Life / Cell phone options in Poland? [55]

Polish people with cell phones is a quicker information dissemination mechanism than the Internet:)

Joking aside one of the things I have noticed about Central and Eastern European people is that they are phenomenonally good at networking. I was once told that it was a result of communism when things were in short supply. That may well have been tongue in cheek though

Love / Men attitude towards women in the Polish culture [82]


A trifle over familiar, you may call me Pan Pie if you like:)

I see your point though. I guess it's the speed of execution when they do decide to help each other out that I noticed,

Life / Cell phone options in Poland? [55]


Wow - I want a phone that lets me receive massages - Swedish, Thai ?:)

Only kiddinn'

Life / Cell phone options in Poland? [55]

OK I'm sold on the idea. Beautiful Islands, friendly people and great diving:)

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

I was quoting the total cost of the debt including compound interest based upon predicted RPI (to which the interst rate is linked) that I read in an NUS survey. Admittedly it was not based upon the student working for Goldman Sachs and therefore paying off the 9% per year in one fell swoop.

Life / How do Poles spend their free time? [14]


Nice well balanced, considered and thoughtful post. It will never catch on:)

9/10

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

Can anyone tell me roughly the cost of obtaining a degree in Poland (say he desparately trying to convince Admin that this thread is still on track)

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

So it is free if you are good enough (bit like getting a scholarship in UK or US?). What about if you are not one of the top students?

Genealogy / looking for Asia ( Joanna) in london [12]

not happy to give out her full name on the web. Tell me which country she lived in besides Poland & the UK and I will let you know more if it tallies

Regards

Szarlotka (previously known as Globetrotter)

Genealogy / looking for Asia ( Joanna) in london [12]

No sorry. This is not the Asia I know.

Travel / Hotel websites that show all hotels available in areas of Poland? [18]


Best site for me was hotelspoland.com for all cities. Always seemed to get the best prices from them

Love / Polish Stunner.........sticky situation [106]

G'day blue. Ignore everybody and follow your heart. Just make a decision and stick with it. Three people and at least one of you is gonna be hurt

USA, Canada / Canada - Winnipeg looking for cool males [42]


From what I have been hearing about Canadian weather from my son all men (and women) in Canada have been pretty cool, frozen in fact :)

Good luck with your search

USA, Canada / Polish Canadians [117]

Dat's tree times ur man has done that now. :)

USA, Canada / Polish Canadians [117]


The Irish often pronounce thr as tr - ie thread becomes tread, three becomes tree.:)

USA, Canada / Polish Canadians [117]

B****r - I've ruined your fun. Sorry Mate

USA, Canada / Polish Canadians [117]


I think it was designed so that the Brits could dribble when making polite conversation when having soup at dinner parties:)

Life / Black American Living In Poland [283]

Red Pride - the man is obviously a fellow Liverpool fan so leave him alone.

Life / Black American Living In Poland [283]

No worries, it's an alternative religion that may not be appropriate for everybody:)

Life / Poland: The Things That Make Foreigners Lift a Brow [123]

There were quite a number of things that I found different when I was in Poland. I found the customer service to be very, very good when it was good and very, very bad when it was bad. I found queuing to pay utility bills a royal pain in the a**e but I know that is changing quickly now. I loved the hand kissing bit. It is so old world and romantic. Being older I could get away with it more which meant I got to kiss loads of hands whereas my younger colleagues couldn’t quite carry it off. I found the friendliness to be almost overpowering at first. Having to stop and talk with comparative strangers when you were in a rush was quite off putting. It could almost be seen as an invasion of your personal space at times. I loved the attitude to life that I saw. It was great to be in bars and talk to all sorts of people of all age groups about all sorts of subjects. The formality of conversation before the friendship came was strange. I lost count of the times when I was initially met with a polite but unsmiling response. We smile to be polite, Poles seem to smile when they are amused. Pushing and shoving in queues was a bit extreme sometimes (but no where near as bad as the legendary Paris equivalent). Finding people’s apartments was sometimes a challenge as the numbering was a little strange in parts of Warsaw. Some of the business practices were radically different. I particularly liked the time I offered to take the Marketing Director of my client out for a meal one evening and he kindly invited the whole of his department and their partners out too. Don’t suppose this was the behavioural norm – he probably just recognised a soft touch. There’s loads more things I could say but this post is long enough now.

Food / what is szarlotka? recipe too. [11]

Bones yes, jury is out on the brains:)

Language / Pimsleur language learning system, is it any good? [33]


You may expect some flak in return. Brave man :)

Language / Pimsleur language learning system, is it any good? [33]

:)

Travel / Hotel in krakow for a romantic weekend? [7]

Hi Sapphire,

Depends what you mean by expensive. Weekend rates for 2 at the Radisson SAS or Qubus hotels used to be around £80-90 a day, usuallly including brekkie. They were the hotels I used but they are 4/5 star so might be a bit big and impersonal.

BTW I always use hotelspoland.com cos the rates are usually very competitive. Worthwhile checking them if soemone local can give you more of a steer on hotels.

UK, Ireland / Will the Poles be out on St. Patricks day [66]

Friday - Gold Cup Day @ Cheltenham (half of Ireland is there)
Saturday - St Patrick's Day and Irish relatives are back in my house
Sunday - a quiet day with the Alka Seltzer:)

UK, Ireland / Will the Poles be out on St. Patricks day [66]

Might make a provisional booking myself:)

Work / Cost of Living and average Pay scale of IT in Warsaw [14]


In the most recent survey of the 50 most visited capitals around the world that I have seen, London was the third most expensive and Warsaw came in at number 28. Warsaw is easily the most expensive city to live in Poland. If you want detailed info on the costs of living in warsaw, just google expats & warsaw, There is loads of info out there. If you are receiving a UK salary then Warsaw will seem relatively cheap. If you plan to work and be paid in Warsaw then you will find it difficult.

Love / Hot Polish guys photos [73]


An/or Egyptian impersonators.

Love / Hot Polish guys photos [73]

No problem with that whatsoever. General point is that we are on a thread which has naff all to do with the current content. In fact we are on the thread of a good contributor to theis Forum who has left once already because of thread hijacking and some of the content on the Forum.

Oops - sorry this is the right thread. I'm talking C**p.

Love / Hot Polish guys photos [73]

Hallo newbie. Welcome to the Forum:)