Posts by BulgarB

BulgarB

30 Jan 2018

Life / Fellow expats: Polish people compared to Czechs/Slovaks? [23]

On the other hand Polish people strive to get the f out of Poland as much as Bulgarians, Czechs and Slovaks want to leave their countries. In the Netherlands every third or fourth car had a PL number plate lol. So maybe I'd better look for a job in Germany, they have green, beautiful cities. Of course I'll visit Warsaw one day for vacation as I think it has much more to offer a tourist than the overrated Prague.

BulgarB

24 Jan 2018

Life / Fellow expats: Polish people compared to Czechs/Slovaks? [23]

Lol, I guess it's all about luck then? Maybe each one of us just clicks more with people from some societies more. Most Polish people I've met are way warmer to me than Czechs and Slovaks. I don't seem to trigger hostility in Poles usually. Of course I don't expect Latin American or even US/Canadian friendliness, but still those I've met so far have been way nicer than Czechs and Slovaks.

BulgarB

24 Jan 2018

Life / Fellow expats: Polish people compared to Czechs/Slovaks? [23]

No, I meant are the Poles as grumpy and dour as the Czechs and Slovaks:

"The first thing a foreigner will notice on arrival at the airport, train or coach station is how fed-up the Czechs look. The surly Customs officer frowns at you and you suspect that he probably knows about the contraband chewing-gum in your suitcase.".. copy-paste deleted

BulgarB

18 Jan 2018

Life / Fellow expats: Polish people compared to Czechs/Slovaks? [23]

Berlin, hm? Look I've got a winter hat with the Swiss cross - it got me angry looks by Muslims when in Belgium and the Netherlands. Berlin is full of them too. They are not accepting at all, when they see something resembling a cross, they see red lol. Apparently everything offends them hahaha

As far as communication with people - at work the Polish females are treating me in general more warmly than Slovak ones. Slovak ladies are distant, Polish ones oogle me literally :D Not sure about the guys, one Polish guy was quite nice to talk to, the other is a bit of a Bugs Bunny-like clown (he's great comin relief in the boring corporation!) and the third one is weird lol. Again you have jerks and bi-chiz everywhere. In the expat groups online, most complains about rude waiters and shop assistants come from people in Prague and Bratislava, didn't see much similar posts in the Warsaw Fb group.

Eccentric - me? No, I think life is all about wine, women, BJs, sports/recreation, enjoying food, which includes park and nature. What's so eccentric about that?

BTW, I'm surprised Czechs and Slovaks can be negative or depressed - they live in so good places (well Bratislava is too industrial and a bit gray but all other cities are picturesque). There's always someone that has it better economically or whatever, but there are people even worse, so?

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?