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Joined: 1 Jun 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 20 Jun 2015
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Interests: Polish culture and history, cooking

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sobieski   
26 Sep 2013
News / Silesians Vote in German Federal Elections [23]

A country which was nearly was wiped out in the last war because its couldn't afford the modern weapons to defend itself.

What does this have in common with the Silesians wanting to have cultural and educational autonomy?
Or the Kashubians for that matter?
sobieski   
25 Sep 2013
News / Silesians Vote in German Federal Elections [23]

Poland has no tradition with autonomous regions. In this respect Piłsudski was much more broadminded I think. I doubt the Silesians want to become independent, just as the Kashubians do not want that. They want autonomy in many respects (language, education), which is not the same as becoming independent, or looking for accession to Germany.

Besides Lower and Higher Silesia have in my view distinct identities.
In my native Belgium the German-speaking minority has full and equal rights (indeed the constitution is also written in German), and I as a Fleming can only applaud cultural autonomy
sobieski   
19 Sep 2013
News / Poland to appeal to ECJ - Ex-USSR republics might be late [4]

The point is that Poland is going to appeal to ECJ and to the government of Lithuania with request of returning Wilnorejonowa to Poland.

Which Poland?
The usual suspects (Torq, Iron, P3) creep up with the most funny postings.
Breslau and Stettin for anybody here?
sobieski   
17 Sep 2013
Life / Why foreigners in Poland do not respect Poland's culture and traditions? [68]

But after all, Serbs don`t feel like foreigners in Poland.

Poles do think you are foreigners, big time; Or maybe I have the wrong kind of Polish friends? The ones who watch TVN24, Polsat News...the ones who read GW...the ones who think Rydzyk is a crooked businessman disguised as a priest...in short the majority here in Warsaw?

My colleagues at work do not associate Serbia with Europe.
sobieski   
14 Sep 2013
Life / Why foreigners in Poland do not respect Poland's culture and traditions? [68]

Maybe leniency and hospitality Poles extend to foreigners lull them into the false sense of self-importance and they simply do not care about Polish culture and traditions.

Examples?
Fyi Poles do not extend hospitality to EU foreigners. These people live here, pay taxes, some of them (including me) vote in local and European elections.

Poles in my native Antwerp integrate far less in Belgium as Belgians here in Warsaw. But this you as a PolAm probably do not know :)
sobieski   
13 Sep 2013
Work / IT Project Manager moving to Krakow Area? [6]

Business Process Outsourcing. Type in Google BPO and Poland.
Companies such as CapGemini, Accenture, Infosys (although Infosys is in £ódż)
CapGemini is in Katowice.
sobieski   
6 Sep 2013
Travel / Warsaw Chopin Airport Exchange [7]

so I saw the exchange at airport

Is there any airport in the world (or railway station) which offers a good deal on currency exchange? Don't think so.
sobieski   
1 Sep 2013
Food / Using Polish cooking books in an English version? [16]

I find American recipes to be a bit of a challenge because of measurements given in 'cups'.

Flemish cookery books quote in measurements, e.g. 110 ml, 250 g....Whereas they explain somewhere which measurement contains what...for example a teaspoon is so much, a glass is so much....

I find Polish recipes on the whole (and I do like Polish cuisine) very time-consuming, elaborate, and lacking the use of half-products.
sobieski   
1 Sep 2013
Food / Using Polish cooking books in an English version? [16]

But for you, why not try a Polish language book?

I think using cooking books in any other language as your own is per definition is a challenge. I have a few Nigella Lawson's at home and Jamie as well, but I admit they are more for reading and getting inspiration. That being said and done, that guy Strybel does not have an inkling how to write a proper cooking book which actually works.
sobieski   
31 Aug 2013
Food / Using Polish cooking books in an English version? [16]

Rather a combination of bad recipe structure - I wonder whether that Strybel guy even tried the recipes - and the language.
Of course we have at home the classic Polish cooking books. Nasza Kuchnia...
Harry, I think I am talking fluently in Polish, but analysing kitchen recipes is another matter.
The "unworkable" part comes from my wife. She is doing the Polish cooking in our home. She thinks that Strybel guy writes like an idiot
sobieski   
31 Aug 2013
Food / Using Polish cooking books in an English version? [16]

Does anyone of your non-Polish guys ever tried to to use a Polish cooking book in an English version?
I came across a horrible example - Polish Heritage Cookery by a guy named Roger Strybel. Not only very bad-written but also unworkable

Are there any better examples which actually promote cooking?
sobieski   
25 Aug 2013
Law / How do I arrange a Dowód Osobisty / ID card in Poland? [10]

I'm a polish foreigner moving to Poznan in september

Which country do you come from originally?

can someone give me addresses ?

You do not speak Polish?

I have a polish passport

How did you obtain a Polish passport?
sobieski   
22 Aug 2013
Life / Now more restaurants than banks in Warsaw? [11]

If you like Kebab on Plac Wilsona...

This said and done..I think Amrit is one of the better kebabs in Warsaw.. But I still do no not understand why there is/was such an expansion of banks in Warsaw. The trend for example in Belgium is that banks are closing down offices all the time. PC banking has replaced them. And let's admit it...I wonder how often the average PF goes to a bank...

Pensioners mostly use Poczta Polska to settle their bills. There used to be a vogue for paying bills at your supermarket, but this seems to have passed.
sobieski   
21 Aug 2013
Life / Now more restaurants than banks in Warsaw? [11]

I think that is a very good evolution. On Plac Wilsona here in Warsaw, banks were taking over the whole neighbourhood. Now it seems that process is on the reverse.