sobieski
8 Jun 2010
Travel / Driving lights in Poland [25]
Mr Sobieski is driving a VW Touran and feels quite comfortable with that one :)
Mr Sobieski is driving a VW Touran and feels quite comfortable with that one :)
sobieski
8 Jun 2010
News / Decoded talks inside Poland's president's plane are released in Internet [337]
Latest interesting development is that the Polish Air Force refused a Russian offer to add a Russian navigator to the crew, to faclilitate communications and operations.
I guess they were thinking he was a freemason, gay or Jewish - perhaps a combination?
Anyway I do not think it would have made a difference, LK still would have barged into the cockpit and forced them to land.
Latest interesting development is that the Polish Air Force refused a Russian offer to add a Russian navigator to the crew, to faclilitate communications and operations.
I guess they were thinking he was a freemason, gay or Jewish - perhaps a combination?
Anyway I do not think it would have made a difference, LK still would have barged into the cockpit and forced them to land.
sobieski
7 Jun 2010
Travel / Driving lights in Poland [25]
Great how people driving a BMW (or Mercedes) seem to think traffic regulations are made for everybody else, but it does not apply to them? I think it has to be universal. In my native Belgium they behave the same :)
Great how people driving a BMW (or Mercedes) seem to think traffic regulations are made for everybody else, but it does not apply to them? I think it has to be universal. In my native Belgium they behave the same :)
sobieski
6 Jun 2010
Travel / Public Transportation in Poland [30]
These days here in Warsaw the pondlife called illegal taxis seems to have somewhat disappeared in the airport. There are 3 official taxi corporations in the airport. All of them are reliable. MPT is owned by the city and you cannot do wring with them.
Check also this link:
warsawtour/en/warsaw-essentials/getting-around/taxis-1728.html
The unlicensed sharks can still be found around the old town very frequently.
As for public transport, I find it reliable, cheap and especially in the rush hour trams and metro bing you everywhere way faster than a car.
Ticket-selling machines are to be found almost on every corner now, and sometimes in the new buses and trams as well.
These days here in Warsaw the pondlife called illegal taxis seems to have somewhat disappeared in the airport. There are 3 official taxi corporations in the airport. All of them are reliable. MPT is owned by the city and you cannot do wring with them.
Check also this link:
When using taxis in Warsaw, it is strongly recommended that you only use taxis with the following: the symbol of Warsaw - a mermaid - on both front doors, yellow/red stripes affixed to the glass along the front doors, a number stuck to the side of the vehicle, a hologram with the license number and the vehicle's registration number on the upper right-hand corner of the front glass and a sticker with price information per kilometer that must be displayed on the glass of the right-hand side back door.
warsawtour/en/warsaw-essentials/getting-around/taxis-1728.html
The unlicensed sharks can still be found around the old town very frequently.
As for public transport, I find it reliable, cheap and especially in the rush hour trams and metro bing you everywhere way faster than a car.
Ticket-selling machines are to be found almost on every corner now, and sometimes in the new buses and trams as well.
sobieski
6 Jun 2010
Travel / WHAT TO WEAR END OF JUNE FIRST WEEKS OF JULY IN WARSAW [25]
If you buy you wardrobe in Warsaw, it will be the same to the one from home. Zara, Peek & Cloppenburg, H&M...you find them everywhere these days. Check any boutique here and try to find the 7 differences.
I agree that Polish girls dress really OK. Judging from my wife's wardrobe it comes to a cost though :)
That said and done, I wish you a pleasant trip.
even though clothing is on the expensive side, you may want to buy some wardrobe in PL to blend in better.. polish ladies are rather trendy.. it is europe after all.. also google some pictures of polish people and see what they wear..
If you buy you wardrobe in Warsaw, it will be the same to the one from home. Zara, Peek & Cloppenburg, H&M...you find them everywhere these days. Check any boutique here and try to find the 7 differences.
I agree that Polish girls dress really OK. Judging from my wife's wardrobe it comes to a cost though :)
That said and done, I wish you a pleasant trip.
sobieski
5 Jun 2010
Travel / Narrow-gauge railway into the Kampinos forest in Poland [9]
Did anybody already did this daytrip by train into the Kampinos forest?
Did anybody already did this daytrip by train into the Kampinos forest?
sobieski
4 Jun 2010
Law / How to register a new business in Poland [129]
Thanks everybody :). I already have a "friendly accountant". She is really cute by the way :)
Hope to get started latest end of June, will keep your guys posted.
Btw does it make a difference in this process if you are EU and have a KP na staly or not?
Concerning NIP - I have one, as every private taxpaying person in Poland has - but not a company one. Would it mean my "private" NIP would be transfered to my company, or will I get a completely new one?
Thanks everybody :). I already have a "friendly accountant". She is really cute by the way :)
Hope to get started latest end of June, will keep your guys posted.
Btw does it make a difference in this process if you are EU and have a KP na staly or not?
Concerning NIP - I have one, as every private taxpaying person in Poland has - but not a company one. Would it mean my "private" NIP would be transfered to my company, or will I get a completely new one?
sobieski
4 Jun 2010
Law / How to register a new business in Poland [129]
Merged:Opening my own, one-person company in Warsaw, Poland
I want to start my own one-person company here in Warsaw. How long would it approx. take to fullfill the formalities and what is the cost price for that?
I was thinking of following things to do
- Regon
- Nip (what comes first? I guess NIP ?)
Any other bureaucratic hurdles to overcome?
I already live six years here (EU citizen, pobyt na stale) but this company stuff is new to me..
Merged:Opening my own, one-person company in Warsaw, Poland
I want to start my own one-person company here in Warsaw. How long would it approx. take to fullfill the formalities and what is the cost price for that?
I was thinking of following things to do
- Regon
- Nip (what comes first? I guess NIP ?)
Any other bureaucratic hurdles to overcome?
I already live six years here (EU citizen, pobyt na stale) but this company stuff is new to me..
sobieski
29 May 2010
History / Miracle of the Vistula 80th anniversary? [56]
What irritates sometimes with the Poles is exactly what was written in the original posting.
That they, and they alone, managed almost all decisive battles in world history.
Battle of Britain - yes of course they were fighting valiantly but NO they did not single-handely won the battle.
Monte Cassino - nobody will dispute the bravery of the Polish troops, but before they attacked, French units already distracted key German forces.
It has to be a Polish Calimero complex I think.
What irritates sometimes with the Poles is exactly what was written in the original posting.
That they, and they alone, managed almost all decisive battles in world history.
Battle of Britain - yes of course they were fighting valiantly but NO they did not single-handely won the battle.
Monte Cassino - nobody will dispute the bravery of the Polish troops, but before they attacked, French units already distracted key German forces.
It has to be a Polish Calimero complex I think.
sobieski
28 May 2010
History / Miracle of the Vistula 80th anniversary? [56]
It was part of the process. If there would not have been Gorbashov who allowed it to happen (and ordered the Red Army to stay in its barracks in 1989) it could have been completely otherwise. Do not think NATO would have lifted one finger to help you.
The Solidarity revolution
It was part of the process. If there would not have been Gorbashov who allowed it to happen (and ordered the Red Army to stay in its barracks in 1989) it could have been completely otherwise. Do not think NATO would have lifted one finger to help you.
sobieski
28 May 2010
History / Miracle of the Vistula 80th anniversary? [56]
Also Pilsudski first badly overreached himself with getting too deep in the Ukraine, and getting into alliance with Petliura, after which the Polish army was almost destroyed. And after the Vistula battle, with the Red Army (or rather what was left of it) retreating as fast as they could, he refused to make a pact with the Whites. They could have together destroyed the Red Army.
Also Pilsudski first badly overreached himself with getting too deep in the Ukraine, and getting into alliance with Petliura, after which the Polish army was almost destroyed. And after the Vistula battle, with the Red Army (or rather what was left of it) retreating as fast as they could, he refused to make a pact with the Whites. They could have together destroyed the Red Army.
sobieski
27 May 2010
Law / I got an EU permanent residence permit and it is a flimsy piece of paper [26]
Welll...I still have my Belgian driving licence, so that will not do... I do not want carry my passport with me everywhere all the time, knowing myself I might loose it one day for sure.
Also have my Belgian ID-card. Which is perfectly acceptable in the airport, but any other official in Poland treats it with suspicion... Could be my photo though :)
Welll...I still have my Belgian driving licence, so that will not do... I do not want carry my passport with me everywhere all the time, knowing myself I might loose it one day for sure.
Also have my Belgian ID-card. Which is perfectly acceptable in the airport, but any other official in Poland treats it with suspicion... Could be my photo though :)
sobieski
26 May 2010
Law / I got an EU permanent residence permit and it is a flimsy piece of paper [26]
Well...Last year my 5-year Karta Pobytu for EU citizens expired and I got a permanent residence permit for EU citizens. The document itself is a flimsy piece of paper, which does not fit in any wallet and I am supposed to carry it with me for 10 years (automatically renewable). Really frustrating - my previous KP was at least on CC size.
And where to buy here in Warsaw a cover to put it in....
Help.
Well...Last year my 5-year Karta Pobytu for EU citizens expired and I got a permanent residence permit for EU citizens. The document itself is a flimsy piece of paper, which does not fit in any wallet and I am supposed to carry it with me for 10 years (automatically renewable). Really frustrating - my previous KP was at least on CC size.
And where to buy here in Warsaw a cover to put it in....
Help.
sobieski
25 May 2010
Life / POLISH TEENAGERS TURN TO PROSTITUTION... [77]
The fact there are more "tirowki" visible can easibly be attributed to the weather. Selling yourself on subzero temperatures...Not an option. Most of them actually are gypsies here in Poland, Bulgarian or Romanian origin as far as I know. Nothing to do with the end of Christian civilisation or something like that. Rather with the perverts buying these poor girls' "services".
Same guys who later vote PIS and go to church faithfully every week.
That said, I mean you have to be really desperate to have sex with an unwashed girl on the backseat of your Merc and later say hello to your family?
There was a great roadside poster about this last year (maybe somebody can find and post it). Something like "Fun for 20 (?) USD and HIV gratis".
The fact there are more "tirowki" visible can easibly be attributed to the weather. Selling yourself on subzero temperatures...Not an option. Most of them actually are gypsies here in Poland, Bulgarian or Romanian origin as far as I know. Nothing to do with the end of Christian civilisation or something like that. Rather with the perverts buying these poor girls' "services".
Same guys who later vote PIS and go to church faithfully every week.
That said, I mean you have to be really desperate to have sex with an unwashed girl on the backseat of your Merc and later say hello to your family?
There was a great roadside poster about this last year (maybe somebody can find and post it). Something like "Fun for 20 (?) USD and HIV gratis".
sobieski
25 May 2010
sobieski
18 Apr 2010
News / Poland back to reality after Sunday ? [30]
I feel very sorry for Marta Kaczyńska. And even more so for her daughter. She lost her parents in such a dreadful accident. In no time her evil uncle JK will also use her in the coming elections.
By the way - as I remember - she got divorced from a quintessential PIS guy (deftly silenced by all Polish media - even the normal ones) and got married again to a left-wing guy?
Actually SLD I think... ?
I feel very sorry for Marta Kaczyńska. And even more so for her daughter. She lost her parents in such a dreadful accident. In no time her evil uncle JK will also use her in the coming elections.
By the way - as I remember - she got divorced from a quintessential PIS guy (deftly silenced by all Polish media - even the normal ones) and got married again to a left-wing guy?
Actually SLD I think... ?
sobieski
18 Apr 2010
News / Poland back to reality after Sunday ? [30]
Went today for a walk in Warsaw Old Town. Cobalt-blue sky...sunshine... People enjoying the first real warm spring weekend... strolling...
Life is returning to the country. Enough of this artificially-prolonged time of national mourning.
I see this also between colleagues and friends. They get weary of yet another day of organised mourning. Of yet another day of soulless TV transmission.
Went today for a walk in Warsaw Old Town. Cobalt-blue sky...sunshine... People enjoying the first real warm spring weekend... strolling...
Life is returning to the country. Enough of this artificially-prolonged time of national mourning.
I see this also between colleagues and friends. They get weary of yet another day of organised mourning. Of yet another day of soulless TV transmission.
sobieski
17 Apr 2010
News / Poland back to reality after Sunday ? [30]
No he was not and he is not. He was elected by a small majority. Without the Smoleńsk tragedy he would have been soundly defeated in the elections.
Not the president of all Poles
No he was not and he is not. He was elected by a small majority. Without the Smoleńsk tragedy he would have been soundly defeated in the elections.
sobieski
16 Apr 2010
News / Poland back to reality after Sunday ? [30]
I think that after Sunday - if Iceland will not be the big spoiler -, the country will wake up from this mass psychosis.
- Yes L.K. was as a person a very decent human being. Not tainted by corruption. Not tainted by anti-Semitism. An honest guy.
And his wife even more so. I think the best compliment for her was when that rat Rydzyk compared her to a cesspit. May he burn in hell forever.
But at the same time he was a very bad president. Not the president of all Poles but only a support of the evil genius JK.
- The country will soon realize when the current paranoia has ceded - LK will not be declared a saint - that PIS will use Smoleńsk as a weapon forever
- It has been an overexposure the last week and I think it has to stop slowly. Of course PIS exploits this to a maximum degree, they had never any shame. But how long a national mourning can go on? Face the facts.
Life goes on.
I think that after Sunday - if Iceland will not be the big spoiler -, the country will wake up from this mass psychosis.
- Yes L.K. was as a person a very decent human being. Not tainted by corruption. Not tainted by anti-Semitism. An honest guy.
And his wife even more so. I think the best compliment for her was when that rat Rydzyk compared her to a cesspit. May he burn in hell forever.
But at the same time he was a very bad president. Not the president of all Poles but only a support of the evil genius JK.
- The country will soon realize when the current paranoia has ceded - LK will not be declared a saint - that PIS will use Smoleńsk as a weapon forever
- It has been an overexposure the last week and I think it has to stop slowly. Of course PIS exploits this to a maximum degree, they had never any shame. But how long a national mourning can go on? Face the facts.
Life goes on.
sobieski
16 Apr 2010
News / The sale and drinking of alcohol has been banned in Warsaw and Krakow on weekends! [30]
Not really... Have to work tomorrow anyway...
I just wonder why they do this prohibition thing. Does it give an added value?
I think it is just plain silly. So until 18:00 you cannot buy a beer. At 18:01 all the taps are open and you can. Strange.
Not really... Have to work tomorrow anyway...
I just wonder why they do this prohibition thing. Does it give an added value?
I think it is just plain silly. So until 18:00 you cannot buy a beer. At 18:01 all the taps are open and you can. Strange.
sobieski
16 Apr 2010
News / The sale and drinking of alcohol has been banned in Warsaw and Krakow on weekends! [30]
Merged:Prohibition in Warsaw and Kraków
Here in Poland they have this very strange custom...If the pope comes here / dies...If like now LK will be buried... they think a prohibition is necessary... What is the relation between not being able to buy a beer in my local pub on a Saturday afternoon...and the fact that a remembrance service is going on?
And what is even more mysterious, is the fact that it is valid until 18:00 hrs tomorrow.
Where is the logic and the sense in that?
Merged:Prohibition in Warsaw and Kraków
Here in Poland they have this very strange custom...If the pope comes here / dies...If like now LK will be buried... they think a prohibition is necessary... What is the relation between not being able to buy a beer in my local pub on a Saturday afternoon...and the fact that a remembrance service is going on?
And what is even more mysterious, is the fact that it is valid until 18:00 hrs tomorrow.
Where is the logic and the sense in that?
sobieski
16 Apr 2010
News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]
It is really pathetic how all concerned parties - Cardinal Dziwisz, that perfidious JK, PIS, the family - all point the finger at each other. "No it was not my idea, the other guy decided it"
For me it is very acceptable that the evil genius JK in a true Machiavellian way orchestrated this. A perfect start for the new election campaign.
The arrogance - to compare themselves with Piłsudski.
Good that that volcano put a stick in their propaganda campaign. Most likely PO together with Putin managed that eruption :)
It is really pathetic how all concerned parties - Cardinal Dziwisz, that perfidious JK, PIS, the family - all point the finger at each other. "No it was not my idea, the other guy decided it"
For me it is very acceptable that the evil genius JK in a true Machiavellian way orchestrated this. A perfect start for the new election campaign.
The arrogance - to compare themselves with Piłsudski.
Good that that volcano put a stick in their propaganda campaign. Most likely PO together with Putin managed that eruption :)
sobieski
15 Apr 2010
News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]
It has to be the Russians, the Jews or the Freemasons (or maybe PO ?) who made the volcano to wake up :)
It has to be the Russians, the Jews or the Freemasons (or maybe PO ?) who made the volcano to wake up :)
sobieski
13 Apr 2010
News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]
Apr 13, 10, 22:37 - Thread attached on merging:
LK buried in Wawel?
Until now the Smolensk tragedy was handled in a neutral bi-partisan (and completely un-Polish way). Although I know from many friends and colleagues at work and friends they are astonished how the worst Polish president in living memories has been turned into a saint, just because his plane crashed. But in the present climate telling this in public amounts to suicide.
But now somebody (presumably his horrid brother JK) managed to arrange he will be buried in the Wawel crypt. Even worse, next to Piłsudski? That is such a scandal. I think the Field Marshal will turn in his grave - His Sanacja multicultural patriotism is for sure diametrical to the Endacja narrow-minded nationalism adhered by the Lunar Twins.
It looks to me JK is using two dead bodies to start the Presidential elections.
I am surprised though Cardinal Dziwisz agreed to that. Though his comments on TV were not all that happy.
Apr 13, 10, 22:37 - Thread attached on merging:
LK buried in Wawel?
Until now the Smolensk tragedy was handled in a neutral bi-partisan (and completely un-Polish way). Although I know from many friends and colleagues at work and friends they are astonished how the worst Polish president in living memories has been turned into a saint, just because his plane crashed. But in the present climate telling this in public amounts to suicide.
But now somebody (presumably his horrid brother JK) managed to arrange he will be buried in the Wawel crypt. Even worse, next to Piłsudski? That is such a scandal. I think the Field Marshal will turn in his grave - His Sanacja multicultural patriotism is for sure diametrical to the Endacja narrow-minded nationalism adhered by the Lunar Twins.
It looks to me JK is using two dead bodies to start the Presidential elections.
I am surprised though Cardinal Dziwisz agreed to that. Though his comments on TV were not all that happy.
sobieski
14 Mar 2010
News / Did you know that Polish army is the weakest in Central Europe?.. [150]
You mean like these antique C-130's Poland "got" from the US? And what about the technical problems these F-16's suffered until now - including emergency landings when ferrying them to Poland?
As far as our military is concerned i dont give a sh*t about european industry, we're relatively poor so if we have to cough up so much money its better to pay for the best quality available for the price, in this case F-16s were the best our money could buy.
You mean like these antique C-130's Poland "got" from the US? And what about the technical problems these F-16's suffered until now - including emergency landings when ferrying them to Poland?
sobieski
1 Feb 2010
USA, Canada / Traveling from US to Poland with maiden name in my passport and renewing it there [16]
As on the US border most foreigners are shot on sight, or treated as criminals and sent to KZ Guantanamo....fend for your life....
As on the US border most foreigners are shot on sight, or treated as criminals and sent to KZ Guantanamo....fend for your life....
sobieski
25 Nov 2009
Law / Stała Karta Pobytu and how to protect it in Poland [11]
Every time I go to Medicover for example, I need it.
It is not by the way a EU residence card (That is meant for non-EU citizens). It is a permanent residence card. (Actually the front page says this literally) but the card itself is valid for 10 years, automatically renewable.
Every time I go to Medicover for example, I need it.
It is not by the way a EU residence card (That is meant for non-EU citizens). It is a permanent residence card. (Actually the front page says this literally) but the card itself is valid for 10 years, automatically renewable.
sobieski
24 Nov 2009
Law / Stała Karta Pobytu and how to protect it in Poland [11]
I got a few weeks ago my Stała Karta Pobytu (for EU citizens) and well.... one big disappointment... it is basically a flimsy piece of paper, God knows how that will last the coming years.
I already know you are not allowed to put self-adhesive plastic around it.... but where to buy a decent cover for it? A friend of mine has a passport-sized cover for it (even looks as a passport).
Suggestions, anyone?
I got a few weeks ago my Stała Karta Pobytu (for EU citizens) and well.... one big disappointment... it is basically a flimsy piece of paper, God knows how that will last the coming years.
I already know you are not allowed to put self-adhesive plastic around it.... but where to buy a decent cover for it? A friend of mine has a passport-sized cover for it (even looks as a passport).
Suggestions, anyone?
sobieski
14 Jun 2009
Travel / First Impressions About Warsaw & A small guide [7]
Upmarket supermarkets in Warsaw are Bomi, Alma, Piotr i Paweł and Mini-Europa.
You pay close to Western European prices, but the quality is imcomparable higher compared to C4.
Any suggestion for a better supermarket would be helpful.
Upmarket supermarkets in Warsaw are Bomi, Alma, Piotr i Paweł and Mini-Europa.
You pay close to Western European prices, but the quality is imcomparable higher compared to C4.
sobieski
25 May 2009
Travel / Live Music / Festival in Warsaw? [26]
You mean the home country of Mc Donald's and George Bush has the monopoly on decent music ?
Please explain... ?
I'm american. no eurocrap for me. :)
You mean the home country of Mc Donald's and George Bush has the monopoly on decent music ?
Please explain... ?