Who's Leaving Poland?

who woulda thunk it!

I am really interested in your move. At this moment I am very homesick and I think daily about moving back to Canada- and if we would be able to maintain our same standard of living? (we don't live extravagantly but we do pay for private school, mortgage...etc)

Will you be able to find work that pays the same or is this not an issue?
What about leaving your life behind?

I am a military kid and we moved every two years- for me it is no big deal, but my kids- not so sure. My daughters best friend is switching schools at the end of this year and even with knowing now she is still devastated.

We will have lived in Poland for 10 years this summer- I think that is a good chunk of time.

keep us updated with your decisions.

Pip they say that if you haven't made home in your first 2 years you never will, returning to Canada will even be worse as a lot of water has passed under the bridge in that time and everything is different, best make the best of Poland... Good Luck


"DUH!"

I am going to Vancouver next week for a battery charge. The timing worked out- kids have Feria.

WP, they say, if you make four you will stay for more. A deciding factor will always be the children and education, most people I know in Poland prefer the kids graduate from a university outside of Poland. UK/USA.I would not want my children to be formed 100% through the Polish education system, most of the leading Poles in business were educated in part, outside of Poland.

There are many foreigners, who have already partially moved on from PL, their spouse may remain in PL with the kids, their workplace is Russia,Ukraine or Khazikstan.


Enjoy, a bit of shopping therapy too?

I think you are wrong about this (ignoring the fact that living in Switzerland is basically impossible for most people). Come the crash Poland will become part of the core Eurozone with Germany/Holland/France. Spain has a far worse legal system than Poland and it will not change.

But if you were only here for property speculation then maybe Poland doesn't offer as much as it did before - but neither does the rest of Europe.Banking won't be able to support more property speculation for many, many years.

I wish. This is a budget holiday- we will check out the Vancouver Canucks skills game and go skiing on Grouse mountain- I don't need to shop- I just need to have a dose of my world and get my head right so that I can be productive....I am kind of dragging at the moment.

I think a no snow winter is starting to get to me.

yes - it is depressing - scientists long ago knew little sun in winter causes depressions (it's physiological) - but it looks like snow helps alleviate it - now with no snow it's really bad

is awesome

This has probably been the mildest winter I've ever experienced. Last year snow was boring and the year b4 was the worst winter I've ever seen....then again I'm from Ireland so any winter where there isn't constant wind and rain is a win in my book.

the winter is coming though - starting on the Friday 13th - there is gonna be serious frost with little to no snow - not good if you asked farmers

The sun affects production of some neurotransmitters, serotonin....melatonin.
Seasonal affective disorder. That is why Spain, Italy and Greece have lowest incidence of depression in europe.

O sole mio. I miss it. One of the winters will kill me eventually.

I always believed the frost issue or " natures thinning ' was an issue once budding had begone, mind you the winter has been so mild up to now.


I much prefer snow on the ground from December to March, rain, sleet, slush NOT for me.

I would say that rain,sleet and slush are weather types that force depression. Snow gets the happy vibes moving.

not only that - if there is no snow and lots of moisture in the soil and heavy frosts come 'winter' crops are badly affected


paradoxically also the thaw conditions or around zero moist conditions are one of the coldest during your average winter here - because of the moisture the cold air gets more to you than a much less moist air during frosts of -10 or even -15 degrees - aks seamen why they wear very warm clothes even though temperatures at say North Atlantic seldom drop below 0 - that's why I prefer -10 than a thaw - and snow helps a lot (when it's not melting) - it sure gives good vibes

We also require a period of continuous cold weather below -5 degrees to kill the virus's that sweep in from the East.

Guy, there hasn't been a real winter in Poland in 4 years or more.

I totally agree with this. This is why, in my opinion, there are so many sick kids in Poland. Their parents and babcia's are afraid of the weather. I think the body needs some warm and some cold temperatures- sort of like a Finish sauna. Going out in the cold gets the blood flowing and is invigorating.---then again -45 with windchill in my hometown is not what I mean but I love a -10 -15 sunny day in February when we can skate all day and stop for a hot chocolate.

it's true there are so many sickly pampered tiny kids, they are not taken out for fresh air if its 'too cold'....in a way from what i have seen it is almost as though the mums 'treasure' the sickliness.

absolutely agree.