BulgarB
17 Jan 2018
Life / Fellow expats: Polish people compared to Czechs/Slovaks? [23]
Hello everyone! Currently living in Bratislava, I am looking for a new job and wondering where to go. I've always been drawn to Poland for some reason (for the UK and USA you could say it's the movies, but haven't seen so many Polish movies except that cartoon with the dog Reksio). Apart from that the name Warszawa just rings something in my heart... On the superficial level I just find most Polish women much more beautiful than Czech or Slovak ones and they dress nicer too. It was always the Polish and Italian crowds on airports that were like a fashion show, so pleasing. I don't expect someone working at a store to be "How was your day?", I realize that's an American thing and not even there it's everywhere. I'm European too and Bulgarian store owners are not like that as well.
The thing is in Prague and Bratislava they can be openly hostile to you, the Czechs more so, the Slovaks less so. Maybe again it was just a bad period in my life where I attracted rudeness? Lastly I feel much better here in Bratislava. Still the city has too little and too few parks, is it true that Warsaw has more? I need greenery. From a far the Polish vibe seems more down to earth, not in your face friendly but somehow more laid-back than Slovaks and Slovaks come off as more laid-back than Czechs. I have to chose between Prague and Warsaw for work as not enough jobs for my languages here in Bratislava. As I said I've only been drawn to Poland from all foreign Slavic speaking countries as a kid for god knows what reason and not CZ or Slovakia... should I follow my feelings? Also someone told me that the norther in Europe you go, the truer the words "bigger country - bigger hearts", so Germans = friendlier and more open than Austrians, and Slovaks more closed off than Poles, is that true?
Hello everyone! Currently living in Bratislava, I am looking for a new job and wondering where to go. I've always been drawn to Poland for some reason (for the UK and USA you could say it's the movies, but haven't seen so many Polish movies except that cartoon with the dog Reksio). Apart from that the name Warszawa just rings something in my heart... On the superficial level I just find most Polish women much more beautiful than Czech or Slovak ones and they dress nicer too. It was always the Polish and Italian crowds on airports that were like a fashion show, so pleasing. I don't expect someone working at a store to be "How was your day?", I realize that's an American thing and not even there it's everywhere. I'm European too and Bulgarian store owners are not like that as well.
The thing is in Prague and Bratislava they can be openly hostile to you, the Czechs more so, the Slovaks less so. Maybe again it was just a bad period in my life where I attracted rudeness? Lastly I feel much better here in Bratislava. Still the city has too little and too few parks, is it true that Warsaw has more? I need greenery. From a far the Polish vibe seems more down to earth, not in your face friendly but somehow more laid-back than Slovaks and Slovaks come off as more laid-back than Czechs. I have to chose between Prague and Warsaw for work as not enough jobs for my languages here in Bratislava. As I said I've only been drawn to Poland from all foreign Slavic speaking countries as a kid for god knows what reason and not CZ or Slovakia... should I follow my feelings? Also someone told me that the norther in Europe you go, the truer the words "bigger country - bigger hearts", so Germans = friendlier and more open than Austrians, and Slovaks more closed off than Poles, is that true?