Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Because there's going to be a test?

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]


To be honest, I wasn't attracted to that second guy at all. Maybe it was because he was a bit too "petite" for my taste, I don't know how to put it - a "compact" version of Spider-Man ;) or maybe it was because I was still under the impression of that first guy. I was thinking about the first guy for quite a while after that encounter ;))

My brain "registers" most well-built men as attractive, no matter what type of frame they have or whatever - it doesn't necessarily mean that I would be personally attracted to each and every one of them.


I think that was the first guy that I saw on that day. But he was wearing a loose T-shirt so I wasn't able to tell what was his frame exactly.

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]


How? I didn't know the guy, I didn't even know if he lived in my neighbourhood - he was at a car park, so it's possible he came by a car from a different part of the city. People also from outside of our neighbourhood come to our clinic to take blood tests, because it's cheaper here, apparently. Should I follow him, stalk him or sth? ;D And, anyway, I wasn't available on the "dating market" at that time, so to speak.


;D
You know, considering my thoughts after that "hypnotic" encounter, men like johnny_reb would probably categorize me as such lol


Gotta love your comments, Atch, haha ;D


Why, is there sth wrong with my description? I'm not a native speaker of English, but I think I wrote it right... That guy had a fairly unusual frame - as I wrote, he looked like a superhero out of a comic book :)) He was wearing a tight well fitted T-shirt so it was well visible. OK, maybe his hips weren't exactly in the line with his waist, but it was pretty close, as far as I remember. It wasn't a dream, a fantasy or a hallucination, I was sober and not on drugs lol - I swear before God that I saw him with my own eyes in real life :)))

I meant such frame, btw:

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History / The restoration of Polish cities from WW2 destruction [123]


I know what you mean, because I'm like that too... But I'm afraid the reality is that a faithful reconstruction would be more expensive, difficult and would take more time.

Here's an interesting article about the pretty "barbaric" reconstruction of tenement houses in Gdańsk during communist times:

odbudowarekonstrukcjapogania.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/mity-odbudowy-glownego-miasta-w-gdansku-cz-2/

This is an example of not a very faithful reconstruction of such tenement house - on the left the scientific reconstruction and on the right the project approved for realisation:



The project on the right is simplified and has more storeys - probably to fit in more flats for people to live in.

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]

@pawian, have mercy lol


I've seen attractive, handsome Polish men - they do exist lol And I don't mean just actors and celebrities but men you can meet in the street. I must admit that, at least where I live, they're rare though (especially those who are both well-built and handsome at the same time) and spotting them is usually a memorable experience ;) I remember that I even saw two of them on one day - that's pretty unusual lol I was waiting for a blood test at przychodnia in my neighbourhood and there was this guy who was after me in the line for the test - he was sitting quite far away from everyone at the end of the corridor, but I could see he was my type - pretty well-built (not the bouncer type though), fairly tall, dark hair, brown eyes (I think), some longer stub, somewhat tanned. He was waiting calmly for his turn, which I liked too (I don't like the nervous types, who can't sit in one place - they make me feel nervous myself lol). After the blood test I sat for some time as advised by the nurse, but that guy left right after the test. I thought he was gone, but when I left the building he was at the car park talking on the phone. I went to the other side of the street, but he was looking at me and our eyes met. I've got to say I've never experienced anything like this - I couldn't take my eyes away from his - it was as if he hypnotized me or sth lol I had to use all my will power to look away, I even frowned from all the effort! It's good there were no obstacles in front of me, because I would certainly crash into them ;D I must say I've always laughed at such scenes when they were described in romance books - until that moment lol So, there was even something more about him beyond his looks, which is even more rare.

I went back home to eat breakfast and then I went to another laboratory to pick something up from there. There was one guy walking towards the lab's entrance - he was there first so I decided to be nice and not to go ahead of him, although he was walking slowly searching/reading something on his iPhone. So I ended up walking behind him - thanks to that I could have a look at him ;) He had a V-shaped torso, thin waist in the same line as the hips, well-built legs too - he looked like a superhero taken out of a comic book - the Spider-Man type lol I remember that he had a tattoo on the right arm, brown hair and that trendy longer beard. That type of beard isn't my thing, but in general I'm sure many women would find that guy attractive. He was also walking in this calm, confident way - I somehow always pay attention to such stuff...

I also disagree with there being just 3 kinds - those guys I described were definitely a 4th type - I could tell - rare, but still... ;))


Oops, I meant stubble beard, sorry...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Maybe one of the wheels got broken or sth and someone tipped the bin over to fix it?

Btw, I've noticed that the photo was photoshopped on the left - does it have anything to do with the riddle?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Hmm, I don't know... To trap/catch something?

Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]


This looks so cool, they look like gingerbread cookies covered with colourful marzipan :)))


Yes, they're nice, I guess we need some colour due to long Polish winters, but if you live here all your life you may get bored of them. I actually like historic British architecture.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Well, we get moose roaming the streets from time to time in the cities in my region, so I guess you never know... lol


Did someone place it like that on purpose or was it knocked down by accident?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Does it have anything to do with a wild animal?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

OK, Mr. Teacher... ;D Nordwind is a very unusual surname for Poland, I've never seen it before. It means "Northern wind" in German.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Nordwind?


Tractor cabin being... towed away?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Yeah, they did look newish to me... I guess I'd have to do some research...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yay! :D


Not for me - I don't recognise it... But maybe someone else will :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Is it Warsaw (the Old Town)?

Life / Do you know this Polish male model ? [8]

He doesn't look Polish to me, tbh.

Love / Are all Polish guys like this [48]

@pawian lol


I don't think I recall seeing it...


Yeah, I'm guessing it's a guy... with a very boring life... lol

Love / Are all Polish guys like this [48]


I think she (?) probably already did (the "Kurdish girl") lol
"Aemilia's" post looked very familiar to me (a shy Polish guy with green eyes, spiked up blond hair, tall, slim, twinkle in his eyes, etc. etc.) so I checked:

https://polishforums.com/love/guys-stare-lot-mean-83778/#msg1687284

jess1: "with those green eyes and a twinkle in them"

https://polishforums.com/love/sad-fact-guys-good-85267/#msg1712170

felicity: "He was tall, slim, had spiked up with gel hair, green shiny eyes that had a twinkle in them everytime he looked at me."

https://polishforums.com/love/guys-stare-lot-mean-83778/#msg1734505

juliane: "his eyes become so beautiful, they are green pure and innocent. He has those spiky blond hair"

2019, 2020 and now - 2021... That is some persistent troll... lol


Yikes... lol

Food / Request for cake or pastry recipe for an elderly Polish lady [20]

@maf ;D
I know what you mean, I probably like sernik without raisins better and I definitely prefer "clean" ice cream too, but I think sernik with raisins is one of the more traditional recipies, so I thought an elderly person would appreciate it ;)

Food / Request for cake or pastry recipe for an elderly Polish lady [20]

Not everyone may like makowiec (I don't), so I would say szarlotka would be a safer bet (everyone seems to like it). And sernik (with raisins, for example) :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yup, exactly :) Ostrów Tumski is the oldest part of Wrocław and the only part of the city where historic gas lanterns where left intact (over 100 of them).

I don't remember when exactly I took that photo but it must've been long time ago, because these days the lamplighters are dressed like this:

youtube.com/watch?v=zGmjVJMoiRU

There's even a documentary about one of them on Youtube :):

youtube.com/watch?v=s-iI__Xr-K0

And the whole photo:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@jon357, yes, it's in Wrocław! :)) And which part of the city?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Miloslaw, yes, you've solved the riddle! Good job! :D He's a lamplighter - at the end of my previous post I've made a reference to "The Lamplighter's Serenade", sang by Sinatra among others, but I guess noone knows it.

@maf ;D

Can you guess in which city I took that photo?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Chemikiem, nope. He isn't catching bats either. His profession is very rare these days. I remember that when I saw him doing his job I thought that if he wore different clothes he would be a greater tourist attraction - an old-fashion gent dressed in funny clothes :))

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@johnny_reb, no, but what he's doing in the photo is his job.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@johnny_reb, nope.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Chemikiem, yes, exactly! :)

Białe koszary (white barracks):

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82e_koszary_w_Stargardzie

Czerwone koszary (red barracks):

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerwone_koszary_w_Stargardzie

They were nicknamed like this simply because of the colours of the buildings' walls :)

Next riddle - what is this guy doing?:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@johnny_reb, um, no... As it was already written - it's in Stargard - Stargard is in Poland and both buildings are barracks (both still in use as barracks by the Polish army at present, but they were also used by other armies in the past).

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


The answer is pretty much in the riddle itself :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yes, both are barracks complexes! What do you think are their colloquial names?