Food / Cornish game hens in Poland? [13]

The meat is very tasty, much better than a chicken. You can roast them with stuffing too.There is a lot of bone picking involved and your fingers are the best utensils but it is well worthed and finger licking good!

USA, Canada / Can a Canadian Female Drive in Poland?? [31]


lol. I like the 'relaxing' part. It doesn't mean that you can doze off behind the wheel but the wide open expressways make it a pleasure to drive. I'm sure it will take some adjustment and getting used to the narrow streets and crazy drivers, but you're going to be fine.

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [959]

You're right. That's the cabaret style just like in the Piwnica pod Baranami. The place produced many good artists and songs in the past. Hopefully, they still do.

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [959]

What a cute song. I like it.

USA, Canada / Can a Canadian Female Drive in Poland?? [31]


Thanks for the advice! :) I think the drinking and driving in Poland is exaggerated. Whenever I am in Poland 'my drivers' are afraid to even have a tiny sip of alcohol. I guess, it is the other drivers one should worry about.


Are you comfortable driving in Poland?

USA, Canada / Can a Canadian Female Drive in Poland?? [31]

Driving in Poland? Be brave. Be very brave.
I consider myself as an excellent driver, but I have goose bumps when I'm driven in Poland. I would not dare to sit behind the wheel. It scares me. What if I decide to retire in Poland some day? Should I learn how to drive all over again?

Life / Stereotypes: Do Poles believe in fate? [18]

My sister told me to make sure that I take a good look at the Jupiter (I'm sure you guys noticed it in the skies during the last few weeks) and light a candle for a good luck...I did it, (what's the harm?), but I refuse to kill a black rooster at midnight and spit three time over my left shoulder... :)

Love / 20% of adult Poles are single and live with Mummy! [238]

Many young adults are moving back to mom and dad. Either lower wages or unemployment are forcing them to do that. Welcome to Europe in America. Soon we'll have three generations living in a small 900 sq feet apartments.

Life / Can you buy de-icer in Poland? [11]


lol. You would not know anything about it in Texas girl, but it is a reality in Chicago. A couple of sprays on the frosty windows and off you go..no scraping. I love it.

News / Human Trafficking in and from Poland [80]


Hmm...why..Thank you.. but I was 18 once too. Poland is not exactly a 3rd world country where people live or lived in such poverty. There should not be any Polki so gullible.

News / Human Trafficking in and from Poland [80]

I thought it was about human trafficking not about student loans...lol.

I don't feel sorry for the women 'falling' for all the promises and the big money abroad in some exotic country. Really, they know what's ahead of them. I read/heard plenty of stories decades ago! Don't they hear/read about this stuff now!? So, it makes me think... they know what they are getting into.

Nobody deserves to have their passports taken away and forced to do what they don't want to do. The Johns should be punished for that, but the ones who want to satisfy the demand for services?...let them. Don't kid yourself, prostitution will never go away.

Travel / Visa to Poland (stay more than 90 days in Poland) [45]


It sounds like she walked off a bus or a boat while on a trip to the west and asked for asylum. In this case she has to deal with the consulate. She should still have a her old, expired passport, right? It's hard to give advice without details.

History / How Poland views Europe [44]

Yeah...funny. Too many people are really bored out there.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

It is most likely so. Sosna means pine, but you already know that.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

What the heck Aphrodisiac? Did you move back for good? Are sure you will not come back?Very, very interesting. I really like the posts about your first impressions! Keep it up.

All my best to you and may all the plans you've made realize in Poland.

Life / Bugs in Polish houses and apartments [78]


I don't see them too often, but I'll experiment next time I see one. Hmmm, I thought they can come in through the pipes too, especially in the bathroom.

USA, Canada / Do any other Polish Americans feel that our culture needs to be more well preserved? [38]



lol. You are so nice to Allison pgtx...

Life / Bugs in Polish houses and apartments [78]



Thank you good people. I had the long legged one marching on my bathroom wall this morning but before I could get a glass to catch him and throw him outside - he hid behind the cabinet...

Love / Are Polish and Slavic men perhaps a little bit insecure sometimes? [113]


Thank You Zimmy! And a bottle of wine with it sounds good. :)

Love / Are Polish and Slavic men perhaps a little bit insecure sometimes? [113]

Agree. She doesn't seem to have a clue how easy it is to notice the style. Some "doubles" at least make the effort to sound different at first.

Life / Bugs in Polish houses and apartments [78]


I agree. Before I spray the corner the dweller is put in a jar (if I can catch him) and shaken outside. The spray is burning their feet, so the next one who wants to settle there just says 'aw,aw, aw' and moves away somewhere also.

It didn't happen this year yet, but last fall I had the biggest and most beautiful spider net built overnight between two hanging plants on the balcony. Gotta admire the nature at work.The huge spider sat in the middle of it. I did not have the heart to get the broom and destroy it so I left it and went to work. When I came back the spider was not there and the web was half destroyed with some insect caught in it. I regret not taking a picture.

Food / Any czernina fans on PF? [23]

Yes! yes! Now it rings the bell. It was in 'Pan Tadeusz' where Jacek Soplica got the soup ( just found it on Wiki).

USA, Canada / Born in Canada, Polish parents. Am I still a citizen of Poland? [14]


The PESEL should be noted in her passport already since it was done in the 80's.

Food / Any czernina fans on PF? [23]


Oh well, gotta look for a farm then but I wonder where the restaurants get it when they have it on the menu. Next time I see the soup on the menu I'll ask..


Lol! I heard about it! It was the mother's way of saying 'my daughter is not for you, I don't approve'.

Life / Gypies/Indian-looking women with kids beg for money in Poland [143]

Arrrgh...good ol' Europe and its dramas: Gypsies, Jews, Indians, Romanians, ' Pakis', Algerians...who is who and why..you supposed be united[b][/b]! lol.

Love / Are Polish and Slavic men perhaps a little bit insecure sometimes? [113]


The clip is so funny! What movie is that? I'd love to rent it.

USA, Canada / Born in Canada, Polish parents. Am I still a citizen of Poland? [14]

I don't know how it works in Canada, but in US there is no problem to renew an old polish passport, no matter how long after the expiration date.

History / Prophesy - Poland from sea to sea. [57]


I didn't think so and I hope not. People are not as gullible and superstitious as they were in the past. However, 'wróżki' or future tellers are still making a living in Chicago.. :)

History / Prophesy - Poland from sea to sea. [57]

Nope. Being nice is hard. Especially, when reading some posts.

Nah, dear iron...you're not jumping about and insulting people, you just make some readers jump. :) There is nothing wrong with expressing opinions, it however depends how it is done so readers don't jump.

Back to topic. In my childhood years in Poland i heard many times about 'krolowa Saba or Sybilla' prophecies. It was pretty interesting to read but since I was not a believer even as a kid, I don't remember much of the prophecies. I think there was a little, old and beat up book passed around with her predictions. I remember reading about a small country being the reason for the end of the world. Israel?

Are the predictions of Queen Sabah (Sibilla?) still 'alive' in Poland?

Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]

Vasectomy illegal? That's what happens when the government and/or church are controlling their citizens. I agree that no 20 year old should do it, but illegal!? It is up to the individual and their doctor. What's next? Tattoos? After all you mutilate your body too...possible infection etc.