News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


Really, stick to talking about things you have some clue about.

History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]


If Britain had refused to negotiate about Poland without Polish representatives being there, that would have suited Stalin just fine: he would simply have not negotiated about Poland and done whatever he wanted (probably making Poland part of the USSR). As for what the Polish govt knew, well they clearly knew about the plan to move Poland's border westwards: the Polish PM suggested it!

Study / Ever meet a non-Polish teacher at a Polish university? [15]

Yes, for one a German bloke, got married to his Polish girlfriend in late '80s, was still denied residency, his wife was denied an exit visa, he was about to get deported, he asked for his supervising professor for help: no more visa office problems.

I also knew a fair mid 90s USPC volunteers at various business schools, who met with varying fates.

History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]


Maybe not? Yes, I can just see that conversation at the Yalta conference:
HMG representative: We demand that Polish government representatives be present while we discuss Poland.
Stalin: Not a problem, Osobka-Morawski is waiting outside.

Travel / Visiting Poland for 3 days. Need some info on getting around [12]


You can buy tickets on the PKP website and then print them out yourself. bilet.intercity.pl/irez/ Yes I do use that service myself.

Life / How much money did you spend today in Poland and what did you spend it on? [33]


A better option is to buy from zooplus.pl I get Gourmet Gold for my three and it's 1.49zl per can.

Life / Expats/Immigrants in Poland: Needy, Greedy or contributor. Which one are you? [118]

Contributor when I came to Poland but these days far far less so, these days I'm pretty much none of those things.

News / Polish Students Striking in Lithuania [80]


Indeed. But expecting Soki to talk about history honestly is somewhat foolish.

Work / Internships in Polish mass media [23]


None of those would be interested. Especially given that the OP appears not to be a particularly fluent speaker of English.

Work / Internships in Polish mass media [23]


Seriously, they will not be interested. Warsaw In Your Pocket doesn't even have an office in Warsaw! It has a staff of two people (one of whom also writes other guides in Poland). The WBJ used to have summer interns but those were always people who were well connected (e.g. when I was there it was the daughter of the US ambassador) and as far as I know, they haven't even bothered with the summer interns for several years.

Work / Internships in Polish mass media [23]


Probably not actually. The problem is that you have to find space for the person to sit and then pay for the calls that they make. I can tell you for a fact that the Insider is not now looking for an intern and would not even bother to keep any CVs sent in (the editor-in-chief is a good friend of mine).

Work / Internships in Polish mass media [23]

Not really. Or at least not the print media.

Although obviously most of the content is created by people who work from home.

Life / How much money did you spend today in Poland and what did you spend it on? [33]


I had a stormingly good meal at a place in Przemysl last month for 48zl (2 x soup + 2 x main course + 'salad' + potato + one desert + three large beers). But a large beer down there is sometimes below 4zl.

Life / Expats/Immigrants in Poland: Needy, Greedy or contributor. Which one are you? [118]


And for those whose field is education?

Life / Expats/Immigrants in Poland: Needy, Greedy or contributor. Which one are you? [118]

Looking at who they invite to come to Poland, the Polish government clearly disagree with you.

Work / Proofreading - What is the going rate in Warsaw? [40]

Depends on how long the text is, what the text is, when the deadline is, who the client is, etc etc etc.

Work / Proofreading - What is the going rate in Warsaw? [40]

Well, if it is a 100 page translation of a biochemistry report which was done by a half-arsed translator who had no understanding at all of the concepts, it is going to take far longer and so you want more money for it. If the client expects you to do 16-hour days in order to hit their deadline, that will also require more money.

As for billing, it is always always always per 1,600 character page (including spaces) or stretch that to 1,800.

You probably want at least 20zl per page (standard rate would be about four pages per hour).

Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]


Clearly you do not live in Warsaw.

Work / Proofreading - What is the going rate in Warsaw? [40]

That is by no means undercutting everybody: I know one guy who charges as little as 7zl per 1,800 characters.

The thing is, companies are starting to realise that, as with language lessons, with proofreading you get what you pay for. With that in mind they are willing to pay four times more than they can pay.

Life / Expats/Immigrants in Poland: Needy, Greedy or contributor. Which one are you? [118]


Lucky then that the students I came to teach had already had many years of studying English.

USA, Canada / Does anyone know about Americans or Canadians deported from Poland on Visa irregularities? [14]

Yes: I know several Americans who have been deported for overstaying and I know more who have either had trouble on exit or were denied re-entry into Poland. Those deported were caught in a variety of ways: one was reported by his ex-girlfriend; one was arrested for being drunk and when they checked his passport, they saw he'd been in Poland for more than 90 days; one had his residency request denied because his school hadn't secured the promise of a work permit for him and as he'd been in Poland for more than 90 days by then, he was deported; one was (we think) reported by the boss of the school he'd just left without giving notice (because they were three weeks late with his pay); one was stopped for jaywalking. I know three Americans who have got stuck in Ukraine (tried to come back to Poland and were denied entry at the border), one who wasn't allowed on his flight from London and one who got stuck in Kalingrad.

Work / Internships in Polish mass media [23]


There is no English language print media in Poland that would give you a job or an internship.

USA, Canada / Does anyone know about Americans or Canadians deported from Poland on Visa irregularities? [14]


He's the one who applied for a karta pobytu and then found out his school hadn't secured the promise of a work permit which he needed.


Yes, dear boy, of course you do. Just as you now own a wonderfully successful Indian restaurant in Warsaw.

USA, Canada / Does anyone know about Americans or Canadians deported from Poland on Visa irregularities? [14]

Possibly a little bit of the last one. But it is more that a lot of Americans either think that visa requirements do not apply to them or believe that they can continue to make trips across the border every 90 days or something like that. And more and more of them are finding out the hard way that neither of those beliefs are correct.

Work / Internships in Polish mass media [23]

Sorry not to be able to help more.

Why not try getting into media where you are and then looking for a post out here?

USA, Canada / Does anyone know about Americans or Canadians deported from Poland on Visa irregularities? [14]

Don't worry, dear boy, the border guard in Poland have guns and a reputation for not taking any shiit from any illegal immigrant, particularly not when the information they received about an individual illegal immigrant also contains very specific warning that the man in question is extremely violent, especially towards women.

UK, Ireland / Cigarettes in Poland (cost, brands). The situation in the UK? [57]


Sorry but all of those are very unusual in Poland. Would Marlboro be acceptable? They are everywhere.

UK, Ireland / Cigarettes in Poland (cost, brands). The situation in the UK? [57]

Not sure to be honest. I'm pretty sure that I've seen Drum but Golden Virgina and Old Holbourne are not things that I can remember seeing.

Perhaps one of our Wroclaw members can help with regard to what is available in Wroclaw?

UK, Ireland / Cigarettes in Poland (cost, brands). The situation in the UK? [57]


Hmm, a sixty-a-day man are you?

Work / Proofreading - What is the going rate in Warsaw? [40]


On the other hand, you can find yourself flying through a press release in five minutes and getting paid for half an hour's work. Swings and roundabouts.