Life / What type of gift should i buy for my hosts in Poland? [22]

Well in my family we very often get alcohol as gifts from guests and nobody ever thought it's weird or in bad taste, especially wine. So either we are strange or it's a regional thing. But I agree some Italian sweets would be a safer choice, maybe they don't drink

Life / What type of gift should i buy for my hosts in Poland? [22]

Yes, it's true with the handshake that the woman has to reach her hand first. I wouldn't mind, but e.g. my mother would probably notice. With the shoes... if you want to be super polite then take them off, but if they say you don't have to then you really don't have to. Come on, imagine a woman coming in high heels and being asked to take them off. It's not like in Japan ;)

I don't know that much about superstitions but I was taught that it's considered not so polite to hold someone in the doorway and not immediately let them in. So maybe that's why we are usually unwilling to greet in the doorway.

Of course you should remember about always letting women though the door. It is considered a norm and it would definitely be noticed if you didn't do that. I always notice that in foreign movies, because it just looks strange to me to see a man walking in first.