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SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

That is one of the reasons I like PF photos, it is not a photo forum, so it can be a bit more rough and ready, which i find interesting :)

So what's the knife about?

I will tell you the yarn that was spun to me about it after :)
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

come on :)

But only if you get the correct answer, see?
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Of course, it is one of Krakow`s legends. I never said it was true. :):):)

Fair enough should I edit my last post?

What does it mean?

I don't really know, it is a knife that was used for cutting cloth, no?
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Nope. Look how I edited my last post. :):):)

Too late, I love it.
Us Irish call it "Gift of the gab"
Where are you from Pawian? or is that a riddle too :)?

What nationality are the soldiers?

You ask about the soldiers, are the uniforms from their country?

What and why?

Is that out side the art college in Krakow near stary kleparz?
For luck?

Where are the dates and what do they mean?

In Warsaw? and they are important dates for Poland?

Whose countenance can you see?

What's a countenance?
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]

maybe in the short term to pacify the population or at least keep it neutral and give it a common goal to strive for but in the long term its goal is to assimilate the conquered people.

Agreed.
Conquest was the fashion of the day.

Ireland has neither successfully assimilated into the British state as Wales and Scotland have

There are Scots and Welsh who would punch you for the mere thought and others who'd shrug their shoulders, same in Ireland.
As one Scotsman i met said to me, " you have it lucky, youz aren't stuck on to the bitch". Maybe not PC but he had a point, I think?

I see it as just their unique position and circumstances and only temporary.

:) Long live the E.U :p

I find many similarities between Poland and Ireland and virtually no differences,

I agree, except different ideology behind the take overs.

It’s a bit more complicated in Russian case but it sure holds true when it comes to the Germans.

Ok, i see where you are going with this, my point was about communists.
The German conquest could be seen as similar.
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]

That’s not me talking,

I know. I was not threatening you at all, i just wanted to tell you of my experiences.

Yap that’s a B**** :-).

Yes, it is difficult for me to understand communism.
But I can see similarities wherever people have been conquered.
Ah yes, Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT".
And in Africa too, I personally understood or empathised with the blacks in South Africa than the Whites, something you don't forget.
(It must be noted that there are very many fine white people in S.A.)

Don’t kid yourself it’s almost the same and never out of love.

If you mean it was not out of "true" communist brotherly love, well yeah.
Maybe it was just a different way of doing the same thing?
But boy oh boy, communism is different.
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]

I don’t growing up in a totally homogeneous country this is probably as alien concept for me as communism must be for you.

Possibly.

totally homogeneous country

Without looking, it must be Canada?

(And before anyone starts jumping down the guy's throat, these are his experiences)

Why do you think they called themselves Soviets instead of Russians?

A kind of "in with the new out with the old"?
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
Travel / Recommendations for Krakow and Myślenice [80]

I took this earlier today. in a bar, on the market square in Krakow in Poland



Not very good camera work but just for fun :)

I have lots more that I would like to add.

And if anyone has anything to contribute, please do.
SeanBM   
8 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I knew you'd answer and correctly :)

The oldest bar on the market square in Krakow?
I believe so.
When i learn how to use my camera a bit better and it snows i will put more on.
Did you like the bit with the mirror?
I am trying to make more interesting videos than that drinving through Poland one.
It is all just for fun, i won't quit my day job :) but any constructive criticism would be appreciated :)
SeanBM   
9 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

This one is too easy but it is too good not to put on here.
What are the people queuing up to buy?



SeanBM   
9 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Correct :) on all counts :)

What spices do they put in this delicious hot wine?









SeanBM   
9 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

cloves

Oh, okay, they smell magnificent :)
They were showing the craft of a black smith, you could buy a horse shoe with the name of your choice on it.





SeanBM   
9 Dec 2008
Work / Average monthly salary in Poland is around 1000 PLN (few hundred bucks). [387]

This includes electricity, gas, satellite T.V., dancing girls, credit for the casino, the limo, basically all the modern conveniences :)



3600 Zloty is a very luxurious apartment in the centre of Krakow, with all the trimmings.
Someone is pulling the wool over someone's eyes Peace2008.
SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Again, perhaps too easy.

1. what is so grotesque about this building?.

2. What is on display in the second photo, for sale?.





SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

They are a bit too easy. I knew you'd know.

Anyone else care to try their luck?
before Pawian spills the beans :)
SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Ok,
far enough,
you each get one,
that way everybody's happy.
SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Correct.
First time i saw them, I thought they were different breads.



pawian, your turn.



As the last two were so easy.
What exactly are in the jars?



SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

mushrooms... on the right

Yes

honey ? mustard ? ... in the middle

Actually, i am sure you know these but I have never seen them in a jar before.
Take a closer look.

on the left... no idea.

Top left should be easy?

or are they all mushroom products ?

No, they are all different. well except the mushrooms on the left and the ****** in the middle.





SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

on the left... cheese

Yes, I had never seen the cheese marinating before today.

on the right. each jar looks different.

Yes, I know.
Take a guess anyway





SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I still say I can see honey

Yes

the brown... looks like pasztet

the white... no idea ... maybe smalec

I do not know either.
SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

assorted jars
I think has horse radish, the top right is black current juice,
Then I get a bit sketchy, mustard, cream rice?



SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I mentioned mustard earlier.

So you did.
You get another point for that



SeanBM   
11 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

First the monument.

poor fella

That is the theatre GROTESKA which specialises in performances for children

Yep, I always wanted to go, looks good.
SeanBM   
12 Dec 2008
Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]

they will continue until the end of 2009. Starting 2010 it will start going up if the economy picks up.

What are you talking about?
What do you base the 2009/2010 on?
I don't belive you have a clue about what you are talking about.

I think that the whole Euro thing for Poland will be a mess it's to soon but we shell see!

Read above.

From what I understand (correct me if i'm wrong), poland has already blown their initial target for adopting the euro due to relative volatility of the zloty?

Yes this is true.
The next target date for the Euro is 2012.
Hungary recently had huge problems and the Polish Zloty was effected greatly by it.
So Poland are taking the 2012 deadline for the Euro very seriously so the currency will not be so open to huge fluctuations.

I think people here are not being very optimistic, they are aware that they are tied in but the economy is healthy and banks are still lending.

I know what you mean though, prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

value of the zloty

It is a generally belief here that the Zloty will increase in value.
But i am not an expert.

Poland won't be immune from the slump but will emerge much, much quicker.

And by the looks of it it will dip a lot slower and not so low.
SeanBM   
12 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

and what's the story behind this building? what's the name of the building?

Well given what looks like a machine gun nest and a big metal door with what looks like barbed wire on top, I would guess it is a prison?
SeanBM   
12 Dec 2008
Life / Reasons for moving to Poland [291]

Hi Shelly,

I am going to Ireland for the X-mas too :)
I do not miss ireland so much, sometimes.
But I do not want to live in Ireland.
I might move from here in a few years, I don't know where to.
But who knows anything can happen in a few years.
Take care of yourself.
And keep in touch.
SeanBM   
12 Dec 2008
Life / Reasons for moving to Poland [291]

A few different reasons.
It rains too much.
I love to travel.
I feel that if I were to move back, that I would be moving backwards in my life.
I don't feel like I have anything to move back to, everything has changed there and I have changed.
I get very frustrated there after a couple of weeks, too many ghosts, you know memories of things past, some great, some not so great.
SeanBM   
12 Dec 2008
Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]

but as far as I can see at the moment they will not give mortgages to locals, and are very slow if not also refusing to give money to foreign investors.

They now want 30% deposit, yes.
And it has always been a long and difficult procedure for foreigners, so nothing new there.

What bank(s) are you dealing with, and are they lending to locals to, say, buy new houses (a matter close to your heart I'm sure!)?

They are giving loans but the 30% deposit is required.
This will slow people down and there has recently been a a surge of people getting mortgages, just before this 30% thing came into effect.
But as far as I can see this is healthy for the country, people do not live on credit here and tend to save their own money.

I am not saying that prices will not be effected, they will more than likely.
I just get info back from Ireland and I do not think the same thing will happen here.

I am currently dealing with Kredyt Bank, (it's like pushing wet rope, up hill).