Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [267]

First off, this is my first post on here, so hello community
I am English with an english mother and turkish cypriot father so i obviously i stand out quite a bit when in poland.
On my visit to Poland to meet my gf family, i was welcomed with open arms, i have never experienced such hospitality, and this was in a small village outside of Poznan. After two days, most people in the village knew i was there, and my gf mum had requests for me to stay at their houses, even though they had never met me.

i thought Turkish hospitality was great but what i experienced in Poland was something else.

And I also found that when I attempted to speak the language, most people would have a lot of respect for me than if i was just plain ignorent and just spoke english. I even got on well with her grandmother :)

As for walking around the city of poznan, sometimes i would get some funny looks if i was speaking english, but i guess because poznan is quite a tourist area it is common for Polish to see foriegn people.