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norlou   
12 Oct 2010
Life / From UK, finding my feet in Warsaw, Poland. [20]

Hello everyone, I would like a little advice and info if that is ok. I have 1 million questions but i will try to stick to just a few for now lol.

I am very new to Poland...flew in last saturday from uk with my Polish boyfriend but he had to leave me the next day due to work commitments :( I am feeling very much like an Alien at the minute. So far i have mastered the Warsaw Metro system...Found Tesco and done some shopping (yey lol) Decided which bank i would like to open an account with ( thanks to you lovely people on here)

I need to know where would be best to improve my Polish language? boyfriend is no good to teach me ( i am fluent in polski swearing and filth ha ha) but i need to learn properly, i only know basic.

Are there any UK companies here? i need work and the lack of polish language is going to hold me back with polish companies.

Are there any shops here like Peacocks/Primark in the uk? I have seen tk maxx here. Are there any others you can recommend to me for reasonably/cheap prices..especially for underwear/ footwear.

Thankyou
Donna
norlou   
14 Oct 2010
Life / From UK, finding my feet in Warsaw, Poland. [20]

Thankyou all very much for your replies. I really appreciate it :)
I am finding people here in my area very helpful and patient with me..while i make a shambles of their language ha ha... as soon as i say Nie rozumiem or Nie Polski, jestem angielskie..they have been great and help me how they can, some have spoke English to me. I understand a lot more than i can speak. Its so hard, lots of different ways to say one word depending on with whom you are speaking!!!! but at the moment i am not concerned with that, i just want to learn the words, the rest can come later.

I am learning online and watch polish tv but i think i am best just throwing myself in there and keep trying..much to the amusement of the poles, im sure:)

Boyfriend will have to start helping me...not just what he wants to hear ha ha.
I am sure i will have many more questions for you all, thanks again
Donna x
norlou   
14 Oct 2010
Life / Pay as you go sim working in Poland? [6]

Another question...i need quick answer for please.
My mobile not working here...it has picked up ERA here.
Can i buy a pay as u go simcard here, top it up and use straight away. Im alone at the moment and want to text Boyfriends mum here in poland.

If yes where can i get one as i want it now...tesco?
norlou   
14 Oct 2010
Life / Pay as you go sim working in Poland? [6]

Thanks..i just pm u, i didnt realise you had answered here.
Right im off to Tesco now to go get one...Im sure if i flutter my eyes at the Tech man in there or look all flummoxed he will help me....I have noticed this the last few days..if i look like a damsel in distress the polish men help me lol

Thanks for your help x
norlou   
14 Oct 2010
Life / Pay as you go sim working in Poland? [6]

a dumb Angol with no clue...

Lmao...i couldnt feel more like one if i tried :)
Im just hoping Boyfriend can come back soon..will make things a little more easier for my first few weeks here...The things we do for love eh? lol
norlou   
16 Oct 2010
Life / From UK, finding my feet in Warsaw, Poland. [20]

You are a brave girl Donna.

Crazy, nuts and god damn determined too :)

Thanks Dom ;) where u from in uk?

Ahhh boyfriend has returned :) :) my life is a little easier now.... Just had a nice nite out in Imielin...kind of...first part great..watchin the football with a few pints in starlight bar...second part...DO NOT...i will say again..DO NOT go and see Pirahna at the cinema..OMG i wasted an hour of my life in multikino....boyfriends fault!!! he wanted to go see it because it was 3d... I told him it would be shi** but he wouldnt listen lol...we both had enough after one hr and left.
norlou   
22 Oct 2010
Life / Where to buy some recreational stuff like... bongs for smoking "herbs" in Poland? [20]

If you get off the metro in central warsaw there is like a market underground...there is a shop in there that sells bongs...me and BF were looking the other day. Sorry i cant be more specific but my sense of direction is crap lol and its like a bloody maze down there.....i remem there was a sex shop quite near to it lol
norlou   
20 Nov 2010
Life / From UK, finding my feet in Warsaw, Poland. [20]

Thanks Bee,
yeah im finding everything ok...not too many problems as of yet, i know that shoe shop....uk has some stores here, one being in my home town. I quite like TK maxx but have not really looked properly. I love the shops underground in Warsaw central too...Ooo lots of bargains ha ha.

Food is not such a big deal...i love polish kitchen! the one thing i miss is hard cheese (cheddar) have tried a few kinds here but not the same.

Oo just thought of another...coleslaw lol i will have to visit M&S food department :)

Donna