Polonia / Should I visit Portugal? [35]


I can't imagine a more boring holiday.


Me neither although I suppose if you are a family with kids it might work out to be cheaper.


Maybe they don't have a choice but to take them. You're presuming that grandparents have retired and aren't still working. That might not be the case.

Food / Help with Polish recipe - Żurek soup? [25]

The soup sounds like Żurek, Polish sour rye soup, which is made from fermented rye flour and is traditionally served at Easter.

everydayhealthyrecipes.com/polish-zurek-rye-soup-recipe/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_cereal_soup



In Poland this is called Twaróg ( Polish farmer's cheese )

It sounds like your mother was trying to extract any remaining liquid in the cheese by pressing it. Maybe someone else here can help as I've not heard of this method before.

Life / Which animals are native to Poland? [103]


They're so cute! I didn't even know there were black squirrels. Thought they were either red or grey.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

Is something dispensed inside there? Looks a little like something you'd get coffee out of if it weren't for the door on there.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

They both have flower stalks (scapes) on them?

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Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [337]


I'm not sure if it's the same as clearing cache/cookies etc

I don't bother doing that anymore as it messes up all passwords etc. I've only ever had to do that for this forum and last time I did it I had endless problems with my google account.

Sadly, my boxes will remain forever white :(

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Or I didn't see it. I'm not camped out on the forum!

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Looks a bit too small but are they mulberries?


I only had one guess!

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Artichoke?

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Are they black raspberries?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

No, there wasn't. Do you know what it is?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

Aha! I wanted to know what a jackyll was. I quoted maf but the quote disappeared after I posted.


Nie ma za co :)

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Pulling something out of thin air?


Than what?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


Because I don't have any riddles pending.....

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

What is that?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

This is probably going to sound nuts but is it an aid to getting into the vehicle? It's difficult to tell how high up off the ground the door to get in is from the photo.

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Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [337]


Same here. My posts are white and don't stand out. Please give us back some colour :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

For getting snow off boots when you get in?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


Presumably on the back?

Is it to mark out areas on the ground? Can't think why though.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


I presume that is snow in the background? It doesn't look like anything for snow clearing though.

I honestly have no idea. The teeth on whatever it is reminds me of old hunting traps but no way is it anything like that.

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

@johnny reb

As you're always telling everyone, stay on topic. This thread is for Poland in photo riddles, not the US.

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Polonia / Should I visit Portugal? [35]


I enjoyed both and they're definitely worth a trip.

Be prepared for lots of steep streets in Lisbon. About the only bit that isn't on a hill is the harbour area.

The good news is that there are elevators, trams and funicular railways to get up to the higher areas such as Bairro Alto. This area has lots of bars that play traditional Portuguese music, fado.

Sao Jorge castle is definitely worth seeing and if you have kids they'll probably be more fascinated by the many peacocks running round the grounds. They're everywhere!

Also worth seeing are Jerónimos Monastery and the Tower of Belém.

The food was good and reasonably priced. I mostly ate seafood whilst I was there and you should definitely try Pastel de Nata ( Portuguese custard tarts ). You'll see them in all the bakery windows.

I went to Sintra mainly to visit this place, the National Palace of Pena:

parquesdesintra.pt/en/parks-monuments/park-and-national-palace-of-pena/

And it didn't disappoint. It was well worth going.


Wow, that's a long drive!

Polonia / Should I visit Portugal? [35]

I've been to Lisbon and Sintra.

Whereabouts in Portugal were you thinking of going?

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


Members are donating now instead. Look at the top of the main page in left hand corner.


Trolling.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Thinking back it might have been something to do with the time I got in there as to why I couldn't make it.....


Definitely over it 😂