EXPATS in POLAND: 10 things you miss / don't miss about home . . .

Don't want to join the general debate, as I am too much of a newbie with the debate, but did want to say that the quote is of absolute genius. Spot on... 100%. 35 shots may be a little much for us light weights, but I work in the half/ bottle volumes and working out the maths is a bit tricky when you have been on the medicine!

Pancakes that are light and fluffy and cake-like, with real Vermont maple syrup and real creamery butter on them.

COLD drinks with ice in them; it's 90 degrees F here right now in Krakow and you get lukewarm lemonade and room temp water outside a hotel.

Clean, clear, cold, safe -to -drink tap water.

A/C in the taxis and shuttle buses or cafeterias/restaurants and offices. Only our hotle had it everywhere, thank god. My 4 yr old is about to get heat stroke everywhere we go.

I miss Heinz baked beans...they don,t have em in Polska....and i love them...

Try E LECLERC. That's where I get mine.

You can find them from time to time in Tesco’s if you have a large store near you. When I lived in Lublin two years ago I found them and introduced my wife to them, she liked them so much that she went and bought 20 cans the next day and fed her family on them that weekend. I tried to explain that they were only beans with tomato source and not some a la carte English meal, but they loved them so much that I only ended up with three cans after their dinning.

Sadly, I live in Puławy now, and l though I make trips to Lublin from time to time I would love them in my local shop. Also, I would love a kebab that has the correct lamb meat in it and not chicken.

Thanks for the help....now i have to find the nearest Tesco store to Polczyn zdroj.....anyone got any idea,s.....

I have Heniz BB in the local shop, nearly 5zl a tin though. I eat them on my own as no one else likes them. :)

Heinz baked beans u can find in Tesco

Beans, beans good for your heart, the more you eat the more you....

....FART!! LOL

I missed baked beans until i found them in Tesco! :) Tesco in Poland do a tesco value version as well that taste ok.

Here is what i miss: (obviously my friends and family mostly)

1: BACON (oh my god... miss it so much, my mum always has loads of it in her fridge back home- when i was visiting home at christmas i just wanted bacon butties - f**k the christmas dinner!)

2: Cadburys chocolate (i like wedel, milka, nestle - but none of it comes close!)

3: English tea with milk (without somebody looking disgusted when i ask for it! You can't buy this in the supermarket, its not the same, but the dilmah one is ok)

4: Crumpets (Yum - breakfast goodness!)

5: Potato cakes (Yum, more breakfast goodness!)

6: Heinz tomato soup (prob never ever seen a tomato, but its lovely!)

7: Low fat products (being female and having a big love of food i am getting a bit portly here!)

8: Pies - fruit, meat, cheese - all varieties!! Can't believe that they don't exist here! Tried making mince pies at christmas but couldn't find suet and the flour didn't do the job right :( Perfecting this with polish ingredients is going to take practice, but i will do it!

9: Walkers Crisps on a sandwich - prawn cocktail especially!

10: I miss the city centre of Manchester - i live in a small town in Poland and i fear that it is too small for me, plus i miss socialising and having a good chat with people in shops, pubs etc - not tht many people seem to speak english here!

11: People waiting in orderly queues (had to dd that one in!)

Things i don't miss:

1. Traffic jams

2. People moaning about polish people taking their jobs (fact - te people who are complaining prob wouldn't be working even if they could get a job, dossers! The have complained about the irish, indians, pakistanis, africans etc - anyone who is an easy excuse to pin the blame on!)

3. waiting forever for public transport

4. Stressful lifestyle

Hmmm.... not sure what else...

A few things i miss about Scotland....

1. Going to see the mighty Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Saturday afternoon

2. Square Sausages

3. Potato Scones

4. My Family

super cally go balistic . . . have you found any pubs in Warsaw showing Scottish football??

Yeah there are few pubs that have Setanta Sports....

Bar Below and Bradley's are the best and i thin SPE in the Sheraton has it also.

Are you in Warsaw??

MISS list 1) Butteries, other parts of Scotland say rowies. Crispy or puffy, both are great

2) Irn-Bru, Poland has Oranżada but it's just not the same, good as it is

3) Colman's mustard, the Poles have some great mustards but not Colman

4) Macaroni cheese

5) The golf courses

6) Match of the Day

7) Macaroon

8) Oor Wullie

9) Worcestershire sauce and salt and vinegar crips. Crisps generally

10) Scampi and fresh haddock

I'm missing the Golf courses, there is a good one near Warsaw but it's just not the same as trudging around a good old links course.

I also miss anything deep fried, why oh why can't we get a good chippy in Warsaw???

God yes! First place I always go when I get back to UK is the local chippy for cod and chips.

I did the same when i was back home for Xmas, straight from the airport to my local chippy.

Fish and chips, the stuff of legends. The links courses are a joy to play. Aberdeen Kings Links is a good course, a bit too open but still challenging. The course in Inverness looks classy. I'd love to play Balgownie or Murcar, they are top notch courses with some very famous names behind them, Jack Nicklaus being just one. Tom Watson once commented on how much he enjoyed playing at Balgownie. The Americans have a great appreciation for golf in Scotland. I imagine Troon and Carnoustie would be hellish tough. I guess one difference is that we don't have quite as many greens with electrifying pace which is good. No Kiawah Island stuff

there's another new course here near Warsaw, the wind blows on this course just like in Scotland.
lisiapolana.pl

A recent report has said that Poland has more golf courses than Scotland. I tried telling the writers that fields and pitch/putt doesn't count but they wouldn't believe me.

Ahh am missing the golf big time, fancy a game whats the temp? -10 no thanks. We do have a championship course down here in Wroclaw and I must say its quite impressive and expensive 200 PLN for a round on the weekend and 150 PLN in the week.

I have played Carnoustie and it was hellish, the putter was nearly snapped over my knee a few times!!!!!1

Have you played this course db1874??? Looks quite good from the Pics

200PLN? Holy smoke!! That's 4O quid in exchange terms but probably about 70 quid in real terms. What a con!!

I'm club matchplay champion :)

It's a new course, has a long way to go to get bedded in but is making great progress. I'm up there every weekend weather permitting. I play a bit at Rajszew too. If you fancy a round sometime let me know.

Champion eh?? You must be half decent.

I play off 6 so i'm not too bad but you will wipe the floor with me no doubt.

I'm also a fair weather player so my clubs are hibernating until March at the earliest but i''ll take you up on your offer sometime.

Thats what i like to hear.


Yes, heres the link if you fancy a look toyagolf.pl

well a half decent 13 handicapper, you should get up there and consider joining as they really need new members and particularly good players. Now's the time to negotiate as they desperately need the cash over the winter as they have little income.

I'll look into it for sure.

It's close to Warsaw which is an advantage, the fees are quite good for the area, looks promising.

I think that BBC World show MOTD on Sat/Sun


Do ya think it would do good business over here?? It would certainly appeal to expats, I think Poles could be tempted to the culinary experience of deep fried Cadburys cream eggs!


I'm just outside the tri-city at the moment, moving to Warsaw for work in the next couple of weeks though.

I really don't know why there is no Chippy in Warsaw, Poles would love it i'm sure and there are enough expats here to keep the place going i'm certain of it.