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Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]
Yes, we are located among fields, like an island. There is a little pond a few hundred meters away, I suppose some mosquitoes hatch there but most of this year`s invaders were born in puddles of water after long heavy rains in May, I already wrote about it.
As for neighbours, they are very OK, I can see they are hard working people, very decent ones, religious and family oriented. I don`t mind that most of them voted PiS :):) I could see it passing through the village, most fences exhibited PiS` banners and posters and only a few of the democratic opposition.
Two of these neighbours saved my ass several times, e..g, when my car battery failed or I locked the car with the keys inside in the evening so they drove a dozen kilometres to a nearby town where they picked up my wife who came with spare keys. Also, once I got stuck in the muddy ditch after water pipe installation so they pulled me out with a tractor.
And they don`t drink vodka - when I wanted to pay them for those services, they were really annoyed because they believe that helping people should be for free. My way of thinking, exactly. So I offered to buy them some alcohol, but they insisted on beer, saying that vodka was out of question.
Yes, they work hard and don`t drink too much - no wonder they are quite wealthy. Each family possesses a few cars, tractors, combine harvesters, houses are well maintained, fences are sophisticated. Those rural guys have always counted on themselves, achieved a good standard of living and can be role models to benefit lovers.
As for dogs, we talked about it in the beginning. No, I don`t mind their barking at night, on the contrary, it is like wonderful music to me, it lullabies me to sleep because I feel like a little boy again who spent a few years of his life in the countryside during summers. Besides, due to distance to other houses, they don`t sound so noisy after all.
I was really lucky to find that sale offer a few years ago.
