Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Zagłębie (Dąbrowskie) I presume, but... aaaaaaaa, this makes no sense because those colours aren't associated with Zagłębie :/

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Pawian you rotter, I can't figure out that Legia mural at all :( I even asked some kids today and none of them knew!

Work / A job at a real estate agent vacancy in Wroclaw [22]


However, on personal experience recently, Polish real estate agents simply don't know how to sell. No-one follows up, or bothers to put any effort in, and that's on a property significantly bigger than some shoebox in a communist block in Warsaw next to a strip club.

Work / A job at a real estate agent vacancy in Wroclaw [22]

I've got a very good lead for you. PM.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I managed (once!) to get funding for a trip to the UK. That was quite nice, because the kids got a chance to stay with British host families and to use English for real. It's a huge shame with Brexit that it probably won't be repeated. Ireland is still on the cards, but the UK just has so many more possibilities.

Food / American baking products (bread, shortening, etc) [19]


It's hugely diverse as well, isn't it?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I think you don't understand how Polish schools work, so it would be wise to refrain from commenting on them.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I HATE YOU.

I'm immensely enjoying this riddle and yet I'm cursing you for how devious it is ;)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I've searched well beyond the first page!

Bah...you will not win this one ;) ZKS Olimpia Elbląg :) But I only win this one when I can answer you as to the reason for their friendship...

edit: Got it, I think - Olimpia Elbląg have some feud against Arka Gdynia, who are friends with Lech Poznań. As a result, they seem to have developed a friendship with Legia Warszawa as part of the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" philosophy of Polish football alliances.

Food / American baking products (bread, shortening, etc) [19]


Waffle House is fascinating to me as a business, especially the way that they just keep on going. Natural disaster? No worries, Waffle House will be open!

I'd like to try their version of hash browns, just because it looks so completely different to anything I know.

News / Polish Airline LOT has the biggest fleet of 737-8MAX in continental Europe..grounded [18]

Lobbying and corruption is your answer.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Damn you Pawian, this is a good and enjoyable riddle ;)

I know that Legia are more than just a football team, but where's the connection here? I will find it!

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

hmm...who could it be?

I found a reference to "Związkowy Klub Strzelecki" in Warsaw, and I found some link between them and the Legia shooting club, so maybe this was in some Varsovian suburb?

Food / American baking products (bread, shortening, etc) [19]


I still can't understand that Americans don't understand a good fried breakfast :(


I promise one day to go south of the Mason-Dixon Line and try for myself!

Speaking of American food, I watched this entire video a few weeks ago - youtube.com/watch?v=rY32voilw_A - and what surprised me was that hash browns are something completely different there.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Tarnów, I think, if I remember my obscure football alliances correctly.

Food / American baking products (bread, shortening, etc) [19]


Blurgh, there's a reason for that! Biscuits and gravy looks to be completely inedible and revolting, not to mention those horrid-looking grits.

News / Polish Airline LOT has the biggest fleet of 737-8MAX in continental Europe..grounded [18]


Have you seen this article?
seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/

Can't argue with your post at all. The 737-Max 8 was just a step way too far, all because Boeing were trying to copy the Airbus philosophy of having commonality in the A320 family when the 737-Max 8 was clearly not the same plane as the classic 737 family.

You've forgotten to add that 3 (I think...?) of the 787's belonging to LOT are also parked because of engine issues. LOT are essentially having to lease planes at a high cost just to cover flights, which means they're going to sustain astronomic losses.

Life / Is it safe for Indians, Sikhs living here in Poland? Any Temple / Gurudwara in Wroclaw? [159]


Judging by the stuff posted this weekend, you're bang on the money. The only interesting thing is that they've all got one thing in common - none of them live in Poland.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Did someone fail school, perhaps?

It's such a shame that you don't participate in the spirit of this thread.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Is it done in every school?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


You haven't seen the awful JPII one? ;)

google.com/maps/place/Garden+of+John+Paul+II/@49.8693514,19.4016929,1013m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47168586d2964be9:0xbe02daa960384a0c!8m2!3d49.869348!4d19.406057

It's a huge tourist trap and moneyspinner. The guy who owns it has made a fortune from pilgrimages!

Life / What do decent Poles think about true rightists ? [148]


Let's go further and revoke the vote from anyone with an IQ lower than 5-10% below the average. After all, why should uninformed voters be able to influence the country?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Aha, 20 years of bilingual classes?


Grr, what could it be? A graduation ceremony?

Life / What do decent Poles think about true rightists ? [148]


In fairness, it's a struggle to understand what his argument is. As far as I can gather, his diatribes seem to focus on some sort of mythical Pole that lives in North America and retains "real" Poland, while actual Polish people that speak Polish are somehow "Soviet fakes".

It's obviously a case of insecurity ;)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


The first one, I've never seen before. Some sort of pasowanie na gimnazjalistę, perhaps?

Second one looks like a cake to celebrate 20 years of teaching English, either in the school or for the teacher.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Students are only at universities in my opinion, though there's a move in England towards calling secondary school kids students as well. From what I can gather, the use of "students" originates in the grand old schools like Eton, which is possibly one reason why American English uses it so widely?

In Scotland, pupils is normal for both primary and secondary schools. So, blame my education ;)

Life / What do decent Poles think about true rightists ? [148]


No, Pawian. Don't you enjoy his lengthy diatribes that no-one is actually reading except himself?

As an incel, he has nothing else to do with his time anyway.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I don't know, best moustache in local government perhaps? ;)

No, seriously speaking, isn't that just a display of trophies that were won by pupils in school?

Life / English family in Wroclaw! [70]


How old are your daughters / what are your plans for school for them?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Looks like a cupboard in the local urząd gminy, but what do I know? ;)