News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

There were both strikes and protests. Show me a source which claims that only strikes contributed to the fall of communism. hahaha

See a scene depicting a violent protest during a strike:

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


Coz you bit into the eyes which are bitter. You should have gone for the brain instead.


Of course. That`s normal practice here.

Who did I vote for? hahaha

What major improvement are the guys doing here? Sth really serious. They are in the middle of their job. Hint: You need to look at certain tiny details to guess correctly.

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Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]


No, I took better pics but I usually sell them on various sites so they are classified. and cannot be displayed here.


Yes, but also more dangerous - a few dozen people die or get hurt there each year.


Aaah, now I know why they advise to lie down on the ground and smell like a corpse during a close encounter of the third kind. E..g, Mickiewicz recommended it as a survival technique.


We remain young as long as we feel like that. hahaha

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

The Kremlin spokeswoman accused Poland of meddling into Belarus` affairs, mainly by sponsoring the opposition and broadcasting independent programmes.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


5-6 years ago I planted about 25 shrubs of blackberry. I tried to find the best variety that is why I bought about 10 different cultivars. After that time I can honestly recommend Black Satin as the sweetest so the best for direct consumption. It bears big and tough fruit, but not as numerous as other varieties - mostly single. That is why I got more Black Satins and planted them in another place. Those original ones grow partly in shadow coz the trees around them got tall and adundant over the years. In result, the fruit is sour and my kids don`t want to eat it raw. However, Black Satin is sweet wherever it grows - in semi-shadow or sunlight.

This blackberry below is ordinary, not Black Satin coz it has a lot of rather small fruit.

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Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]


Funny, never heard of it in relation to bears, only to rats (All Quiet on the Western Front).


Actually, I post pics of steps, not stops. :):) By steps I mean seperate mountain groups in that long Carpathian range.


Of course, without them it would be impossible to cover that 500 km trail. E.g., there are 3 shelters in Gorce and 5 in Bieszczady. Check them here:

razemnaszlaku.pl/baza-noclegowa/schroniska-gorskie.html
razemnaszlaku.pl/schroniska-gorce.html

More about the trail:
In Polish: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%82%C3%B3wny_Szlak_Beskidzki

Eng: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Beskid_Trail

Next step is Beskid Sądecki mountains.

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


hahaha again funny but miss.


Yes, it is very important. Check it again. :):)


Never heard of or seen sucking crustaceans heads in Poland. Is it a new lay tradition? hahaha


Yes, my school was built in 1960s.

Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]


Yes, bears do, but they only maul you a little and let go. They are more interested in the content of your backpack than eating you.

Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]

Then it ceases to be chłodnik! :)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Step by step, I introduce kids to eating exotic foods. One of them are shrimps - at first, kids look at them with utter disgust but gradually they change their mind.

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

Sorry, no, Chemikiem was right - it is a prawn head - I was clowning at the table as usual and did strange things to those prawns - kids had fun. hahahaha

I visited my old primary school during vacation. What for?

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Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]

Yes, exactly, it only sounds so. :)

Well, a true traditional refreshment on a hot day is cold fruit kompot - much better than cold soup.
I made kompot from mirabelle plums and all family were delighted drinking it.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

Of course, we mustn`t forget about another must: strawberries. We have two varieties - spring and repeating which bear fruit till autumn. I hope you don`t need a picture. :)

We also grow two hybrids:
- tayberry/loganberry (I do not know which one we have) - a cross between blackberry and red raspberry. Hmm, it is my least fav fruit - its taste is really unappealing.

- currant-gooseberry. It looks like a currant and tastes like gooseberry. I like it.

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History / Poland and Britain started WW2 [356]


No, he/she still reads Volkischer Beobachter. hahaha

Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]


Johhny meant humble as "straighforward and unassuming", not submissive or servile. That was my impression.
Yes, one can still meet such people in the mountains. However, they are not the guys who long for meetings with people from outside, especially foreigners - they prefer to live a hermit-like life in the wilderness, far from the civilisation which they rejected long ago.

In Bieszczady mountains, they are called Forest Folk.

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News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Not so fast. Poland wasn`t free in 1980 - it happened in 1990s, really. And throughout 1980s, streets in Polish cities looked like this on important anniversaries:

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

hahaha funny, but miss.

Law / Marital abandonment laws in Poland [3]

Yes, marital abandonment is one of the reasons for a divorce and the leaving spouse`s fault.

kancelaria-antczak.pl/rozwod/rozwod-orzeczenie-o-winie/

History / The memory about the Invasion of Poland 1939 - today's events [26]


Yes, but when needed, they made a few successful charges with sabres in hands, breaking German infantry units.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

They won`t abolish Lukashenka with peaceful demos.

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

Coming back to our own photos

What am I holding?

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Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

My typical day on the farm is the following:

I wake up at 7 am and get to work at 7.30. Work till 11 am when we have breakfast. It lasts to 11.45 and then I go back to work, this time with kids - both minor and adult, whoever is with us on the farm. We always work for 2 hours, shorter during scorchers. If it rains, we have English lessons or watch educational films or I read books to them. Lunch at 3 pm. After lunch I go back to work or spend time with the kids, depends on my mood. Dinner/supper at 9pm. I go to bed at about 11.30 at latest.

Of course, the computer is on all the time so I frequently check new messages. hahaha

This past season was busy as usual, but instead of major works like in past years we managed to do a lot of minor jobs and improvements.

We have:

pulled weeds in large areas all over the place
removed a giant branch which broke off the walnut tree and fell onto my neighbour`s plot
planted and covered 40 bushes of strawberries
made an extension to the vine construction in the orchard
planted 5 new mini kiwi bushes and made a construction for them
planted 5 bushes of Pink Lemonade blueberry
replanted 3 old mini kiwi which are male instead of female
trimmed other mini kiwi bushes
covered the area between new blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes with black plastic and straw
replanted decorative junipers in the frontyard and covered them with black plastic
removed dry wood and old straw from the barn
burnt the dry wood and collected the ash
covered the area around the trees in the orchard with the old straw or used carpets
painted the well green
sowed seeds of decorative flowers next to the front fence
trimmed and shaped a few young trees or bushes in the frontyard
replaced the broken well pump
added the missing planks in the barn wall
repaired the blown out back door in the barn
installed a microwave in the kitchen
installed a curtain rail in the hall

Failures - I haven`t cleaned up the mess in the barn - it is awfully cluttered, as usual.
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Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Another standard fruit in Poland is currents. We have all colours: black, red, white. White current is the sweetest but smallest too.
We pick a lot of them from about 50 bushes so there is a problem what to do with the surplus - my wife or me make cakes with red current or I use all 3 colours to make fruit wine.

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Work / What would be a good salary for an MBA graduate in Poland? [27]

Good to hear that.


Have you changed your status? Is your partner Polish or Indian? How many new little Poles have you made??? I hope 2 at least.
Diversity rulez!!!

Genealogy / Polish-Ukranian roots and genes [72]


Another wow. I had no idea. Sounds so unusual coz from Adventures of Good Soldier Schweik, one of my fav books, I learnt that Germans and Czechs considered themselves culturally superior to barbarian Magyars.

Real Estate / Geography / Climate Question(s) - I am looking to buy a property in Poland [14]


Yes, anything is possible but not for 100.000 PLN if you mean instantly habitable house for more than one person.

Otherwise, you will be able to buy 2,3 hectares (is it enough big to you? ) with a tiny cabin - good for you and your dog and cat, but not other family members.

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Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

When it comes to fruit which are my absolute No 1 produce from the farm, I already mentioned raspberries (4 colours), honey berries, Physalis (Inca berry) and mini kiwi.

Now, let`s see other.

Blueberries. It is a relatively new plant in Poland, I remember I first ate them about 15 years ago. Normally blue but one variety is pink - called Pink Lemonade. I had already had 2 bushes but added 5 more this year.

Contrary to blueberries, sweet cherries and sour cherries have always been standard fruit. I remember preying on those fruit in all orchards where I spent summer holidays - once I had eaten too many sour cherries and later puked further than I could see - it was such a colourful peacock. hahahaha

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Genealogy / Polish-Ukranian roots and genes [72]

Wow, really? What happened to those Magyars who settled in the area?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarians

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


After 2 weeks it is still valid.

History / The memory about the Invasion of Poland 1939 - today's events [26]

Of course, you should know that Polish cavalry purposefully charging against German tanks is a malicious myth invented by German propagandists. If such charges took place, they were accidental when the cavalry charged against infantry and suddenly tanks appeared from behind.

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