Work / british working in Poland with no language [43]

What's wrong with who's mother?

Language / How to say that you dont speak polish in polish? [23]

[quote=loco polaco]

ArcticPaul:
Nie znam język polski

języka polskiego or polskiego języka

Please explain this post.

Love / How Many Dates Before Sex in Poland? [86]

Is that the only qualification?
After reading a biography of Osama bin Laden I feel I know him 'kind of well'. The British Royal family are constantly being discussed by the UK media, so I feel I 'kind of know' them. I'v kept pedigree Bull Mastiff's my entire adult life so 'kind of' know them BUT SEX IS OUT OF THE QUESTION because:

1. My partner must be a human
2. Female (I'm a hetro male)
3. Young enough to be several years from a bus pass
4. Old enough to be several years from a bus pass
5. Attractive (imho)
6. Not the worlds most wanted terrorist, a member of any royal family (especially the Al Saud's) or a dog.

Love / Attending a Polish wedding on my own (I'm English) [25]


It's scientific fact!
96.3% of bridesmaids have unprotected sex with complete strangers on the night of being at the wedding.

UK, Ireland / 2 years in London, maybe it's time to go back to Poland? [60]

I feel like that after a weekend in London...and I'm English!
It's a bloody awful place.

Maybe you miss home?
Maybe you just need a change of scene?

Returning home after years away can be a massive anti-climax, so do not use selective memories of your home town/country to build a perfect place that never really existed.

Try to remember some of the things you hated about it.

Travel / Beautiful film of Lublin [6]


I have heard that the Polish Course at the catholic Uni in Lublin is as good as that ran at the jagiellonian but about half the price.

Anyone know much about the school and/or course?

Travel / Flights to Krakow from Leeds, Bradford, or Doncaster [17]


How do you reach £26 savings?
I have the choice of booking as an additional option with my wizzair flight for £24

or book direct for 88pzl (which will be more than £20).

Travel / Flights to Krakow from Leeds, Bradford, or Doncaster [17]


44/88zl one way/return or
£24 return
Katowice airport to Krakow center.

The flight will cost around £50/60.

Real Estate / Land Around Krakow, Poland - how to find it? [22]

E.U citizens cannot buy land/property in Poland???

Sounds improbable......but maybe it's true.

News / Apology to Russians for Osetia and American missile base [78]

American military spending, on it's missile shield, is a major employer in Słupsk. An area that is deprived.

Poles owe Russia nothing! But Russians owe Poles a great deal!

Travel / Misconceptions of tourists about Poland [14]


That could apply anywhere.

UK, Ireland / English husband cannot live with his Polish wife and child in the UK [19]

The guy wants suggestions about the woman he loves and her child NOT a hybrid of Enoch Powell and a glue-sniffing moron!

Travel / My 3 weeks in Poland.... I didn't want to leave. [33]

Hi PTGX,
The food places were the Mlecko Bar on Grodzka, the mlecko bar near AKADEMIA PEDAGOGICZNA (2.85 zl for Pierogi Ruskie Cebula),
The CYKLOP PIZZA just off the Maly Rynek and the BABCIA MELINA's chain were my regular places.
I also had several meals at the more expensive places such as C.K.DEZERTERS, BODEGA VINOTEKA........

Lizard King, Piekny Pies, Carpe Diem 2 and 'Nic Nowego' were my 'locals'
Places like RDZA or PROZAK were not my type of place (Bodybuilders and footballers wives with permatanned skin...too cool for me).

Alicja and I will probably not attempt to continue things.......
I'll discuss with you by private message if youre interested?
In fact I would welcome the chance to discuss the whole situation and maybe take some advice from 'prawdą Polkę'?

PM me.

Travel / My 3 weeks in Poland.... I didn't want to leave. [33]


I'll respond to your question first, Shawn.
It was a 2 week intensive course.
5 academic hours per day (1hr=45min) 10 days in total.
260Euro for the course, 130Euro for 13 nights in the home of a local family.
I couldn't praise the standard of this course high enough.

"...you must not have travelled much?"
Thailand, India, Spain, Holland, The Phillipines, Australia, Morocco, Malaysia

It was my first time in Eastern Europe. I found the locals to be far from gloomy. They were friendly, helpful, fun-loving and interesting.
Not to mention the unbelievable elegance and beauty of the women.

I'm well aware that holiday romances seldom stand the test of time BUT she wasn't on holiday. Alicja was living her normal, routine life.

After five nights of hints and flirtation...
Night 1: Smile, small-talk.
Night 2: Above plus a few drinks and some dancing.
Night 3: Above but much more. Talk, drink, dance. talk, drink, dance...
Night 4: Pretend to be walking her direction when she goes home (then spend 90 minutes trying to work out where the f*** I am!)
Night 5: From the first second she arrives we engage each other to the exclusion of everyone else,
She later told me she thought I was just a tourist trying to get lucky but after my persistant interest she made enquiries. When she heard I had only been trying to get with her she was very flattered.

The girls from two previous holiday romances are still friends of mine. The pressure of real life and distance dating ended the romance but left me (and I like to think them) with great memories and new friends.

What's not to love about a situation like this?

Travel / My 3 weeks in Poland.... I didn't want to leave. [33]

Yeah! I see your point.

The first few months in Thailand I thought the women were fantastic....then the down sides started to become very obvious.
Their jelousy of any other woman, dishonest and manipulative ways of getting their own way......But lets not underestimate the power of novelty on male sexuality!

We're basically dogs.
Thats why men lose their wives, houses and relationships on a daily basis just because they couldn't resist that 'extra notch on the headboard'

At 35yrs old I'm not going to jump into anything I can't jump straight back out of. I'll just have to be happy having a jump, here and there.

Travel / My 3 weeks in Poland.... I didn't want to leave. [33]


Ditto for Britain.
Not just for the winter either...we aint had a half decent summer in years.

Language / EATING OUT & SOCIO-LINGUSITICS in POLAND [5]

Interesting.

Genealogy / Average height of Polish women [107]

The Poles vary greatly in size and looks.
I'm 6ft 4in and I saw hundreds of beautiful women approaching the 6ft size I feel is perfect for me.
The heeled boots brought them to just below my eye level.

FATASTICZNA!

Language / EATING OUT & SOCIO-LINGUSITICS in POLAND [5]

Admit it, Marek, you had sex with that fat, miserable, communist waitress...
I would!
Any loser can play a game of 'Snog a dog' when there out with the mates at a local nightclub BUT sleeping with the ugliest menial worker in Szczecin takes real guts.

Viva la revolution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zubruvwkak. Itts greeat

Travel / Polish roads as recorded by myself earlier today [74]


It's not 'big off' it's 'bigos',
bigos domowy.

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]

I think views and opinions concerning sexuality and race are changing faster in Poland than anywhere else.

You cannot have an educated population that retains retrograde prejudice.
It's totally alien to the educated mind.

Life / Public transport on Christmas Day in Poland [10]

Can't you e-mail the transport information people?

I had to correspond with Matuszek (?) about airport transfers and they were very helpful and very prompt.
Good luck.

Have you seen the film
'Plains, trains and automobiles'?

Travel / LUBLIN. Any facts needed about the area. [16]

Thanks.
It sounds like a great place!

I have not yet 'clicked' on any of the websites (I'm using a black berry and it takes ages to access sites) but I'll check them out just as soon as I have my PC.

Travel / LUBLIN. Any facts needed about the area. [16]

How about a comparison of prices with Krakow?
I was talking to an Australian in Krakow who had just paid 14zl for a tatanka. He said he usually paid 8zl in Radom, the city where he was living and teaching English.

At a locals bar, near the train station, I paid 5zl for a .5lt of Okocim. In the old town it varied from 6.5 to 12zl.

What could I expect to pay at tourist/local prices in Lublin?