News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


This is that irresponsible and stupid attitude that makes problems. Always try to buy local stuff (unless it is cr@ppy). Sugar is not the key product at homes - nothing happens if you don't use sugar to your tea or coffe, right? So you can buy the local one that's a bit more expensive, otherwise you'll end up with no option but to buy Chinese garlic, Dutch tomatos and German oil for frying as there will be no Polish ones anymore. Of course, competition should reduce prices too...

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]

I don't know, but I think so, or maybe the sugar factories become German-owned. And there is still Polish one. Remembering huge debates and strikes etc. over Polish sugar factories being sold for a fraction of their worth I wanted to buy Polish sugar. It's more sweet;)

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


A lot!! Do you even read labels carefully? About half of chemicals available (paints, cleaning products with 'famous' detergents), sweets, coffee (Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Tchibo etc.). Tchibo, Lidl and Aldi are shops with vast majority of German products - I could start ennumerating but it would take a lot of space.

NB: I was once looking for Polish sugar in Krakow and it seems an impossible feat. Everywhere there are German products of Sudzucker and Pfeifer & Langen companies, whereas I made my point to find Polish sugar from a Polish sugar company. After looking hard in every shop I've bee to, the only place I knew that had it was Bomi at Solvay Park, which is far but I drove there anyway. Sadly, they changed their supplier and now they also have only German one. So, helpless in my 'sugar crusade' I stopped using sugar for a while, until I visited Lidl. You can imagine my surprise when I saw there Polish sugar! Someone must've divided by zero.

Food / The Fortuna beer brewed near Poznan, Poland [8]

Yes., I know it. It is truely very good. Have you tried the dark one? Now they changed it's name and it's Dragon I guess.

Oh, and yes it's deadly. Tastes innocent so you order another one, and another one... :)

Life / Do Polish parents let/encourage their kids to **** outdoors? [40]


I agree totally - this is insane. When I see a mother urinating her child in public I always thought it is at least strange, but I never said anything because I was uncertain. Dog owners - they are completely different kind: when I see a dog taking a c*ap on a pavement or grass area I point it out to its owner "Are you going to clean it up?". If they say no, I often say that I will call the Straz Miejska and see if s/he changes mind.

That works, but you have to take some time for the Straz to come. I found no other way, and dog sh*t on the pavement is really not the best view.

Law / Is it REALLY that easy to get car insurance in Poland ? [14]


Yes, renewal is easier. If nothing changed it's fast and simple, but at first you had to provide details...

Travel / Road Trip in Maluch! Best places / roads to go? :) Start - Krakow [12]


They are above the law;)

Law / Is it REALLY that easy to get car insurance in Poland ? [14]


Of course they do!


Of course they take it into consideration.
Your friend either never insured a car or knows nothing about the process (hard to believe).


... and tons of other information.

Food / Coffee in Poland: cheap and undrinkable / expensive and good [89]


No idea - I am getting it as a present and it is not bought yet as far as I know so I doubt it.

Food / Coffee in Poland: cheap and undrinkable / expensive and good [89]


I have a general rule not to save on coffee.
It works:). The quality in this case almost always goes together with the price, but it doesn't have to be very high to get decent one.

BTW I am waiting for my first order of kopi luwak;). Not sure if I'll like it, especially considering the "unique" process it's made:)

Food / Coffee in Poland: cheap and undrinkable / expensive and good [89]


- that's not even coffee! ;)


of course it does, but the right kind - they offer about a dozen variations, some for cafetera brewers, french press, some for drip machine. I use Lavazza, but why limit yourself to thisonly? There's a very good Illy, Vergnano, Zino Davidoff is good.

Also, for more tastes I recommend this shop where I found an expert in coffee and lots of different coffees which can be ground according to what you'll be using them in.

You can order online or in other cities then Krakow I guess.

Travel / Warsaw transport mobile phones app - iPhone/iPad/Nokia and travel apps [15]

Sure there is: m.jakdojade.pl

There is also a normal www for it and in English version too: warszawa.jakdojade.pl/?locale=en

Travel / Best clubs in Krakow? No tourist traps. [64]

Don't worry, you'll get in everywhere unless you'd be drunk or looking for trouble;)

Life / Could anyone tell me about any Polish bands that are/were popular. [17]

Coma is quite good

History / I want to meet Lech Walesa, can anyone help me? [29]


So does many other people. Write him a letter, maybe it'll work.
Incidentally, I will be meeting him on 3 Oct., not as my dream fullfilment though.

Law / 1 euro = 4,46637049 złotego polskiego [21]

Where did you get this from? It's 4.39 now.

Genealogy / Born in Poland, moved to US as a baby - What do i need to get a PL passport? [19]


I'm surprised you managed to get such - it is against the law act concerning Polish IDs and Population Register Act. And this ID without address would not be fully functional.

Genealogy / Born in Poland, moved to US as a baby - What do i need to get a PL passport? [19]

It is one link, of course! But it is the first also. Bear with me: after that (or even in the meantime, doesn't matter here) you go with your foreign passport to register your address. You can only do it for a period up to 3 months which gives you almost nothing. You do it anyway, and soon comes the decision that you are Polish. So you can prolong your registration of addres for period longer than 3 months (non-Polish citizens would have to show their residence card or registration of stay, but you've been just confirmed Polish, so you don't need it, right?). You register address and then the PESEL is being generated automatically because you shift the application duty to your local gmina and you don't care, just wait about 3-4 weeks and call them about your PESEL. Now, you have PESEL, registered address and you can apply for the rest of documents, especially dowod osobisty, in the meantime you can apply for passport if you show or even say that you don't have the other because you are in the progress of getting it... It works, I have done it.

Genealogy / Born in Poland, moved to US as a baby - What do i need to get a PL passport? [19]

Not really. I did such a thing. No PESEL, no documents, born in the US, with US passport, but Polish mother. And after this procedure it was clear that Polish nationality applies. It wouldn't make much sense if you couldne confirm your Polish citizenship if you don't have the document and numbers that you mentioned. In most cases people don't have them when they do it, that's why they do it...

Genealogy / Born in Poland, moved to US as a baby - What do i need to get a PL passport? [19]

Hi,

What you should do in these circumstaces is verify your citizenship. It is a fairly simple procedure done at your Urząd Wojewódzki. Costs 58 PLN and you wait about up to a month and it seems in your case you would be considered as Polish national according to the law. Then you can apply for a new passport and any other document.

Life / DOCTORS ( NFZ ) AND - PRESCRIPTIONS in Poland (Krakow) [5]

Hi Phil_C!


you can buy it without prescription but separately in two tablets, and rather 15mg codeine/tab.
In these circumstances it would be better not to combine them yourself but get a prescription. I know one doctor who can handle English but unfortunately the reception where you book a visit - doesn't.

My advice is: contact CM LIM or Luxmed where they speak English for sure.

CM LIM
Al. Słowackiego 64
30-004 Kraków

24-hour nationwide reservation:
PHONE [b]22 33 22 888[/b]

Reception desk:
Monday to Friday 07:00 a.m. - 08:00 p.m.
tel. +48 12 632 90 55, fax. +48 12 632 15 58

OR:

CM LIM - Rondo Business Park Complex
ul. Lublańska 38
31-476 Kraków

Reception desk:
Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 8.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.
tel. +48 12 290 32 72, fax. +48 12 290 31 90

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]

... and I guess better for your diet! ;)

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]

Best food and very attractive prices are in all the milk bars. These places are unique to Poland and offer rather traditional Polish food but always a very wide menu so ther's a chance to choose something and try some real Polish cusine. The only disadvantage is that the interiors and quality of those diners/bars is rather poor, but you can meet everyone there, form students, through blue and white collar, to drunks and dregs of society. Kinda interesting.

Travel / Any Hooters in Poland? [28]


Also present in Krakow, haven't been there though. It isn't anything like the Hooters?

Travel / Any Hooters in Poland? [28]


Krakow and Warsaw

Hooters: sadly, not.

Life / Buying or selling a laptop in Warsaw? [26]

Which is better then, according to your experience? I had Acer, Asus, Fujitsu-Siemens and used Toshiba for a while. Acer Aspire was very good, Asus at that time was even better, Siemens - worst crap ever, and Toshiba was good quality but I didn't like using it. I have Dell now and it seems the best of those.

Life / Buying or selling a laptop in Warsaw? [26]

Most computer shops offer Dell products, just google it.
Here's a few good stores and their websites: Vobis.pl, Komputronik.pl, Morele.net

Study / Is polish "tytul magistra" equivalent to Masters Degree in Computer Science [3]

Have you tried contacting them:
buwiwm.edu.pl


It seems they are not reliable. If you papers are fine, then they have no basis for this. I wouldn't do that.

Life / Popular web page with funny/stupid/short customer service stories in Polish [7]

Telephone customer service is well depicted in the series on Joe Monster (here's part 3):
joemonster.org/art/15198/Pracownicy_infolinii_latwo_nie_maja_III

Travel / Best way to get to Krakow Business Park? [27]


yes, if you look deep enough you can find offers in this range, but everything depends on the standard.