Things to be afraid of in Poland?

Drive an English car with the wheel on the wrong side...that tends to discourage thieves....

Interesting, I wonder if statistics bear that out?

i really don,t know....maybe they didn,t steal mine cos its a heap of crap....

I have lived in Poland for the last two years and have found nothing to be afraid of so far. The majority of Poles are very friendly and I have made many friends, however, if you are going to a small city do not expect many people to speak or understand English, so it's a good idea to learn how to 'do your day' in Polish. Phrase-books are not too helpful as the spoken language differs greatly from how it looks. If you want my advice, buy an audio language cd with an accompanying workbook, make some Polish friends on arrival and get them to help you with pronunciation.

Be aware that the majority of Poles are very religious(Roman catholic) and do not show any disrespect of their beliefs.

Should you require any more advice from an expat Scot living here, don't hesitate to..........

Powidzenia(good luck), Murdo.

geez, I laugh a lot reading all comments..I would say that the only thing someone could be afraid is the holes on roadway...that's all. LOL

yes...as a biker i have to say there are some bad roads...but nothing as bad as i found in Ukrainia...now they are really bad...

yeah nowadays the roads got better, but few years ago there were holes in Kraków you could sink half your front-tire in.

I think there are some great new roads in Polska , some of the old ones , especially in the cities are very dodgey , Lodz i remember has some badly rutted parts...but i see them improving all the time....despite what people say about Polish drivers i have not come close to death as i did many times in the UK on my motorcycle due to muppet drivers....

What great new roads have you got in your neck of the wood WR?

Groups of English "gentlemen" on buck's party functions in Krakow at 3am.

Ha...not a lot of new ones near me , but they are repairing a lot of the bad ones...but as a truck driver i found a lot of new roads , autostrada , that are every bit as good as in the UK...

I thought as much ;)

Where are you coming across new autostrader and how many lanes each direction do the have?

Polish drivers may have a more dangerous style, but they concentrate more on the road while driving. They also know their limits better as they more often converge towards them and are thereby more experienced. Thats how I explain it to myself - And they of course pray more often ;)

Surely the high numbers of road deaths cant be blamed entirely on the state of the roads.

Maybe there a lot of off road accidents. Mushroom pickers mown down by pickled drivers taking short cuts, that sort of thing..

The only thing in Pl that worries me is getting bitten by a stray dog. Luckily, I've only been attacked by dogs with muzzles :) Not much really scares me in PL. I drive in NYC, so the driving doesn't phase me a bit.

Actually getting bitten by any dog in Poland worries me. I don't know about now but quite a few years ago my son was bitten by a friend's friend's dog and luckily I pack everything but the kitchen sink when I travel there as you cannot purchase over the counter antibiotic cream in Poland - you need to have a prescripton!

Trains.

my cousin was robbed in a train, the robbers gassed under the door and he became unconcious so they took the money from his wallet and threw it out the window. He realized when he woke up and lucky they didn't hurt him. His friend was one to get beat up in a train and was mugged too.

I'll second that. Our friend fell asleep in a train and the robbers cut thru his leather jacket from the front while he was sleeping and took his wallet!

I am assuming that by dog, you mean roma gypsy.

???, Sorry, I don't know what a roma gypsy is?

This post was from noimmigration...so i expect it will be some kind of insult against Polish people , or anyone non British...i should ignore it if i were you....most of us do...

It is a Romany Gypsy

links here about them and they settled all over Europe including Ireland and the UK ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_people
bbc.co.uk/kent/romany_roots/history/

hope that helps clear things up for you both ...

Thanks, I thought the poster was referring to some sort of actual "canine" which had a reputation for biting. Who knew?

not a problem =D

roman gypsys are known for being liars and thieves, thats why we call them Cygany (liars)

Ok, I know what cygany are. Also the poor women who carry kids who look like they are dying in the Old Town in Warsaw just to get money.

same in English - the verb to gyp.

Right!

Wear plastic shoes in krakow so when some Brit on a bender pukes on them you can clean them easily.