Study / When will Polish schools start to recruit for September 2011? [23]

Sorry... I didn't make it clear... I mean recruitment for teachers not for pupils. Thank you for the link though.

Any ideas for teachers?

Thanks
Jars

Study / When will Polish schools start to recruit for September 2011? [23]

@Ajb: Thank you for your reply. Do you think it will be ok to phone the international schools even if we can only speak English?

Thanks
Jars

Study / When will Polish schools start to recruit for September 2011? [23]

Thank you for the replies.

It is actually my husband. He is a qualified teacher + TEFL and has been teaching in the UK for 9 years. We don't speak any Polish at present time. A friend of ours (also British) got a job at a private British high school.

Is it really that bad as a teacher in Poland? Would you earn more as a private teacher at a language school?

Thanks
Jars

Polonia / What are social and cultural occupations of Poles in Germany ? [30]

From a German perspective I had to learn to other day that the Dutch have a similar joke about Germans stealing their bikes... So it goes from west to east--- Dutch bike to Germany, German car to Poland.... Anything going from Poland to Russia? :-)

Study / When will Polish schools start to recruit for September 2011? [23]

Gosh.. thank you for your replies. Will look at language schools then.


I believe there are international schools in Gdansk, as examples

- The New: International School of Gdansk
- World school

Study / When will Polish schools start to recruit for September 2011? [23]

Hi there

Has anyone got any recommendations for language schools, international schools or state schools in the Tri-City area? We could do with some help as we aren't getting any replies.

Thanks

Study / When will Polish schools start to recruit for September 2011? [23]

Thank you for your reply.... sorry if I annoyed you with my comment. Was not my intention.

So, is there any school in the Tri-City area that you can honestly recommend or are you basically telling me to give up on English teaching in the Tri-City area?

Thanks

Life / Moving to Poland - When to get Left-hand-drive [10]

Thank you... but what will be better in terms of money?

Life / Moving to Poland - When to get Left-hand-drive [10]

Thanks all. We will try and look for a LHD (steering wheel is located on the left-hand side of the vehicle) in the UK.

@delphiandomine: Nope, my husband is British and I am German.

UK, Ireland / Culture shock (my neighbours in the UK are Polish and Slovak) [88]


Hi there.... I can give you another European (by the way England is Europe too... always amuses me. Sorry!) example. I am German and I am married to an Englishman. When he first visited my home town in Germany he asked me for the translation of: "Nice to meet you". Totally oblivious to the culture difference I told him the German phrase. He kept saying it to people and they hardly ever replied or just nodded which made him felt awkward. It then dawned on me that Germans do not say this at the time of introduction... because they don't know yet if it is nice to meet you... Germans might say this after spending an evening together with someone... It was nice to have met you... but not before.

The English are suuuper friendly and always worried to offend someone... if I may say this, without wanting to offend... it is often slightly over the top and maybe sometimes not true. Superficial.

So... I cannot speak for the Polish but I am assuming that it might be similar/the same.

Don't expect them to say the whole Excuse me, please, would you, could you.... which are so embedded in the English language/culture. It might not be part of their culture and if they haven't been in the country for long or haven't mixed with British people, then how should they know?!

Hope this explains it a little.

UK, Ireland / Culture shock (my neighbours in the UK are Polish and Slovak) [88]

Germans say "Angenehm" which is the same as miło mi... but it is slightly less binding that "nice to meet you".

Germans are just a little bit more hesitant to overwhelm someone with superficial friendliness. My experience with Polish people is similar...

UK, Ireland / Culture shock (my neighbours in the UK are Polish and Slovak) [88]


Yes I agree... and a lot more straight forward I think. Why use too many different words/phrases. :-)


Oh yes... After 7 years of living in the UK I have adapted quite a few of those. My mum always gets a bit annoyed if I ask if I can have hey car and she says yes and I then ask again "Are you sure?". She said yes and meant

it, why ask again?!
I hope I can adjust again quickly when moving to Poland. :-)

Food / What a typical Polish family eats. How do they prepare food and who cooks at home? [37]

Can I ask another question along the topic line? Traditionally in Germany we would eat bread and all sorts of cold meat, cheese, salads (i.e. meat salad) from the butchers in the evening and the main (hot) meal would be had at lunch time. Obviously we more and more people working the main meal gets now eaten in the evening. But the British sandwich culture for lunch is not really done in Germany either..

sorry if this is hijacking the topic slightly.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I had to laugh and I am from Germany, so might be German sense of humour..... Did the person not mean "blow a raspberry" instead of actually farting? :-)

UK, Ireland / Moving cost from UK to Poland (Gdansk) - Anyone heard of IMove International? [16]

Nope, I am German and my husband is British. :-)

UK, Ireland / Moving cost from UK to Poland (Gdansk) - Anyone heard of IMove International? [16]

Hi guys

Wooohooo. What a lovely debate. :-)!

The guy from the company actually admited his error. He initially quoted me for 156 cu ft and not for a container. When I then asked him further questions he got himself confused and went from road to shipping. So he is now going away to check his pricing again. Haven't heard anything since. I don't need a container anyway but I think 156 cu ft might be a little tight even if I leave my corner sofa and white goods behind. I am only planning to take our king size bed incl. matress and possible a sofa bed + personal stuff etc. So nothing to fill an entire container! :-)

But maybe the new rail freight will make it slighly cheaper. Will get a quote from DB Schenker.

Thanks guys.... and I don't want to put any coles in the fire but I am acutally really excited about moving to Poland. So, no negative feelings here!

Work / Working from Poland for company abroad or being employed locally better? [6]

Merged: Being employed in the UK but living in Poland - Possible/Allowed?

Good morning.

Does anyone know if it would be possible to be employed by a company in the UK and pay taxes etc. in the UK but live in Poland? I looked into working for a German company but living in the UK at some point and I was told that it is not possible as you have to live in Germany for at least 90 days per year (or something like that). Is there a different rule for the UK?

Thanks
Jars

Merged: Which employment law - Working for UK company, living in Poland

Hi all

Does anyone know which employment law I would fall under if I would work for a UK company but live in Poland. So work remotely. Would I still fall under UK law or would I then fall under Polish law. Which one is more relaxed/strict?

Hope anyone can share some thoughts/experience/knowledge.

Thanks
Jars

Law / Taxes (and national insurance contribution) for self-employment in Poland? [11]

I'm German. What is the percentage on tax? How does it change where I'm from what to pay for health insurance?

Law / Social money exchange services in Poland? [5]

Ok Thanks a lot. I will just be hammered with FX rate losses every single month and trying to work out the best alternative.
Cheers.

Law / Banking in Poland - foreign currency? [14]

@Jacus: Because we will be living in Poland and all bills (rent etc) will have to be paid from a Polish bank account. Thank you... will explore Western union. Paypal gives bad FX rates too.

Thanks
Jars

Law / Banking in Poland - foreign currency? [14]

I am not sure if people understand. I cannot wait to exchange when the rate is favourable... I need the money in Polish Zloty as it is our main income every month and we have to pay our rent and bills with it.

As example: We paid 1231 PLN to a hotel with our debit card in June and got the FX rate of 4.314 from our bank but the actual rate was 4.4378 which makes 8 Pounds difference plus a 3 Pounds foreign usage charge.

That's 10 Pounds loss. And this is a small-ish amount of money. If we sum that up to a bigger amount (which my salary will hopefully be! :-)!) we are talking quite a bit of loss EVERY month!

Law / Banking in Poland - foreign currency? [14]

Hmmm... I suppose I am stuck then. I might give the Walutomat.pl a shot with smaller amounts. This FX rate business sucks!