Life / Small Personal Experience in Poland [6]

Hi Folks,

I just wanted to share my feelings about this lovely country over 4 years of experience. Im a casual PF reader so im not stranger to here at all.

Im 28 years old male who came here for study. It was nice year I had really great friendships and moments during my studies. I wont go in to details because most f you already know how student life is going in Poland. After that i started to work and im still working on a good position with good salary.

Poland is great place if you can embrace people and keep up with the old solid culture. Im non-caucasian black haired Armenian. First years were terrible here i had some issues with language barrier but now i have enough Polish to chat daily conversations (sometimes even deeper). Of course because of my appearance I have been treat rudely sometimes. I understand people have fear of ISIS or refugee crisis and im trying to explain my situation every time with patience. I believe this situations made me more dedicated and patient person by the time :)

I have one nice Polish girlfriend since 1.5 years and I believe we are stepping up to marriage every day.

Here, i can say Polish people very deep and nice traditions. This also brings some details for the expats which want to live here. I will just write my personal opinions below (as I said its personal please do not offend):

- If you are planning to live in Poland- learn Polish. No way out.

- If you are getting stares and if its disturbing you; you will be disappointed.

- If you want to bring your own culture/religion here- It wont work. Polish people are bonded with their culture and religion. Except Catholic Christianity, I dont believe that no other religions can survive on these lands. There are few examples but they are extremely rare.

- If you are expecting high life standards/salary - no no no Its just a dream.

- In Poland racism is expected no one is denying it. Actually even i was a little bit surprised that people who were suffered from Russian and German regimes, had a little bit intolerance to others. To be honest i was expecting empathy :D

As a stated in title it was just small personal experience in Poland. In my case i was able to blend in Polish community and with my girlfriends family. I wish you good luck to all with Polish community in Poland. Other opinions/comments are welcome :)