Law / Prostitution in Poland, is it legal? [24]

The bar in the sofitel Victoria is known as a place to meet 'high end' ones. It isn't illegal to pay someone to spend time with them. How that time is spent is a private matter.

Travel / Sightseeing suggestions within 2 hours travel from Rzeszow required [10]

Zamość is a must-see. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site and nicer than the other places mentioned (though Sandomierz is quite pretty in its way too).

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Travel / Palm trees in Poland [19]


You'd have to ask a loan shark

News / Parliament in Poland clears way for nuclear plant [78]


Cold fusion? There's no such thing as a 'cold fusion' power station so you'll be hoping for a long time. Even the idea is still only an idea.

Genealogy / I have Jewish DNA, but only know of Polish ancestry . [120]

Assuming of course that any of those existed.

Genealogy / I have Jewish DNA, but only know of Polish ancestry . [120]

80 generations is about 2000 years. Some people can go back almost that far - they usually have well-documented royal antecedents.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [376]

I suppose the clincher is what people in her local environment think she might be.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [376]

Agreed. In Poland, nobody would say you didn't look Polish.

Genealogy / I have Jewish DNA, but only know of Polish ancestry . [120]


The Middle East covers a huge area, most of it not Jewish. Nor does a trace of DNA mean anything much. It is largely meaningless. We are mostly a mix of strands of DNA from all over the world, and all the better for that.

BTW, Jewish lineage is matrilinial rather than patrilinial.


Very true.

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


Deer is delicious game - that's why it's hunted.

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


I doubt that. Do you get all hot and bothered about cats as well?


There are people like that. A neighbour of mine killed a dog because he was bored with it.

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]

Watch out for ticks (kleszcz in Polish), especially in the forest. They can make a dog very I'll.

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


Exactly. Mine was never a problem. It still didn't stop some nutters making a fuss even when he was on his lead. Some people just like to be awkward.

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]


For once I agree with Monia. Animals are a part of life.

Language / Polish Phrase from Grandma - Pic kawe? [5]

Did your great- granny like to drink coffee?

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]

It was four months old and probably very cute - I for one would be happy for it to run up to me. If it was a 3 year old Amstaff with anger management issues it would be a different matter.

Law / Laws on walking a dog in Polska [67]

She sounds like a silly cow and such people are best ignored. Just be thankful she isn't your next door neighbour.

Life / Is stamp collecting popular in Poland? [7]

It's also declining, though coin collecting is more popular in PL than in many places.

UK, Ireland / Agnieszka Pomaska, beautiful Polish politician [43]

Easy to generalise. There are plenty of Poles happy to sit at home and live on the minimum, even without much dole. And plenty of Brits who work very, very hard.

UK, Ireland / Agnieszka Pomaska, beautiful Polish politician [43]


Looks straightforward to me, but since you have to ask...

Several very high profile women politicians round have been attacked in the press over the past few years because of perceived shortcomings in their personal grooming.

Do keep up with current affairs.

UK, Ireland / Agnieszka Pomaska, beautiful Polish politician [43]

Ones that don't get attacked in the media.

News / Polish vodka as a mean of protest [49]

Polish vodka is generally better anyway

UK, Ireland / Agnieszka Pomaska, beautiful Polish politician [43]


Spot on.

Her comments didn't attract much attention back in Poland so it looks like she prefers her 15 minutes of fame in the daily mail to actually doing her job.

UK, Ireland / Agnieszka Pomaska, beautiful Polish politician [43]

Looking at the video, can you think of another reason she was talking about England?

UK, Ireland / Agnieszka Pomaska, beautiful Polish politician [43]

Rest assured that she's almost certainly photogenic and looks worse in the flesh. Radoslaw Sikorski looks like a Hollywood film star with legions of adoring mostly female fans if the photo's a good one. In the flesh, he's of noticeably modest height, has terrible skin and has a complexion you only really get from one activity.

Life / Do Poles have a problem understanding American English? [76]

That doesn't necessarily mean the sts pick up their accent or their errors. Krashen and Chomsky have spent plenty of time trying to figure out why it's like that.

Unfortunately both are determined that the reason they find fits in to their wider hypothesise and only one of course will be right.

Genealogy / Bernatowicz surname? (I am starting to wonder if anyone in my family was American?) [85]

Yes. Just google 'bernatowicz armenian'. It comes up on the first page.

Genealogy / Bernatowicz surname? (I am starting to wonder if anyone in my family was American?) [85]

A quick look on the internet suggests it may once have been Peŕnat'enc. Though you'd have to go back many centuries since they stopped being Armenian.

Genealogy / Bernatowicz surname? (I am starting to wonder if anyone in my family was American?) [85]

Are you sure they're Armenian?

If there's an Armenian connection at all, and that's far from certain, one of your ancestors could have moved there any time from the 17th Century onwards. And for a big chunk of that time, Poland wasn't on the map. You'd need parish records, and even then, it could have been just one guy who moved. And not necessarily directly to PL.

Do you use ancestry.com?

Genealogy / Bernatowicz surname? (I am starting to wonder if anyone in my family was American?) [85]

No. It didn't really happen like that and in any case you'd have known already.