Work / Work and Life in Warsaw [5]

Thanks for that James. Will certainly check them out.

As to the standard of living. I consider myself a fairly social person. Like to go out and meet friends or new people. Also like watching football and travel around over the weekends. As for the rest I am not that fuzzy. Would prefer my own wee appartment but have been sharing for a long time so I wouldnt mind that either.

Been working in Credit Management for around 6 years now and have been involved in transitions, implementations and testing of SAP R/3 as well as managing between 6 and 10 staff. I'm native german with fluent english and advanced dutch.

Not too sure what to ask for when stating my salary expectations. obviously dont want to undersell myself but also dont want to ask for too much and ruin my chances straight away........

UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland, are they second class citizens? [90]

wow what a great discussion.

I'm originally german and live in Ireland. I never had any problems here myself. Infact whenever I say that I am from germany they wont let me go and keep coming up with more and more stories about their own trips to germany (mostly about 88 in stuttgart).

Anyway there are people though that have told me that they are glad about people from germany, france, netherlands and so on but that they wouldnt be too fond of people from further east. Why that is I dont know but maybe because the polish people in the town i live seem to be sticking to their own and hardly mix with the locals. I was in Warsaw last week though and was very surprised as people there really seem to make the effort to get to know us and were extremely welcoming so maybe it is just the fact that it is easier to stay amongst your own when abroad.

For the rest I dont understand why people getting at their throats about which country is the greatest. I lived and worked in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands and have to say all countries were great, the people lovely and the woman (well not all lol ) beautiful. There are ups and downs, good and bad things everywhere thats life but the good thing in this day and age is that if we dont like it we can pack our bags and move on. Now kiss and make up lol :)

UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland, are they second class citizens? [90]

Unfortunately this is what most people know about your country not knowing what they're missing. Keukenhof, van Gogh and Amsterdam Museum, the lovely city of Utrecht and the Islands further up north to name a few.......

Travel / Pubs or disco in Wroclaw, Krakow, and Warszawa? [30]

I went to a club called Lemon I think with the bar being downstairs. Was open until 5am.Drink prices were decent enough and the crowd seemed ok too. Loads of lookers in there.Went back the following night too. Before that we went to a bar in the old town. Cant remember the name of it but it had the barcardi breezer logo all over its walls. Good relaxed athmosphere in there too altough I was amazed that the beer was more expensive than in lemon which was open till 5

UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland, are they second class citizens? [90]


So what youre saying is that if you're english you're not a foreigner in Ireland??? Care to elaborate?

Law / Permit of residence in Warsaw? [32]


Hi Zeze, is that still the case?

Law / Permit of residence in Warsaw? [32]

That would be great thanks. No I am still in Ireland with the intentions of moving.I'm flexible for Interviews as well.....

Thansk a lot :)

Law / Permit of residence in Warsaw? [32]


I do although I must admit im not fluent. Used to live in Holland for some time and picked it up as it isnt too different from german

Love / Dating a Polish girl - need some advice [45]

Personally I'd stay away. She asked you to take her out knowing that her bf is sitting at home thinking she's gone off to work nothing else. Fair enough relationships can go worng but she should break up with him first.

Either way someone is gonna get hurt and if you dont want it to be you leave her before it is getting too hard

Love / why is the older women such a problem for polish guys [37]

I'll meet you in Ireland instead pet :)

Love / why is the older women such a problem for polish guys [37]


or a legend :)

I used to go out with a 28 year old when I was 22. According to my mates that was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. According to them now as Im 28 the best thing would be to date a younger one.

Strange ..................

UK, Ireland / 2 Polish men killed in Drimnagh, Dublin [29]

Well unfortunately these things happen on a daily basis all over the world. I dont think we should be looking at Dublin in a different way due to this incident.

A former german colleague of mine has been assaulted twice within two weeks where as nothing ever happened to me. Something could happen to me tomorrow as well whether it is in Athlone, Dublin, Warsaw or anywhere else for that matter. Unfortunately Sc*mbags are everywhere and we can only hope that those responsible will get what they deserve.

Doesnt mean that this isnt a tragedy and my condolences go to the family........

News / Do you think that Polish catholics resent the new German Pope? [108]


Well good thing you didnt live back then. Ever thought of people who didnt go with the program were shot or put in concentration camps too. Its not like every german chose to be a Nazi, in the Army or Hitler youth.

These days it is easy to say that they should have stood up and fought Hitler but it wasnt as easy back in the 30's.

Work / Do companies in Poland recruit from abroad??? [8]


Any chance of a hint? :)

UK, Ireland / Polish worker's excuse and a vacuum cleaner (UK) [79]

Why is it antipolish? I thought his explanation was hilarious. "Its custom to hoover your underpants in Poland" lol

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.....

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 :-)

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 / 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 / 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]

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

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

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

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

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

ooh lazyness got the better of me, sorry.

thanks a lot though :)

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 :)

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 :-)

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