Travel / Rented car from Germany to Poland [15]

Consider taking a train from Germany to Poland and renting a car in Poland. This is the most parsimonious option.

Work / Is it normal for companies/schools in Poland to be rude? [116]


We are impressed with your Cambridge CELTA with a distinction.
Being rude is Poland's national character, a favorite pastime. Be rude back and you will fit in.

USA, Canada / CULTURE SHOCK! (of my Polish finance who visited the US) [210]


Krysia,

Where did you bagged your fiance? Was it in the fields, in a small village?

I visited Poland last year and was surprised by the progress.


Hueg,
Poles will usually try to accommodate foreigners, and will respond and interact with foreigners on their level. When interacting with a “backwater” person, Poles will act like "backwater" people.

USA, Canada / CULTURE SHOCK! (of my Polish finance who visited the US) [210]

krysia
In Polish grocery stores you have to bag your own groceries, in the US they ask "paper or plastic". Another shocking experience!!!!

I visited Berlin during the last summer; there, people bag their groceries too.

Thanks Krysia

News / German legal discrimination against Polish speakers [209]

I have no problem with the German government requiring foreigners to speak German in public when conducting business, public affairs, etc. I wish that the State of Arizona (where I live) and/or US government would implement similar laws. I am f… tired hearing Spanish and listing to the people who can’t speak English; who expect everyone else to accommodate them in Spanish, many of them illegals. Every time I call my bank, I hear recorded messages in English and Spanish. When I receive my voting ballet, it is in English and Spanish, and on and on and on. This issue has been written about in newspapers and raised by many Arizona residents. I understand how the Germans feel. When I immigrated to US, I did not expect everyone in US to accommodate me in Polish. When in Germany, do what the Germans do.

Life / How Polish are you? [74]

how stupid are you?

Love / How to please Polish women? [216]

beckski

Yes Beckski. "In that particular order." It has worked for me well. I think that we should get together. We have a lot in common. :)

Love / How to please Polish women? [216]

with a vodka and sausage

Polonia / POLISH People IN SPAIN ....... [12]

I understand that the unemployment rate in Spain is about 18%.

Law / What can I do with 250000$? [33]

Invest in toilet paper futures.

Love / What to wear when trying to pick up girls in Poland? [58]

Make a sign saying “looking to pickup girls, or want to pick up girls.” Of course, the sign has to be in Polish.
Go and stand in front of a church on Sunday. The other options are: go to an open
market or city’s center and work around with the sign.
Good luck. May the force be with you.

Polonia / Are Polish people required to have tourist visa for Thailand? [32]


SeanBM,
Do you if there is a Polish community in Thailand and is it expensive to live there?

Travel / Vacation in Great Polish Masurian Lakes area (Mazury) [37]

I am from Elk. To me, it is the best city in the Masurian Lakes area. :)

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]

lef,

Not an excuse.

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]

An article in the Polish Constitution states that it is OK to steal your co-worker’s lunch. In my place of employment, someone stole my co-worker’s lunch.

I live in US. I am the only Pole in the office where I work. I know that I did not take it.
:)

P.S.

Patrycja, your mom looks cute. :)

Genealogy / SEARCHING FOR SACHAREWICZ RELATIVES IN POLAND [30]

Is is possible that the surname is Zacharewicz?

Genealogy / Last name Sapeta [44]

I know that in 15th or 16th (I think 16th) century,to escape persecution, many Jews came to Poland from Portugal and Spain . Therefore, it is possible that your ancestors came from Portugal and assimilated into Polish society. I do not what percentage of Polish Catholics have Jews roots, but I do know that some had converted and assimilated.

Love / Spanish guy trying to get a Polish girl - her parents prefer guys form Poland? [19]

I am not offended. That’s the Polish way. :)

Love / Spanish guy trying to get a Polish girl - her parents prefer guys form Poland? [19]

lol

Love / Spanish guy trying to get a Polish girl - her parents prefer guys form Poland? [19]

Ok WarLord.

This is what you do. Because you are Spanish, and you want your girlfriend’s Polish parents to like you.

1. Buy your girlfriend an engagement ring, spend at least $2000, so her parents will know that you have money, and Poles like round figures.
2. Set a wedding date.
3. Buy your future mother-in-law a bouquet of roses.
4. Buy your future father-in-law nice horse, Polish men like horses.
5. Put on your best 3-piece suit.
6. Arrive at your girlfriend’s parent’s house on the horse, dressed in a nice suit, with the engagement ring and the bouquet of roses, face your girlfriend’s parents and announce your intentions to them.

7. Good luck. : P

May the force be with you.

Travel / Hometown / Vacation pictures Poland [201]

Here are some picture of my hometown ELK.

castlesofpoland.com/prusy/elkdzis_poczt_en.htm

Got to get back to work. :)

Travel / Warsaw or Krakow in October? [29]

Visit both cities; your experience will be much richer.

Love / African girl from USA dating a polish guy needs advice [38]

On a flight to Poland, I saw a Polish guy with a black wife. While living in Las Vegas, I met a Polish guy who was married to a black woman.

"most of the africans(blacks) hate whites(polish)” sounds like a racist statement.

African girl go for it. You will encounter resentment. It will come from people who are limited. :)