pudddddin
26 Mar 2009
pudddddin
10 Jun 2009
Travel / Berlin to Poznan where to buy rail or train tickets and how much do they cost? [6]
Hi - I live in Gorzow - which is directly between Berlin and Poznan, so I have travelled this route many times - I would suggest you go by train, but you might have to make 2 changes, unless you get the direct-express train (Warsaw express), which isn't so regular, so it depends what time you are traveling...
This website should help you - polrail.com/sections/travel/timetable.html and its in english!
The buses don't go from Berlin to Poznan (that i know of) but you could get a train to the polish border and then get a bus to Poznan, but to me, it seems like a lot of messing around!
I do not know how much the train costs directly but i know how much it costs for me when i travel:
Berlin - Kostrzyn (polish border town) - 12euro
Kostrzyn - Gorzow - 9zł
Gorzow - Poznań - 30zł
oh, and you have to buy the tickets from the ticket office - if you get the direct train from Berlin to Poznan you can buy the tickets in Berlin Lichtenburg station where the train departs from - they speak English there.
But, if you don't get the direct train you may have to buy tickets in the Polish station too - and there they usually only speak Polish (and maybe some German or Russian!)
so, you see, its not so cheap... or sometimes even easy... Any more questions, post again, i'd be happy to help :)
Hi - I live in Gorzow - which is directly between Berlin and Poznan, so I have travelled this route many times - I would suggest you go by train, but you might have to make 2 changes, unless you get the direct-express train (Warsaw express), which isn't so regular, so it depends what time you are traveling...
This website should help you - polrail.com/sections/travel/timetable.html and its in english!
The buses don't go from Berlin to Poznan (that i know of) but you could get a train to the polish border and then get a bus to Poznan, but to me, it seems like a lot of messing around!
I do not know how much the train costs directly but i know how much it costs for me when i travel:
Berlin - Kostrzyn (polish border town) - 12euro
Kostrzyn - Gorzow - 9zł
Gorzow - Poznań - 30zł
oh, and you have to buy the tickets from the ticket office - if you get the direct train from Berlin to Poznan you can buy the tickets in Berlin Lichtenburg station where the train departs from - they speak English there.
But, if you don't get the direct train you may have to buy tickets in the Polish station too - and there they usually only speak Polish (and maybe some German or Russian!)
so, you see, its not so cheap... or sometimes even easy... Any more questions, post again, i'd be happy to help :)
pudddddin
11 Jun 2009
Food / Recipe - simple polish sponge cake with fruit - please? [6]
I have often been to polish peoples houses and been served a cake that is like a heavy sponge cake with a layer, or even just fruit dotteed about inside it (usually strawberries or raspberries, but sometimes apple or rhubarb). It also sometimes has the sweet bread-crumb type sweet stuff on the top (is it called kruszenka?).
Anyway, does someone have a recipe for this cake? I really like it :)
I have often been to polish peoples houses and been served a cake that is like a heavy sponge cake with a layer, or even just fruit dotteed about inside it (usually strawberries or raspberries, but sometimes apple or rhubarb). It also sometimes has the sweet bread-crumb type sweet stuff on the top (is it called kruszenka?).
Anyway, does someone have a recipe for this cake? I really like it :)
pudddddin
11 Jun 2009
Life / Where to find BEEF in Warsaw ? [14]
I buy my cubed beef from tesco (the extra special range from the fridge)- it isn't 'so' cheap - about 12zl for a packet, but its really worth it, lean and tasty! I make beef stew with it :)
I buy my cubed beef from tesco (the extra special range from the fridge)- it isn't 'so' cheap - about 12zl for a packet, but its really worth it, lean and tasty! I make beef stew with it :)
pudddddin
11 Jun 2009
Travel / Berlin to Poznan where to buy rail or train tickets and how much do they cost? [6]
Actually - yes, your right - come to think of it, my friend got a bus from Berlin to Poznan, but i wasn't paying much attention because it doesn't stop in Gorzow. I have no idea about the info about it, but i seem to remember her saying that it was quite cheap! Good luck!
Actually - yes, your right - come to think of it, my friend got a bus from Berlin to Poznan, but i wasn't paying much attention because it doesn't stop in Gorzow. I have no idea about the info about it, but i seem to remember her saying that it was quite cheap! Good luck!
pudddddin
11 Jun 2009
Food / Recipe - simple polish sponge cake with fruit - please? [6]
hmmm... no, it looks different - i think it is usually done in a rectangular tin and it doesn't have clean cut layers like that...
hmmm... no, it looks different - i think it is usually done in a rectangular tin and it doesn't have clean cut layers like that...
pudddddin
12 Jun 2009
Food / Recipe - simple polish sponge cake with fruit - please? [6]
yeah, that looks more like it - thank you - now i have the name i can try and find a recipe online :)
yeah, that looks more like it - thank you - now i have the name i can try and find a recipe online :)
pudddddin
11 Aug 2009
Travel / Cost of overseas postage in Poland? [4]
That can't be right - it costs me 3zl to send a letter to England!! Maybe sending a postcard is cheaper, but i don't think so...! Also, one trick i learnt - put the postcard in an envelope (about 5gr from the post office counter) and it gets there faster... why? I've no idea, maybe because they see letters as more of a priority. Make sure you stick a blue airmail sticker on it (szybko - fast).
That can't be right - it costs me 3zl to send a letter to England!! Maybe sending a postcard is cheaper, but i don't think so...! Also, one trick i learnt - put the postcard in an envelope (about 5gr from the post office counter) and it gets there faster... why? I've no idea, maybe because they see letters as more of a priority. Make sure you stick a blue airmail sticker on it (szybko - fast).
pudddddin
11 Oct 2009
Law / Ech... I have a problem concerning paying tax and ZUS [13]
Right, the problem is that I am confused. I know in Poland I can have one of 2 contracts while working. One where the employer pays tax and ZUS for you and the other when you register yourself as a 'business' and invoice the place you're working (in my case a school) for the amount of hours you've worked and pay the tax and ZUS yourself...
I know that the polish government has a incentive for your own business where you only pay 80% ZUS...
I have no idea how much tax I would pay or how to pay it...
Is it worth it to register as your own business?? I work quite a few hours for a English language teacher - about 35 a week... Also do you still have to pay ZUS when you aren't working? (eg. If you have a holiday)
Is there a difference between registering as your own business and being a self-employed worker (like freelance) like there is in the UK??
I'm really confused because in my new job they offered to pay me more if i sorted out the tax and ZUS myself, because it is less bother for them... but I don't know exactly what I should register as AND what I need to be able to do it (I have a NIP and PESL from my last job).
Help please??
Right, the problem is that I am confused. I know in Poland I can have one of 2 contracts while working. One where the employer pays tax and ZUS for you and the other when you register yourself as a 'business' and invoice the place you're working (in my case a school) for the amount of hours you've worked and pay the tax and ZUS yourself...
I know that the polish government has a incentive for your own business where you only pay 80% ZUS...
I have no idea how much tax I would pay or how to pay it...
Is it worth it to register as your own business?? I work quite a few hours for a English language teacher - about 35 a week... Also do you still have to pay ZUS when you aren't working? (eg. If you have a holiday)
Is there a difference between registering as your own business and being a self-employed worker (like freelance) like there is in the UK??
I'm really confused because in my new job they offered to pay me more if i sorted out the tax and ZUS myself, because it is less bother for them... but I don't know exactly what I should register as AND what I need to be able to do it (I have a NIP and PESL from my last job).
Help please??
pudddddin
11 Oct 2009
pudddddin
11 Oct 2009
Life / When on a Polish street you can see... [19]
I can only reach the conclusion that:
a) they fall over the broken pavements often and therefore are constantly in a bad mood
b) Polish people can't be arsed fixing pavements and spend their time scowling on the streets instead
c) there was a tornado at one point that broke all the paving stones and set Polish peoples faces at a permenant scowl
Cast your votes please...
sour faced people and broken paving stones
Are you suggesting a connection? ;)
Are you suggesting a connection? ;)
I can only reach the conclusion that:
a) they fall over the broken pavements often and therefore are constantly in a bad mood
b) Polish people can't be arsed fixing pavements and spend their time scowling on the streets instead
c) there was a tornado at one point that broke all the paving stones and set Polish peoples faces at a permenant scowl
Cast your votes please...
pudddddin
12 Oct 2009