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English speaking tradesmen in Poland [8]
Hows your time in Poland been smurf? Been there long?
Near 4 years lad.
I'd move back to Ireland tomorrow if I'd the chance. But no point, I know there's no work at home.
Better craic at home, pubs here are sh!te, everyone sits. There's dogsh!t everywhere here and I mean everywhere. People take moaning here to a new level. I thought Ireland was bad, but f@ck me, complaining is a national sport here....they even complain about air pressure. WTF!
Food is grand, women are gorgeous, beer is great, weather is good except for winter (-33 last winter) People are friendly, but only
after you get to know them (strange), otherwise people don't really like or engage with strangers and are not that helpful.... although to be fair, younger people are, older people are mostly a**holes, stuck in their ways and angry with the world, they seem to think they are owed something by society (can't lose their communism ideals). Racism is huge, way, way worse than in Ireland......towards anyone that doesn't look European that is.
Wonderful countryside and wildlife/hiking stuff/boating/mountains etc if you're into it. People tend to be pretty conservative too, which is weird coz the ruling party are pretty liberal. I'd say Poland will be one of the last EU countries to allow gay marriage for example.....but they do have a transsexual in the parliament.
Football is popular, but there's no point in going to a match coz of the huge hooligan problem. Volleyball is popular too, but that's a stupid 'sport'
Music-wise/gig-wise, Poland isn't a great destination for touring bands..... it's OK, but they don't get anything like the concerts that Ireland or the UK can have.
Reading back over that it looks like I don't like living in Poland.......It's OK, but it's not the best place I've lived. I just got lucky here with a good job, awesome missus and a few good mates.
I suppose man, if you were offered a gig in a mine, it must be in SIlesia?
