Life / Non -Native people in Poland, where do you come from ?? [41]

Hello Lauren, Thanks for your kind point of view which I got.

It was just my feeling as a new comer to Poland where is considered as my second home. I was not just a tourist who just visited and left Poland.

So, expectation overwhelmed me.

Anyway, the fact & my experience contributed to my proper adaptation which brought about my fantastic 2nd visit to Poland.

Currently, I take an effort to learn Polish after I gave up when I was in Poland.

For 3-4 time of learning Polish / week, I am able to compose few simple Polish sentences. Porbably, my next visit to Poland, I could communicate slowly in Polish.

Food / Polish people and Thai food [19]

My last idea is spicy chicken salad.

chicken, onion, lettuce, veggies etc. & small pieces of chilli

It is sour & spicy, served cold.

Life / Non -Native people in Poland, where do you come from ?? [41]

Just wanna share my feeling when staying in Poland and ask about the Poles attitudes towards the foreigners. I don't intend to offend your country and your people.

Coming from Thailand, I spent 4 months in Gdansk.

Planning to learn Polish in Poland, I was discouraged when finding out many Polish words include many consecutive consonants with 1-2 vowels. I am uncapable to read, to pronounce Polish.

I lost my confidence about communication. I could not be independent. I mean I could not travel alone, I could not enjoy shopping alone in town centre. I just went to Auchan where is very close to Złota Karczma.

Auchan was only one place where I could relax on my own. But during 4 months over there, It was quite long period for me to notice I was curiously/weirdly stared at.

On the Auchan shuttle bus, everyone stared at me from head to toes. The way they looked at me was as if I came from MARS.

Sometimes, I tried to understand the old people were not familiar with the foreigners.

But the teenagers, seeing me, they stopped what they were doing and looked at me and murmured.

Sometimes, I admitted I was in bad mood. So I could not help wondering it was in 2005 not in 1005, there were many countries in the world, not only Poland. Moreover, Poland is in Europe, not in a very far far far country.

However, I also found many kind Polish people. Once I was on the bus and wanted to go to Department of Foreign Affairs. A lady took her effort to let me know where I would get off after I showed her my note of my destination in Polish.

And again, at the train station in Warsaw, seeing my note in Polish saying:

I would like to buy a single ticket to Gdansk, please give me a seat nearby window.
Please tell me where my platform is.
Please confirm me this is my train.

all kind Polish people who were asked, nicely helped me.

Last year, I went to Gdansk again. But I didnt feel as above. Probably, I am older....hehehe

Food / Polish people and Thai food [19]

quote=Seanus] it was Thai spicy chicken [/quote]

Sort of this chiken?

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