Mufasa
29 Oct 2007
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
Have been here for a year and two months now. In the beginning I really had to get used to the 'tram faces'. Polish people have a way of ignoring other people's existence when they are on the street - looking right through you, and, if you dare smile at them (habit of people in my home country), it's like: 'What do you want from me?!!' Started to learn Polish though, and although I still speak very little, and my grammar is always a shambles, my pronunciation is good, so if it's just Dzien Dobry, and maybe a little bit more, I fool them with my accent. Also, Polish Moms and Dads with little ones melt like snow in the sun if you play a game with the little ones. And then I found out that if you can get past the tram faces, Polish people bloom open like the tulips in spring - as colourful and full of surprises as you could never imagine any tram face would be. :0)
Have been here for a year and two months now. In the beginning I really had to get used to the 'tram faces'. Polish people have a way of ignoring other people's existence when they are on the street - looking right through you, and, if you dare smile at them (habit of people in my home country), it's like: 'What do you want from me?!!' Started to learn Polish though, and although I still speak very little, and my grammar is always a shambles, my pronunciation is good, so if it's just Dzien Dobry, and maybe a little bit more, I fool them with my accent. Also, Polish Moms and Dads with little ones melt like snow in the sun if you play a game with the little ones. And then I found out that if you can get past the tram faces, Polish people bloom open like the tulips in spring - as colourful and full of surprises as you could never imagine any tram face would be. :0)