pawian
17 Oct 2008
pawian
4 Nov 2008
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
Once I have enjoyed a visit by a relative of mine. He brought a bottle of Pan Tadeusz vodka. As much as I don`t like vodka (I prefer wine), his was quite agreeable to my taste buds. Strong but with a little sweet flavour.
Once I have enjoyed a visit by a relative of mine. He brought a bottle of Pan Tadeusz vodka. As much as I don`t like vodka (I prefer wine), his was quite agreeable to my taste buds. Strong but with a little sweet flavour.
pawian
4 Nov 2008
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
Sorrru , I hagve frink too mcugh hoem made wine tonight and my Engoish sliopped out of comntroll, dsort of.
Thabnks for correcxtions.
'I once enjoyed a visit from a relative of mine' is better pawian.
Sorrru , I hagve frink too mcugh hoem made wine tonight and my Engoish sliopped out of comntroll, dsort of.
Thabnks for correcxtions.
pawian
16 Nov 2008
Food / Do Polish people really love cabbage ?? [78]
Popular cabbage dishes in Poland are:
1. Bigos (made from sauerkraut and fresh cabbage).
2. Kapuśniak soup
3. Pierogis stuffed with cabbage and mushrooms.
4. Gołąbki rolls
5. Boiled cabbage salad
And my favourite
4. Sauerkraut carrot salad, often served in our school canteen.
If I skipped some dish, correct me.
Popular cabbage dishes in Poland are:
1. Bigos (made from sauerkraut and fresh cabbage).
2. Kapuśniak soup
3. Pierogis stuffed with cabbage and mushrooms.
4. Gołąbki rolls
5. Boiled cabbage salad
And my favourite
4. Sauerkraut carrot salad, often served in our school canteen.
If I skipped some dish, correct me.
pawian
16 Nov 2008
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]
I agree.
Polish pizza is soooooooooooo the best pizza in the world, the ones from glogow are the best ever !!!
I agree.
pawian
16 Nov 2008
pawian
16 Nov 2008
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]
That`s true.
But during summer holidays we travel a lot around Poland and have pizza almost every day. I have not complained so far...
Pizza isn't Polish national dish and it depends where you eat it :)
That`s true.
But during summer holidays we travel a lot around Poland and have pizza almost every day. I have not complained so far...
pawian
16 Nov 2008
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]
Cmon, if they put blue cheese on pizza, what`s wrong with mountain or goat one?
Polish sausage pizza in every Polish home!!
Yeah, i think Polish pizza sucks too, cmon, who though of mountain cheese on a pizza!!!
Cmon, if they put blue cheese on pizza, what`s wrong with mountain or goat one?
That makes our pizza so tasty and healty :)
Polish sausage pizza in every Polish home!!
pawian
16 Nov 2008
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]
Yes.
Actually, the one above is the same pizza, before and after baking. It is quite easy because you can buy excellent pizza bases in Polish supermarkets.
Have you made them at home ?
Yes.
Actually, the one above is the same pizza, before and after baking. It is quite easy because you can buy excellent pizza bases in Polish supermarkets.
pawian
16 Nov 2008
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [330]
hahahahahaha :):):)
My telepathic skills told me you wanted to say it....
hahahahahaha :):):)
My telepathic skills told me you wanted to say it....
pawian
17 Nov 2008
Food / Do Polish people really love cabbage ?? [78]
Neither have I.
Probably Z darius meant sth else.
Yes, that`s it.
Hmm, are you sure you don`t mistake fried onion for cabbage??????
Neither have I.
Probably Z darius meant sth else.
But in other slangs "kapusta" means money.
Yes, that`s it.
I have been here for 3 months
hotdog has cabbage
hambuger has cabbage
kebab has cabbage
hotdog has cabbage
hambuger has cabbage
kebab has cabbage
Hmm, are you sure you don`t mistake fried onion for cabbage??????
pawian
17 Nov 2008
Food / Do Polish people really love cabbage ?? [78]
But cabbage field is literal here. An old superstition, or rather a politically correct reply to the question where children come from, is that they are found by parents in cabbage or are brought by a stork.
So, kapusta still has nothing to do with girls, girlfriends, even in slangish meaning.
But cabbage field is literal here. An old superstition, or rather a politically correct reply to the question where children come from, is that they are found by parents in cabbage or are brought by a stork.
So, kapusta still has nothing to do with girls, girlfriends, even in slangish meaning.
pawian
17 Nov 2008
Food / Do Polish people really love cabbage ?? [78]
:):) I get this attempt of a joke here. Children are found in cabbage which metaphorically means they are found in girls. That`s what you mean?
However, I may assure you that kapusta has never been used as a slang expression for a girl or girlfriend in Poland. Google "kapusta dziewczyna" and you will see zero results.
Sorry, someone has misinformed you.
:):) I get this attempt of a joke here. Children are found in cabbage which metaphorically means they are found in girls. That`s what you mean?
However, I may assure you that kapusta has never been used as a slang expression for a girl or girlfriend in Poland. Google "kapusta dziewczyna" and you will see zero results.
Sorry, someone has misinformed you.
pawian
17 Nov 2008
Food / Do Polish people really love cabbage ?? [78]
Instead of contradicting, why don`t you admit you are wrong on this? :):):) No Pole here will corroborate your stance...
Instead of contradicting, why don`t you admit you are wrong on this? :):):) No Pole here will corroborate your stance...
pawian
19 Nov 2008
Food / Do Polish people really love cabbage ?? [78]
Slipped into oblivion???
Ok, ok, I think I can accept this slang meaning of kapusta if you insist.... :):):)
But, obviously, it isn`t too popular. Probably only in provincial areas....
Are you sure of it? :):):)
Slipped into oblivion???
see and look for this text:
A teraz przez Was moja kapusta nie rozumie, co do niej mówię, nooby!
A teraz przez Was moja kapusta nie rozumie, co do niej mówię, nooby!
Ok, ok, I think I can accept this slang meaning of kapusta if you insist.... :):):)
But, obviously, it isn`t too popular. Probably only in provincial areas....
I know the difference between cabbage and onions!
Are you sure of it? :):):)
pawian
30 Dec 2008
Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [223]
Hey, nobody has set such rules... I have voted of course. My reasons to visit nothern Poland (I live in the south) are the same as Szymek`s - I can`t wait to see the Polish seaside. I have enough of the mountains.
The first sight of the sea after a long year is breathtaking. It feels like orgasm.
Then it is even better (provided the weather permits):
I am not allowed to vote because I am here :)
Hey, nobody has set such rules... I have voted of course. My reasons to visit nothern Poland (I live in the south) are the same as Szymek`s - I can`t wait to see the Polish seaside. I have enough of the mountains.
The first sight of the sea after a long year is breathtaking. It feels like orgasm.
Then it is even better (provided the weather permits):
pawian
2 Jan 2009
pawian
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [243]
I am sorry, I don`t possess my book on beetles any more. During vacation, while perusing the book in the forest, I was attacked by a giant beetle, some unknown species. Them! scared me shitless so I ran away, leaving my book behind.
Sorry.
The situation looked like that.
What's the beetle Pawian?
I am sorry, I don`t possess my book on beetles any more. During vacation, while perusing the book in the forest, I was attacked by a giant beetle, some unknown species. Them! scared me shitless so I ran away, leaving my book behind.
Sorry.
The situation looked like that.
pawian
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [223]
I also visit Poland to visit museums here:
E.g. :
Krakow
Warsaw
Biskupin
etc etc etc.
I also visit Poland to visit museums here:
E.g. :
Krakow
Warsaw
Biskupin
etc etc etc.
pawian
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [243]
Of course I am not.
Yes. Run for your lives!!!!
Exactly.
He is not kidding..
Of course I am not.
there are some huge critters buzzing about....
Yes. Run for your lives!!!!
i was tootling along on the Harley one evening , and had my visor up enjoying the breeze....I swear the beetle that smacked into my eye nearly blinding me was the size of a B29 bomber...Sometimes on a summer evening they drone past me in the garden , they seem so much bigger here than back in the UK , Polish food must be better than whatever the beetles eat in the UK.....
Exactly.
pawian
2 Jan 2009
pawian
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [243]
Come on, better give up. There are too many of them.... Poland beetle
:):):)
wildrover:
Come on, better give up. There are too many of them.... Poland beetle
Check out Gwarek nightclub in Gliwice, plenty of wildlife there.
:):):)
pawian
11 Jan 2009
News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]
My wife`s father had a Mikrus for 10 years. He sold it in late 70s because spare parts were getting unavailable and bought a Syrena.
Mikrus is one of the exhibits in the Urban Engineering Museum in Krakow:
My wife`s father had a Mikrus for 10 years. He sold it in late 70s because spare parts were getting unavailable and bought a Syrena.
Mikrus is one of the exhibits in the Urban Engineering Museum in Krakow:
pawian
25 Jan 2009
News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]
But with less room inside than the Trabant and with a smaller trunk. I know because my family had one in 70s.
But with less room inside than the Trabant and with a smaller trunk. I know because my family had one in 70s.
pawian
28 Jan 2009
Life / If I could introduce something from my country into Poland, I would.... [175]
I agree. Tonns of rubbish in streets like in Naples, Italy last year are unthinkable in Poland.
thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2005/07/images/070530newspic.jpg
You are a lousy shopper if you can`t find blue cheese in Poland.
[quote=pawian]I agree. Tonns of rubbish in streets like in Naples, Italy last year are unthinkable in Poland./quote]
Sth strange is happening to images. They don`t show. What`s wrong?
Maybe it's different in other cities, mafketis, but the Poles get my respect for being relatively clean on the streets.
I agree. Tonns of rubbish in streets like in Naples, Italy last year are unthinkable in Poland.
thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2005/07/images/070530newspic.jpg
Cheese. Blue cheese. Soft, creamy blue cheese with a delicate flavour, possibly made with goat's or ewe's milk.
You are a lousy shopper if you can`t find blue cheese in Poland.
[quote=pawian]I agree. Tonns of rubbish in streets like in Naples, Italy last year are unthinkable in Poland./quote]
Sth strange is happening to images. They don`t show. What`s wrong?
pawian
1 Feb 2009
Love / POLISH WOMEN ARE PROMISCUOUS? DISCUSS. [153]
Exactly. Depends on the man.
Even the same girl is both prudish and promiscuous at different times.
Exactly. Depends on the man.
pawian
13 Feb 2009
Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]
The palace was rebuilt from the scratch. It is near Krakow, for many years the ruins had haunted me and one day, out of the blue, the palace was reborn. Incredible.
Ruins
nowe-brzesko.iap.pl/img.html?oid=6757288
See more on this site palacsmilowice.com
Krakow used to be a fortress under the Austrian partition in 19 century. Those smart Austrians even adapted Wawel Castle for barracks and stables. Total lack of respect towards the Polish cultural and historical heritage! :):):)
Today the forts are car parks and wine storage houses.
Palace in Smilowice
smilowice
smilowice
The palace was rebuilt from the scratch. It is near Krakow, for many years the ruins had haunted me and one day, out of the blue, the palace was reborn. Incredible.
Ruins
nowe-brzesko.iap.pl/img.html?oid=6757288
See more on this site palacsmilowice.com
Krakow used to be a fortress under the Austrian partition in 19 century. Those smart Austrians even adapted Wawel Castle for barracks and stables. Total lack of respect towards the Polish cultural and historical heritage! :):):)
Today the forts are car parks and wine storage houses.
pawian
18 Feb 2009
History / The restoration of Polish cities from WW2 destruction [123]
I have always been fascinated with the process of rebuilding of Polish major cities after the WW2. For me it is an amazing phenomenon. There had been a city, next there were ruins, which eventually turned into a city again. Pure magic!
Let`s see how much effort Poles had to put into the work.
Warsaw should go first as Poland`s capital and most heroic city ever.
The losses of Warsaw during WW2:
1. 800.000 people dead (that is twice as much as American army casualties which amounted to 400.000).
80 percent of the left riverside Warsaw ceased to exist, with such major districts as the Old Town, the New Town and Downtown.
10% in September 1939, 10% during Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Germans levelled the Jewish district to the ground), 30% during Warsaw Uprising 1944. The remaining 30% are houses intentionally destroyed by German demolition units which carried Hitler`s mad order to eradicate Warsaw from the surface of the earth.
Warsavians who had survived the war and started coming back to their city after being forcefully expelled by Germans, saw the ocean of ruins in the place where once beautiful city was located.
Some examples
The church of St. Alexander
King Zygmunt III column lies on the ground, broken
The Royal Castle
1945 - the total destruction
Krasiński Palace - only the front wall was left. I cant` show you the photo now.
strony.aster.pl/stolice/pliki/wa_krasinskich01.jpg
Prudential - the pre-war skyscraper
It had a very strong construction of welded steel beams. The famous picture shows the building hit by a 2-ton shell from the heaviest mortar ever used by Germans during the Warsaw Uprising.
The ruin of the Polish Bank was only partly rebuilt after the war, like that famous building in Hiroshima, as a war memento.
Hiroshima - the Bomb Dome
The Old Town
I have always been fascinated with the process of rebuilding of Polish major cities after the WW2. For me it is an amazing phenomenon. There had been a city, next there were ruins, which eventually turned into a city again. Pure magic!
Let`s see how much effort Poles had to put into the work.
Warsaw should go first as Poland`s capital and most heroic city ever.
The losses of Warsaw during WW2:
1. 800.000 people dead (that is twice as much as American army casualties which amounted to 400.000).
80 percent of the left riverside Warsaw ceased to exist, with such major districts as the Old Town, the New Town and Downtown.
10% in September 1939, 10% during Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Germans levelled the Jewish district to the ground), 30% during Warsaw Uprising 1944. The remaining 30% are houses intentionally destroyed by German demolition units which carried Hitler`s mad order to eradicate Warsaw from the surface of the earth.
Warsavians who had survived the war and started coming back to their city after being forcefully expelled by Germans, saw the ocean of ruins in the place where once beautiful city was located.
Some examples
The church of St. Alexander
King Zygmunt III column lies on the ground, broken
The Royal Castle
1945 - the total destruction
Krasiński Palace - only the front wall was left. I cant` show you the photo now.
strony.aster.pl/stolice/pliki/wa_krasinskich01.jpg
Prudential - the pre-war skyscraper
It had a very strong construction of welded steel beams. The famous picture shows the building hit by a 2-ton shell from the heaviest mortar ever used by Germans during the Warsaw Uprising.
The ruin of the Polish Bank was only partly rebuilt after the war, like that famous building in Hiroshima, as a war memento.
Hiroshima - the Bomb Dome
The Old Town
pawian
18 Feb 2009
History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]
Books about Holocaust are done at school, especially high school level. Recently we went to the theatre to see a play based on Marek Edelman`s story :Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem. It was really thought-inspiring.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_Edelman
There are a few other books about Holocaust on the list which students are supposed to read for Polish classes. Later high school exams include these books.
From a polish perspective what did you what did you learn about in school about The ghetto's and The Jewish camps in Poland since 1938.
Books about Holocaust are done at school, especially high school level. Recently we went to the theatre to see a play based on Marek Edelman`s story :Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem. It was really thought-inspiring.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_Edelman
There are a few other books about Holocaust on the list which students are supposed to read for Polish classes. Later high school exams include these books.
pawian
18 Feb 2009
History / The restoration of Polish cities from WW2 destruction [123]
Wow!
Lock on Doors of Blenheim's Great Hall
Original caption: 3/24/50-Woodstock, England: This ingenious lock on the main doors of Blenheim's Great Hall was copied from one on the gates of Warsaw. Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace 75 years ago.
Pulling down damaged houses in Warsaw, Poland:
Not all quarters were reconstructed. Unfortunately, socialist planners decided not to rebuild most of bourgeoisie houses.
Muranów before the war
Turned into ghetto by Nazis was later razed to the ground except for one church.
Poland Ghetto
They rebuilt it as a socialist estate of blocks
Other were rebuilt but with modifications, e.g., tenement houses were deprived of their bourgeoisie decorations.
Warsaw rebuilt
Or the church of St. Alexander
1939
1944
40-50s
2007
in this way the church regained its original form from 1860
Look at the map of pre-war Warsaw (second map on the site). Red colour means totally destroyed buildings which weren`t rebuilt, green means reconstructed or preserved ones.
E.g., one square
It`s true that communists allowed to rebuild the Old Town and many things but they did a lousy job to most of pre-war architecture.
Check this site- moving on an old photo you get a contemporary view.
The second photo shows a synagogue today replaced by a skyscraper:
The second photo shows that even the Old Town wasn`t reconstructed completely....
The first photo shows that only one building was restored in the long street.
The once posh elegant Marshall Street turned into a socialist architectonic nightmare
Oh, my, Warsaw was once called the Paris of the East!
Links from this site: warszawa.przedwojenna.prv.pl
Wow!
Lock on Doors of Blenheim's Great Hall
Original caption: 3/24/50-Woodstock, England: This ingenious lock on the main doors of Blenheim's Great Hall was copied from one on the gates of Warsaw. Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace 75 years ago.
Pulling down damaged houses in Warsaw, Poland:
Not all quarters were reconstructed. Unfortunately, socialist planners decided not to rebuild most of bourgeoisie houses.
Muranów before the war
Turned into ghetto by Nazis was later razed to the ground except for one church.
Poland Ghetto
They rebuilt it as a socialist estate of blocks
Other were rebuilt but with modifications, e.g., tenement houses were deprived of their bourgeoisie decorations.
Warsaw rebuilt
Or the church of St. Alexander
1939
1944
40-50s
2007
in this way the church regained its original form from 1860
Look at the map of pre-war Warsaw (second map on the site). Red colour means totally destroyed buildings which weren`t rebuilt, green means reconstructed or preserved ones.
E.g., one square
It`s true that communists allowed to rebuild the Old Town and many things but they did a lousy job to most of pre-war architecture.
Check this site- moving on an old photo you get a contemporary view.
The second photo shows a synagogue today replaced by a skyscraper:
The second photo shows that even the Old Town wasn`t reconstructed completely....
The first photo shows that only one building was restored in the long street.
The once posh elegant Marshall Street turned into a socialist architectonic nightmare
Oh, my, Warsaw was once called the Paris of the East!
Links from this site: warszawa.przedwojenna.prv.pl