Work / Finding work in Warsaw / Poland as an English private tutor [63]


maybe it is worthwhile to start looking in big cities' satelites like Otwock which is just next to Warsaw, (Warsaw has got a couple of satelite towns like Piaseczno, Pruszków) in Tricity area (Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia) you;ve got Wejherowo and Rumia which lie on the outskirts of Gdynia and Pruszcz on the other side next to Gdańsk - in case of Kraków you;ve got Skawina and Wieliczka - in Katowice area you've got also smaller satelite cities like Żory, Rybnik, Wodzisław, Jastrzębie,

Travel / Trip to Poznan and Torun [19]


I studied in Wrocław and have only been once to Toruń - Toruń is a more cosy city especially the Old Town, but I don't know about the museums etc - the Old Town is simply nice to see as it is full of historic buildings from what I can tell - Toruń is also more of a Polish city than Wrocław (though the medieval churches were built by the Teutonic order) - has more Polish hisory to it

- Wrocław is far busier - lot's of people in the streets - and it's way bigger - if you wanted to see just a couple of old churches it would take 1 hour walk they are so far appart and they are typically not that beautiful inside - in Wrocław you need to go straight to the place you really want to see to save time (and there are only a couple of such important things of interest or beauty including Panorama Racławicka: panoramaraclawicka.pl/en/what_to_see.html) - and then just spend some time walking the main pedestrian streets

just found a website of Museum of Gingerbread in Toruń - muzeumpiernika.pl/?page=home-english - it looks like it is a live act

Travel / Trip to Poznan and Torun [19]

maybe try Kórnik castle - it has a beautiful park but sure it looks much better in summer - anyway Kórnik castle has some art and history - a trip with an English speaking guide costs 20 euro - it is a half an hour bus drive from Poznań - Kórnik castle is open 10 am -3 p.m on all days except monday

kornik.pl/en/home

there is a bus from central bus station in Poznań to kurnik at 9.30 but you need to ask the driver when to get off cause it proceeds well past Kórnik.

muzeum.uni.wroc.pl/kontakt

if you are into beautiful art Pam then the original building of the Wrocław University is worth a visit and pretty cheap (open on all days except wednesday)

Polonia / Is Holland antipolish? [29]

yes if he really wants a beating

Study / Any good value Polish language schools that offer longer term courses and accommodation? [3]

sjpdc.uni.lodz.pl/tresc.php?akcja=pokaz&show=us

Uniwersity of £ódź offers semester or double semester courses of Polish language for foreigners they can provide accommodation in a dormitory

I'm pretty sure Kraków University offers similar thing

Life / sweet words to use in Poland with shopkeepers [14]


similarly you can add Pani Kochaniutka. but only with a woman - for males Panie kochany

Work / Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno - Ekonomiczna, Włocławek) [8]


why doesn't she try English philology - she can become a translator after this or at least English teaching college -then she becomes an English teacher

Work / Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno - Ekonomiczna, Włocławek) [8]

it most probably is crap - Włocławek is not a place to study

News / Highlights of passing year, in Poland (or elsewhere) which made hot discussions in PF [57]

or people with an agenda

Travel / Skiing Near Wrocław? [11]


perhaps in 2010 - it was a very snowy winter

Travel / Skiing Near Wrocław? [11]


depending on the weather and the amount of snow you could go as late as the second half of March

History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

more precisely 6,66 per cent ;) - you now know why the Poles are so hated - they are the embodiment of the beast among God-fearing Lithuanians ;)

History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

Lithuanian revival has been built upon denying any Polish influence on the country (and the influence was once immense) - that's why they even accepted Czech ortography and not Polish one to write their language (that's why they don't have a 'w' letter but 'v' instead and some other Czech features) - simply speakings Lithuanian intelectual elites since the time of their revival were anti Polish - they feared Polish culture would completely assimilate Lithuanians (political Lithuanian elites had been voluntarily polonised before in a long process)

Language / Quick question on Polish language fundamental [40]

he is much better than myself zeti ;)

Food / Polish cookies - delicje? [6]

btw delicje szampańskie are simply yaffa cakes

Food / Polish cookies - delicje? [6]


from Wedel but there are other makes too which aren't typically called delicje

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

this is about nepotism a la PO

Travel / Trip to Poznan and Torun [19]

the earliest direct connection is 5.48 : the train stops at every station on the way and takes 2 hours and 38 minutes to go to Toruń

remember February can be really cold

Happy New Year pam :)

Language / Quick question on Polish language fundamental [40]


maybe they mean that you need to say 'Pojechałam' instead of 'Poszłam' - you sure know what 'Pojechać' means

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

an optimist simply heheh - internal demand that was driving Poland's growth is dwindling - energy prices will rise this year further decreasing the purchasing power of the populace - the growth of unemployment is unavoidable in this situation

News / WOSP Poland charity - is it value for money? [60]

lukaszwarzecha.salon24.pl/379102,wosp-dlaczego-nie-wielbie-owsiaka

an article in Polish on Owsiak - it takes courage in Poland to say that he won't give money to Owsiak

News / WOSP Poland charity - is it value for money? [60]

now imagine that Caritas is allowed to have such an action as Owsiak makes on the TV - I tell you it's an ideological issue - btw all those rockgroups that play in the WOśP final receive payment - it's a show - a show that allows people to quiet their consciousness throughout the year

1 hour of commercial time on the TV is about 1.5 million PLN (prime time is as much as four times more expensive) - now I don't know how much time is spent on Owsiak's show but years ago the Owsiak's publicity went for hours on the state-owned tv - let's say the time that is dedicated to Owsiak now is 5 hours - then it costs some 7.5 million - that's a significant present to Owsiak from a taxpayer's purse

btw Caritas collects 10 times more than Owsiak without any support from the state and has also a better result in how much value is spent on the real help - all this without media propaganda and without the donations from big business who want publicity and thus prefer the Owsiak action

you may call me stupid but Owsiak is not a politically neutral figure too

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

yes - the liberalisation of rail roads is strange thing to do - it caused a lot of trouble - it is difficult to separate the actual transporting operations from the infrastructure - on what basis do you for example create timetables when there are a couple of competing operators

News / WOSP Poland charity - is it value for money? [60]


sure it is - the broadcast time on the tv that they use is much more expensive (like tenfold or more) than the amount they typically collect - TV would do much better thing if they spent a day income from their commercials on charity

yes Owsiak is using this for self promotion
and yes it has another bad impact - people tend not to think about supporting charities unless there is some big action on the TV

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]


we have similar things - former Telekomunikacja Polska is now mostly owned by France Telecom which also is mostly government owned company

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]


thanks pawian :)

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

kcharlie

you hijack attention I was seeking with my posts charlie :P
I don't like you ;)

Life / Polish comedies are perfectly distorted representation of Polish culture [9]

the series is quite old - it ran in the middle til late 90's - that's why it was 55 not 70

News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

more about Koleje śląskie - among different other things - yet again in Polish.

Travel / What is the cheapest way to get from Modlin airport to Warsaw? [106]

the Modlin airport airstrip is under reconstruction right now and is effectively shut down untill the works are finished which should take at least one week

you can catch a train from a nearby railway station to the city of Warsaw when the works are finished