Life / Where can I buy cardboard boxes in Warsaw? I will be moving stuff from UK. [13]

Is it really a good idea to transport a baby in a cardboard box? The airline will let you take it free if it sits on your knee.

Work / Some cold, hard facts about teaching in Poland for newbies [101]


Actually you would be surprised at how badly EFL often pays in Spain and Germany and how well it can pay in Warsaw if you work for the right organisation.


Not that many do any more. Here in Warsaw there is a fraction of the number who were here 10 years' ago.

Of those who are here, some are here long term and own their home, are married with kids, partnered etc and have deep ties to Poland. Some of the Americans who come have Polish blood and want to create ties. There are also others who are teaching EFL as a means to an end - they have a Polish husband or wife who wants to live here but either lack the skills in Polish to do anything else or are unimpressed by the salary levels in other jobs. Others are just washed-up here, without the drive, money or qualifications to go somewhere better.

But having said that,m some are here because they genuinely like the place and/or the work.

Life / Is Lady Gaga popular in Poland? [47]


If you don't like that sort of music, you should stop buying her records.

Personally I can name 2 or 3 songs by Madonna and recognise the sound of a couple more - as for Lady Gaga, I understand she's an American singer who wore a dress made of meat as a pulicity stunt, but that's about it. Both of those singers oeuvres are easy to ignore - just go to bars that play classier music.

@Pol3, if you don't like popculture, just ignore it and don't get so worked up about it that you post bitter and frankly embarassing rants about it on the internet.

Language / CELTA assignment question - the form of "It suits you" and "It fits you" [23]

Present simple, 3rd person singular - not base form/infinitive.

Work / I am currently 75% through an on line TEFL course & moving to Krakow [35]


Move out of Krakow. It is the worst place to be if you're chasing work. Too many people in the same situation. Warsaw is a better bet, though on the whole Poland is not the place to be if you want to teach English and have no qualifications or experience. There are a few places called Callan Method 'schools' that might be your best bet - there are lists of them online.

Love / I need advice: divorce and my rights as a father in Poland [165]


In the Polish courts, anything can happen.

History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]


No, clearly you don't see. Or just prefer to ignore the fact that Poland's glory days were well before the Age of Empires, before modern warfare and even before the dawn of large scale literacy and modern record-keeping - never mind, perhaps you like to think that Poland stretched itself from the Baltic to the Black Sea by waving flowers at the residents of the area under their influence.

History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]


And Austria has killed far more people than Liechtenstein. See the correlation.


Exactly - Britain and Pland were never in anything like the same situation.


Mostly Americans who did that, actually.


Far fewer than you think, and certainly fewer than the other European powers.

Life / How do Polish people see homosexuality? [152]


Nobody needs your support or otherwise.


Man has legs - are cars wrong?

Love / American marrying Polish woman in Poland - Church problems [79]


That often happens


A few hundred

Classifieds / 'Silent Party' - Poznań [5]

Sounds like heaven - all nightclubs should be like that...

Love / American marrying Polish woman in Poland - Church problems [79]

Get a relative of your wife's to speak discreetly to the priest. He will know what to do, but it will cost.

Love / Do Polish men like to sleep with other men? [79]


So tell us then. What is what?


How I know it's quite common or how I should assure you?
:-)))

Love / Do Polish men like to sleep with other men? [79]


I can assure you it is very common - certainly more than you think. But the OP is indeed trolling. Though accusing someone of perfectly legal sexual practices is not an insult.

Love / Do Polish men like to sleep with other men? [79]

The second part is true - this thread is trolling. Your first sentence is nonsense though - there is nothing insulting or perjorative about same sex relations.

My twopennorth is that bisexuality (at least the practise of it) is a bit more common than in the Anglosphere, but not nearly as much as in, say, Italy or the Arab world.

News / Visegrad Battle Group under the command of Poland [261]


Sit down and have a nice cup of tea.

Travel / NOT COMING TO KRAKOW- KEEP IT! [30]


Do tell...

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BTW, this isn't particularly a Kraków expat site.

Language / The usage and future of the special Polish letters: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, ź (Polish language) [203]


In the long tern future yes. But not yet and Poland has been quite resolute in holding on to its language so far. As the immediate threats to that language which existed in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries vanish, there may well not be the motivation to hold onto every last detail.

Letters in the English language like 'thorn' etc disappeared after the introduction of printing, and 'ash' and 'ethel' within the last few decades - languages do change. I know a Pole in Warsaw (educated and a linguist) who never uses them.

Travel / Szczecin-Torun train [4]


Around 55zl. 85-ish for first class. The ones with IR (rather than TLK)over the picture of the train are a little cheaper, but there isn't much difference.


No. You wouldn't have a problem.

Study / Summer camp for English speaking kids in Poland? [30]


That sounds like a great idea, Dariusz. I wonder if any other countries do that.


That's one of the good points about both the British School in Sadyba and the American School in Powsinek - they have diplomats' kids from all over the world.

Study / Summer camp for English speaking kids in Poland? [30]


Yes - I can't open the link where I am, but it sounds like them. They've been around for a while and are respected. I've also come across the one you mentioned and heard nothing bad.

Study / Summer camp for English speaking kids in Poland? [30]

Dodgy. Even very.

Reads a bit like an advert, doesn't it. And someone that "just came to warsaw" then says "two camps in polish mountain and whole holiday daily camps" sounds a bit sus, don't they? I wonder why 'Nanncy' was 'at British Embassy' and how long The British Embassy has been leaving 'flyers' around? HM Ambassodor promoting products and services is 'such a relief'. ;-)

Wonder if 'they' have the same IP address....

Dodgier still if you do a quick internet search. This 'Nanncy' who 'thought she came across flyers' crops up elsewhere on the internet (including another thread here' promoting this increasingly dodgy sounding 'City Tennis Club'. But hey, maybe she really did 'come across flyers at british embassy'. Probably while trying to drop them off through the security gates.

One to avoid.

I wonder if they have those organisations' permission to use the logo?

BTW, chris.co.pl, Program and harctur all offer very well established summer camps for kids and have a good reputation.

News / Family Day in Poland [7]


You mean remaining unmarried? Hardly a fad - more a major demographic trend.


Equality?


Or a recipe for a Malthusian nightmare.

Travel / Advise on where to buy Warsaw metro tickets [9]


The first bit is true, about kiosks. The rest isn't. You can use the tickets on trams buses, WKD and SKM. They also sell 3 day tickets. If you want a 7 day ticket, many kiosks either run out or don't stock them. As Maaarysia said, there are also ticket machines now inside the station entrance which probably have instructions in English.

News / Dumbing-down in Polish schools and the Matura [185]


The what?


'Scholastically challenged' is a phrase I've never come across either during teacher training, in the classroom (when I was a Special Needs Teacher for 7 years) or since.

Interesting what you think of less able children - 'morons' is a nasty word that says more about you than about the children with special needs that you cruelly call 'morons'.

Given that you trumpet on ad nauseam about Christian values in other threads, perhaps you should check out what the bible says about the less able amongst us.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

One of the nicest places in Warsaw.

USA, Canada / What Polish Spirit would you bring back to the States? [13]

Miod Pitny's decent enough. If you want something different, why not a bottle of Siwucha and maybe a jarzebiak? The more upscale shops ofthen sell Starka - the stuff that's been buried in a barrel for years, but that is expensive.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Is it at Lazienki or Wilanow? The chain is intriguing...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Removing asbestos?