USA, Canada / Going back to the Old Country of Poland after more than 25 years! (from USA) [249]


National and Hertz are directly at the airport. Walk out of arrivals and it's right in front of you. Just a word of warning, unless you're flying out really early or really late, make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get to the airport. It can take a good hour from Plac Grunwaldzki depending on the traffic.

USA, Canada / My story. Born In the USA - do I have a chance in Poland, my Mother Country? [69]


Comments like that usually come from the faux educated crowd who like to follow the herd. Bashing Americans is quite trendy. Short man complex must be a real bitch though.

Genealogy / Zablocki - Finding information about my grandfather and his family [9]

Here is a list of folks from Lomza on the Wurzburg in 1907, might be a good start as Lomza was pretty small back then.

Bovanviski,Josef
Jumiski,Dominik
Kowalski,Hojciech
Wapner,Eisik
Wapner,Izke
Wapner,Schane
Wapner,Schifre
Wapner,Yankel

News / HIV infected Nigerian has bitten bus ticket's controler in Cracow! [56]


Why would black people voluntarily move to Poland if everyone knows it's so racist? Doesn't make a lot of sense.

USA, Canada / My story. Born In the USA - do I have a chance in Poland, my Mother Country? [69]

Got anywhere specific in Poland in mind?

Work / Polish Salary and Tax [43]

No clue on the curriculum out there, but you can get a private teacher for a decent price. It might be a better idea to get something tailored towards someone that already speaks Russian vs. someone teaching to the crowd..

Work / Polish Salary and Tax [43]

That's a tough one. Polish in a couple of months even with a Slavic head start might be difficult. If you think you can do a Polish school, the cost is negligible. If you're going the international school route, you probably won't get under €10k/year. With that in mind, might be something to toss into the negotiations...

Work / Polish Salary and Tax [43]


domiporta should give you a good idea on what you can expect to pay for housing. If you're planning on sending them to an international school, it can get pricey real quick. €10k/yr per child is a good baseline. Hope they're young :)

Work / Polish Salary and Tax [43]


Exactly. See if he can get work to pay for it, then come over.

Work / Polish Salary and Tax [43]


If you're on 60 in London, 12k/mo net will be a walk in the park in Krakow :) Are they offering housing or school?

Work / Polish Salary and Tax [43]


Have a quick look at domiporta.pl to get an idea of housing costs. alma24.pl will give you an idea of grocery prices. Utilities don't really differ too much from the rest of Europe.

I'd say 12,5k puts you at upper middle class.

If you're taking a management position or a high end specialist, ask for the same money that you would expect anywhere else. The cost of living in Krakow isn't a whole lot less than the rest of Europe.


If he's a CCIE, he can expect that kind of salary. If not... might be a bit difficult..

Work / Polish Salary and Tax [43]

Need to give your lifestyle and any financial obligations you have.

That's about 12,5k/mo net btw...

Law / What's the best way to transfer £20,000 into PLN [31]

Ask PKO what kind of deal they can make you. If it's the same as the kantors, take it and save yourself the hassle :)

Law / The Zlotych v the Swiss Franc [16]

You can get CHF loans in just about all the CEE countries. People that got CHF loans and didn't hedge...well, kind of ridiculous.

Food / Where can you buy a crockpot aka slow cooker, in Krakow? [38]


Just another tool in my awesome arsenal of kitchen appliances. I don't like babysitting the stove all day. I'm doing sous vide short ribs right now in the cooler...will be done tomorrow. Embrace the low heat :)

Food / Where can you buy a crockpot aka slow cooker, in Krakow? [38]

That's a big one, top of the line...and they ship to Poland :)

Food / Where can you buy a crockpot aka slow cooker, in Krakow? [38]

Just pick one up on ebay, that's where i got mine.

Travel / Direct flights to Asia from Poland [10]


No ME airlines are part of staralliance, so no codeshares. I'm guessing they would want to take the longhaul traffic to asia.

Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]


LOT does the handling at the major Polish airports. FWIW, I've never had anything stolen....and there really isn't much opportunity to steal in Wroclaw as it pretty much goes from the belt to a single room where it's loaded onto the carts bound for the aircraft. They'd have to be pretty bold to rifle through stuff..

News / VAT, OFE, ZUS and costly dress under Tusk's government in Poland [48]

Cut out the middleman and sell long term government bonds directly to the people.

Travel / Direct flights to Asia from Poland [10]


Lots of Vietnamese folks in Poland.


Couldn't disagree with you more. Quite a few banks are foreign owned, and for bonus points are spread around Poland.


There would have to be daily flights. I think it would make more sense to open up a route to one of the star alliance hubs in Asia, either Beijing, Singapore, or Seoul and use their codeshare agreements to get passengers where they need to go with the least amount of hassle.

News / Andrzej Lepper committed suicide [98]


Like that homeless guy that got tossed in jail for saying that Poland under Lech and Jaroslaw was turning into a dictatorship?

News / Andrzej Lepper committed suicide [98]

What does rhetoric (coming from all sides mind you) have to do with police and PO men with fierce looking dogs imprisoning, beating up, and killing PiS voters?

Anyway, back to Lepdawg, I used to enjoy telling people in the student bars that he was by far the best politician for Poland. Such angry people...

Travel / Whats your favourite Polish city and why? [132]

Amen to that. Krakow is nice, I've lived in Wroclaw long enough to be completely militant against Poznan, Warsaw is meh. Wroclaw has nearly everything (hangers at the airport would be nice, but that's another story). It's also really easy to get around. Little corners around the city stacked with pubs. Yea, not too shabby.

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]


I always get a dumbfounded look at Rodeo when I tell them I don't want sauce :) "....but it's free"

Anyway, like I was saying about Maggies in OKC, the food was crap. Just garbage. That's the only Polish place that I've been to in the US, and good riddance.

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]


some of us are fat barbecue, tex-mex, and steak eating slobs :)

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]


Wow, that sounds exactly like eating out in Poland...

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]


Authentic Chinese restaurants don't do too well in the US. They just adapted better :)

USA, Canada / Moving from United Kingdom to USA. Is it worth it? [136]

How much is your homeowners insurance? Can get very expensive. 10 years ago our electricity bill in Austin was over $300 a month during the summer in a 2br apartment.