 zl is not enough if it's your only money to you pay for food, accomodation, transport, entertainment, ....

Language / Road Madam = dictionary Polish [23]

fuw.edu.pl/~kperl/idioms.html

News / Has there ever been gold found in Poland? [21]


i've found a gold earring once. on a sidewalk

Food / Its like a layered pie - a name for a Polish dinner I had - zapiekanka? [4]

zapiekanka z ziemniakow

Genealogy / Surname oniszk [4]

may be polish. there are 420 ppl with this surname in PL

History / Polish Resistance Pardoned? [11]

unfortunately many Polish Resistance members were killed by commies. Comunists treated them as a enemies of the state. They fought for free Poland and didn't accept the soviet 'occupation'.

read:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursed_soldiers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Pilecki
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustów_chase_1945

Life / Is it safe for me and my Asian friends to come to Poland? [44]


yes, but only smoking and gambling asians from uk

Food / Vodka with honey, lemon and cloves [3]

Miodówka

Ingredients:
0.5 liters of spirits,
2 - 4 ( or more) large juicy lemons,
vanilla cane,
Vanilla sugar,
Cloves,
Water,
Honey.

Boil the spirit over a small fire adding 0.75 liter of water. Now add about 5-8 spoons of honey (can be more), lemon juice, grated lemon peel, small sachet of vanilla sugar, cloves (2,3) and 1 / 2 of chopped vanilla cane . Now boil everything again and try if it needs something to be add. Then strain everything. Now pour it to the bottles, put in a dark place in room temperature and wait at least 2 weeks.

the proportions depend on you, if you like it sweeter add more honey, if you like it srtonger add less water ...

na zdrowie

Travel / First bus from Zakopane to Krakow [4]

5.50N 6.50N 7.30N 7.50N 8.40N 9.15N 9.35U 9.50N 10.50N 11.15N 11.35U

from Kosciuszki street

U - bus doesn't run on Christmas Day, New Years day and Easter day

N - bus doesn't run on Christmas Day and Easter day

cost - 10 PLN

USA, Canada / How to ship pierogi from Poland to USA (not frozen)? [15]


or employ babcias and send them to USA

Food / Polish grilling [6]

try to tranlsate these with google.com/translate_t. ask, if you would have any questions.

Food / Polish grilling [6]

kielbasa, white kielbasa, different meat, veggies, bacon, potatoes, bread, fishes ...

great collection of recipes ( in polish ):

gotowanie.wkl.pl/grp_przep.php?grp_prz=28

Travel / I miss Kraków... What do You miss...? [95]


it's always crowdy. i don't like it. the best pubs are in the Kazimierz area. more 'locals' less tourists. great atmosphere. and when summer is gone there gonna be a lot of students. a lot of hot female students ;)

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


that's interesting. haha

now we go to england to pump some polish DNA into brits. everyone deserves to be hot ;)

Life / T.love - are they popular in Poland? [8]


like any alternative band they are popular among relatively small group of ppl. they don't have suh a big promotion like doda, feel or other sh!t.

History / September 1st 1939, A day to remember [10]

First months of war:

beautiful melody in the background:



some english guy about Westerplatte:

Genealogy / Bochenek family [5]


I can tell you what it means ;) A bread loaf

News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]

I boycott german women

History / Ancient Polish History thread [180]


you're doing a great job. neka živi velika Srbija!

Great but forgotten - Lisowczycy - the light cavalry :



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisowczycy

Lisowczycy:

Rembrandt - "The Polish Rider"



Józef Brandt -"Lisowczycy - A bow shooting"

Life / I AM BLACK. SHOULD I MOVE TO POLAND? [107]


man, so leave canada to canadians and come back to poland to make babies...or maybe not

News / Poland's Future Includes Fewer Poles, More Foreigners [324]

nice. and we in PL kill our swines for kielbasa as soon as they get big enough. russia seems to be a paradise for pigs.

History / September 1st 1939, A day to remember [10]


always do. thank you LAG


inscription at the foot of the polish cemetery at Monte cassino :

"Passerby, tell Poland that we fell faithfully in her service. For our freedom and yours, we Polish soldiers gave our souls to God, our bodies to the soil of Italy, and our hearts to Poland."

"Przechodniu powiedz Polsce, żeśmy polegli wierni w jej służbie. Za naszą i waszą wolność my żołnierze polscy oddaliśmy Bogu ducha, ciało ziemi włoskiej, a serca Polsce".

Life / Polish Shelf Toilets [32]


Are you done?
Flush the toilet!

Life / BEST SMALL CAR IN POLAND? [21]

auto-swiat.pl/autozet,artykul/Najtansze_nowe_auta_na_rynku___Co_mozna_kupic_za_30_000_zl_,Artykul-21081

maybe a better idea is to buy a used car. more options and better cars

Food / Packet soups recommended or not [32]

farsz (read: farsh) = filling. there are different kinds of farsz. it could be sweet cheese farsz; sour cabbage and mushrooms farsz; meat farsz; chees, potatoes and onion farsz.


beware of russians ;) ruskie pierogi recipe: recipezaar.com/111910

cabbage and mushroom pierogi recipe

free-recipes.co.uk/cabbage-and-mushroom-pierogi-filling-2.html

Language / Correct Polish spelling [69]

kasia = cathy

Language / Correct Polish spelling [69]

ivosoftware.com

Language / Polish desire phrases [12]

yeah, i'm proud of myslef ;)

Language / Polish desire phrases [12]

"idz dziewczyno po rozum do glowy i zostaw tego zlamanego chuja"

Life / BEST SMALL CAR IN POLAND? [21]

korean KIA Ceed

Toyota in Poland

size of corrolla but much cheaper. really good pretty car. quality comparable to japanese cars. warranty for 7 y

parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/kia/ceed-2007.aspx

price from 2200 $