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Joined: 1 Jun 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 20 Jun 2015
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sobieski   
7 Jun 2013
Travel / Brussels - Warsaw : Train or plane ? [3]

Wizzair or Ryanair from Charleroi or Eindhoven. I personally prefer Wizzair & consider Ryanair a bunch of thieves. I might show you some sights if I will be in town that moment.
sobieski   
5 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

If the forthcoming IV RP is not to your liking, you're free to leave.

Exactly. That is why I will vote PO again at the next local and European elections :)
sobieski   
5 Jun 2013
Love / Fresh, wholesome country lass in Poland - getting married and going back to the US [167]

This is a gross insult to all female students and young females in general. My daughters read your posting and thought you were not only hilarious but gross. Besides, I wonder what kind of world-view that kind of guy has if he looks at Poland as a breeding ground. If he is still a bachelor at 50....
sobieski   
5 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

Haven't you heard that parliamentary democracies vote in one governent, then anotehr.

And that is why 70% of the Poles do not vote for the duck.
sobieski   
2 Jun 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

To be a Christian, yes!

You have to be very unhappy with the present pope....
sobieski   
2 Jun 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

And not guesswork? Presumably, as an 'expat', you hang out with those who speak English and can afford to go to the kind of places foreigners go to.

Please define the term expat. I personally avoid WTF and other expat places because the conversation there is very shallow.
sobieski   
1 Jun 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

Honestly, I think it's every bit as idiotic. Belgium has (like most Western capitals) problems with unemployment among youths - the shops being open on Sunday might help a little bit with that.

I do not agree. In my native Belgium people were shot by the army once, to get a decent working week. 100 years is not long in relative time.

I think a free Sunday afternoon is common decency. The same for shops closing Saturday early. What is wrong with planning your weekend in advance?
sobieski   
31 May 2013
News / Self-important Warsaw mayor [18]

Warsaw's lady mayor Gronkowiec-Waltz r

As usual you are lying. GW is the city president, not mayor. Which is clearly mentioned in the article.
sobieski   
31 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

Where did you cross the border in Poland?

In Cieszyn. I still remember the hassle on the border with me not speaking any word of Polish :)
sobieski   
30 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

Nope. Went by car from Belgium to Salzburg-Vienna. Got in Vienna Czechoslovak transit visa and a Hungarian visa. Vienna-Budapest. Later transit to the Czechoslovak/Polish border. Had to buy on the border Orbis coupons for diesel fuel (paid by DM). On to Kraków and later to Wałbrzych via Auschwitz....

I still remember having gotten my first Polish traffic fine in Kraków. I was driving in the "A" zone designated for Kraków citizens. At that time I did not speak Polish at all so I could not read the traffic signs. I stayed in hotel Saski and remember there were three room rates. 1. For Poles 2. For Comecon 3. For capitalists.
sobieski   
30 May 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Rzepa wrote that while PO was squabbling within their own ranks, PiS was touring the country promising the liquidation of junior secondary schools, cutting back unemployment, restoring 22% VAT and reverting to the previous retirement age.

Only they forgot to mention who will pay for this. Of course they also will have to fund Mr. Maybach. In Podkarpackie they believe anything.
sobieski   
30 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

Look at it this way: they come to Poland not really knowing what to expect. They don't know anyone, they don't speak the language and they don't know the local customs. So what do expats do? First, they meet with other expats,

I came first time to Poland in September 1989, so I had a pretty good idea what the country was like when I emigrated. Also went to evening and weekend classes Polish for many years so the language was not really a problem...But yes, between shuttling back and forth between Antwerp and Warsaw and living here on a permanent basis was a big difference. I always made a point of not going to expat hangouts because you find yourself trapped in a separate world...Warsaw Insider, Someplace Else, Warsaw Tortilla Factory, Nowy Świat hangouts...
sobieski   
30 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

There are hardly any expats anymore in Poland. Only EU citizens who came here to stay. Expats are too expensive to hire. I never knew I had a colonialist attitude...because I like Michnik, the President and I vote all the time PO?
sobieski   
30 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

Many expats in Poland seem to want to remake the country in the image and likeness of their own prejudices.

You mean that they are all likely to vote PO and all think the duck is a joke?
sobieski   
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

In which part of Poland are you residing (let me guess Polska B Chicago?). The part of Warsaw I am living in, Bielany, does not show any candles, PIS posters, flowers whatsoever.
sobieski   
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Wilanów, Ursynów, Mokotów,Ursus... nobody displaying pictures, candles, flowers..Where are you living?
Of course people are not working, it is an official holiday.
sobieski   
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Anyone with an ounce of sensitivity for what Polishness

The majority of Poles are glad they are having a day off - weather is brilliant today - and if they are lucky, a long weekend. And no more. Warsaw Old Town will be full of people enjoying a beer in the sunshine. £azienki and Wilanów will be equally full of people. They have to be PO :)

Here in Bielany there is not a single window putting pictures and flowers on display. Nor in Żoliborz...Maybe I am living in an atheistic enclave? Or maybe you are out of touch with everyday Poland?
sobieski   
29 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

'Yes, but some people will go of grilling, cycling, picnicking, pub-crawling, etc.'

Most families will indeed spend this day tomorrow cycling, having a bbq in their działka, picknicking in the park, having a late breakfast..and if they are lucky having Friday off as well. Pub-crawling? You seem to have an obsession with going out....

And yes some will take part in some kind of procession to show how catholic they are.