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18 Dec 2009
Travel / Driving from UK to Ukraine via Poland - need car insurance [46]

If you're not driving your own car, make sure that you have a POA to take the car over the border. They were really hard on this a couple of months back, probably still are.

Have a fun time in Ukraine..its a great country , lovely people nice food and beer...the roads are bloody terrible , make sure your tyres and suspension are in good condition , and be prepared for potholes of megga proportions....

Ukraine was alright, Russia was like driving in Germany, and Kazakhstan was, well, like driving in Kazakhstan....
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30 Nov 2009
Food / Your all time favourite Polish Dishes! [108]

I had some shockingly good zurek outside of Kielce at a friends place. He had just brought his pig to the butcher, so we had fresh sausage and eggs fresh from the coop. It was amazing. There were some diced potatoes in there, pieces of bacon, something green, bread on the side. Speaking of which, it's about time to head to Kielce again...
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30 Nov 2009
Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

delphiandomine
Plenty of business sense here, otherwise people wouldn't be driving round in mostly-new cars, would they?

I don't know, seems pretty dumb to take a high interest long term loan to pay for something as worthless as a new car. And even more appalling is when people take out loans in currencies that they are not earning.
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25 Nov 2009
News / WHY DOES POLAND BUY GAS FROM RUSSIA? [105]

I guess if the Ukrainians would start paying the same amount of money that Poles do, then their gas might not get cut off. There are plenty of sources that Ukraine could get gas from without ever touching Gazprom pipes.

With the new contract, it's pretty straightforward. Ukraine pays market gas prices, Russia pays market transit prices. win-win.
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25 Nov 2009
Law / How will the Zloty be against the British Pound over the next 6-12 Months [45]

NBP will probably be doing quite a bit to keep prices where they are now to make sure that Poland remains competitive in the EU market through low labor and investment costs. I wouldn't expect the zloty to appreciate when investors are already a bit shaky. Keeping it where it's at will help Poland maintain investment while belts are tight.

Tusk already missed the deadline for joining ERM for his 2012 "join the euro" deadline. Once Poland joins the ERM, NBP will probably do everything in its power to make sure they hit their targets, which probably won't be pretty, but will mean a stable exchange rate against the euro.

I have a really hard time seeing the pound increase in value unless things get a whole lot better globally. If it gets any worse, the only recourse will be printing up more money (those interest rates can't get any lower...). Darling has managed to officially dump 175B GBP straight off the printing presses, that can't help it's value.

So hey, from the couch, I'd say the pound will lose some to the zloty and the euro. If you want somewhere relatively safe for your money for the next 6 months, gold is always an option (maybe even a profitable one)....