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Speaks Polish?: A bit. I speak Russian as well.

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Taisiya   
24 Jun 2014
Travel / Person with Polish/Russian heritage - first time going to Poland [11]

I am planning to go to Poland in September for about 9 days and it is my first time actually going to Europe and with my husband. I'm from Canada but my parents are Polish and Russian but they weren't born there so they can't give me any advice unfortunately but I do speak Russian pretty good (conversant and learned to read) and I am working on learning Polish. I really want to Gdansk, Sopot and also make my way over to Krakow. Warsaw would be nice to but I am worried all that travel might make it limiting. I also don't want to feel like I am in transit but experiencing the culture and exploring the indoors/outdoors including enjoying the baltic sea. Any insights would be very appreciated! I'm wondering if knowing Russian will help or if I should just speak english.
Taisiya   
1 Jul 2014
Travel / Person with Polish/Russian heritage - first time going to Poland [11]

Thanks so much everyone for the great ideas!!! I am now learning Polish and started to listen to some music too (mela koteluk, Artur Rojek), which I find helps a lot as I learn the song and study the translation. Some very similar words in Russian (daleko, blysko, gde, dobranoc, etc but need to learn how to read) so at least I can sometimes get the gist of what someone is saying sometimes (in case I speak to a non-english speaker). I'm now planning to go to Krakow during the week ;) and then take the train to Warsaw for a night and then head over to Gdansk and visit sopot (day bike ride over) and hel. I'm hoping I can still take a ferry to hel. I'd like to go to the salt mine that has the church and do some sight seeing in Krakow too. I think the trip to auschwitz would be way too difficult for me. I am a coffee addict and really like the idea of watching locals go about their days.
Taisiya   
1 Jul 2014
Language / Listening to music and learning Polish [45]

Merged: Suggestions for Polish Pop/Rock Music to listen to ( I am learning Polish )

I'm now learning Polish through Podcasts but I want to find some catchy awesome tunes to listen to that have some good lyrics and upbeat too. Today I got into Mela Koteluk, Artur rojek, Kasa Popowska). Any suggestions?
Taisiya   
11 Aug 2014
Life / Best / cheapest PAYG sim card for data and calls in Poland? [19]

Merged: Using iPhone 4S - local sim card and data plan

Next month Ill be visiting Poland and wanted to use my iPhone 4S (From Canada - Telus is the provider) which I will unlock and heard I would need to get a SIM card and data plan. Ill be in Poland for 2 weeks and going to different cities. My first stop is in Krakow so it might be the best place to get a short term plan. Any recommendations on which carrier to go with and any tips? I'm thinking 1 GB should be fine.