Travel / Restaurant reviews in Poland. [86]


Szweik, on pl. Konstytucji? Special offers on certain days, but heavy on slabs of cheap meat and very bland food. Also packed with giggling groups.

Travel / Restaurant reviews in Poland. [86]

Agreed. Absolutely foul. And the irony is that when they first started round £ódź, they were actually quite good. One of the few places that served lamb.

Last time I was there (and it was the very last time), we waited half an hour for the starter and they brought the main course 3 minutes after we finally got it. Not at all apologetic and it was as if the waiter just didn't understand that anything was amiss. He probably genuinely didn't.

Language / Dzbanecznik as a synonym of alcohol? [10]


Which is one reason why it works so well.

Language / Dzbanecznik as a synonym of alcohol? [10]

Dzbaneczek is a bit (but not completely) like the expression 'a wee dram'. It comes across as ironic and arch but unlike a 'wee dram' it's meaning can very much depend on how and why the person is using it.

Language / How to say in Polish: "Be mine!" ? [12]


This one sounds better.

Classifieds / Baby and mum groups in Krakow- English speaking? [9]


Some people have too much time and money.

News / In Bialystok, the mayor has now openly said he would like to lobby for ONR (National Radical Camp) [22]

Agreed. Nothing has happened to make them more popular than they have been and the more these jerks march around and throw cobblestones at the police, the more people they will alienate the average voter. Look how quickly the PiSuarzy were thrown out of office.

Parallels with Weimar Germany and d'Annunzio's Italy are interesting but faulty. There is one big difference now - when the fascists start their silliness, it's on the lunchtime news and everyone sees them for what they are by teatime.

News / Poland pulls out of Eurovision in austerity measure. [17]

Think of ones you can sing along to.

News / Poland pulls out of Eurovision in austerity measure. [17]


From time to time they have some pretty good songs on there, whereas the Polish hit parade tends to favour moody ballads about frustration and lost love - if you want to se what I mean, go to any karaoke night!

I heard not long ago that the only reason the UK bothers to enter is because UK, France and Germany are locked into a very old contract to bankroll much of it.

Life / did/does Polish TV show any British Sitcoms? [35]

I believe they show it on TVP but it evidently hasn't caught on.

Life / did/does Polish TV show any British Sitcoms? [35]

TVP 1 or 2 showed all the episodes of Ab Fab and the ill-fated Wizja Jeden was showing the League of Gentlemen dubbed into Polish (with more than one voice, thank God) under the title 'Pcin Dolny'.

Real Estate / Help need for choosing a neighbourhood in Warsaw [12]


I was happy living there. It's one of the most expensive areas in town though.


Might rule out Powisle. BTW, Praga refers to that whole side of the river, including Saska Kepa and Targowek. Think about Goclaw and Grochow - reasonably priced, decent areas and handy for Targowek.

History / Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime against Poland [97]


I've heard people in PL argue several times quite seriously that the war should have been continued - though without being able to make any sensible suggestions about how the entire Red Army could have been driven back.

Classifieds / Singing practice/groups in Warsawa [5]


I think he spells it Berkeley. I remember him from carols at the embassy. If I recall, it's based at one of the RC churches in the Old Town. There's also an American guy who runs (or used to run) a choir at the Lutheran Centre on Miodowa.

News / Piłsudski tomb desecrated in Wilno [34]


It's almost unique within the EU. Poland shouldn't respond with rhetoric though, or be as acrimonious about the past as Lithuania is. A good example is the UK - when problems occur (Spanish silliness over Gib, IRA bombings etc), remain aloof, within the law and more dignified than other parties.

History / Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime against Poland [97]


It's amazing how many of them crawl out of the woodwork - and always seek to somehow justify the behaviour of the Nazis by referring to the USSR.

News / Poland pulls out of Eurovision in austerity measure. [17]


A few countries do that - perhaps because the real stars (who earn good money) don't want to be associated with the whole cheesiness of it.

News / Piłsudski tomb desecrated in Wilno [34]

Desecrating a grave, any grave, is a ghastly thing to do. A shame they can't move the tomb to Wawel, especially since lesser figures have recently been interred there.

I remember being quite moved by the Slowacki quote on the tomb.

News / Poland pulls out of Eurovision in austerity measure. [17]

It was something special back in the seventies, but now it's had it's day.

History / Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime against Poland [97]


As I said, you're unhealthily obsessed.

News / Poland pulls out of Eurovision in austerity measure. [17]

That's an excuse if ever there was one. The real reason is that they've realised they'll never get past the block voting from certain parts of Europe as well as the fact that they don't actually have any decent music.

News / €80 billion for Poland new EU budget [166]

Or how much goes in due to those companies being there. After all, there wasn't exactly a thriving homegrown economy before.

Study / American Muslim girl thinking to go to Medical school in Poland... [87]


I agree with Aniapinki, in Bialystok there may be problems - it's a bit isolated in some ways, but the other cities are fine. I'd add Gdańsk and Poznań to the list too - quite cosmopolitan.

Travel / Modlin airport in Poland - closed again! [28]


Agreed. If you can book well in advance, use Okęcie.

Also book with BA rather than LOT - they are usually cheaper. Sometimes very good advance deals, and the first few seats to go on sale in Buisiness Class are often only a few quid more than Economy.

News / €80 billion for Poland new EU budget [166]


Anybody who drives on the roads, uses public transport, farms food or is in any way affected by the huge infrastructure funding (of which Poland is the largest net recipient) benefits.


Very much so.

History / Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime against Poland [97]


I see what you mean however there's a huge distinction between being 'anti-Polish' and simply adopting a different point of view to the one most current in Poland.

Real Estate / Poland Agent refuses to let me see their tenancy agreement unless I sign to pay their fee [13]


Beyond bizarre. There can't be any good reason for them to want you to sign a contract you haven't seen. You should avoid them like the plague.

News / Poland's Guy Fawkes [88]


There might be a good reason for that.

History / Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime against Poland [97]

You seem to think it is, since you've mentioned the matter of numbers several times in the thread. Time to move on - perhaps even recognise the good side of the USSR instead of judging them solely on the excesses of revolution.

History / Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime against Poland [97]


He also murdered a hell of a lot of his own officers not long before. That doesn't diminish the crime in the Katyn forest, but it puts his behaviour into perspective.