Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]

To be totally honest, you are right InWroclaw. I do have poor grammar, I do. However that's not what I'm teaching I'm only having conversational English with my clients. I don't teach Grammatical English, I don't teach in a school and I don't lie and pretend I know something I don't.

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]

InWroclaw

Again, Luckily what you believe doesn't effect my life, so it doesn't matter.

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]

Ha, no I pay my taxes, Zus and have an accountant. If you want my Regon number you can have it. :)

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]

Just because it sounds it to you doesn't make it untrue.

nativespeaker.com.pl

From this website alone I have had many, many contacts. However 90% of my clients are now from word of mouth. There is one street in Lesznowola where I literally teach the whole street, going from one door to the next. I know I have been extremely lucky, but it is all true.

However I do know that if wish not to believe then nothing I can say will change your mind and everything will be BS. Luckily what you believe doesn't effect my life, so it doesn't matter.

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]

Of course it can be done, (However you should make an effort to learn Polish) There are many people who would love to learn Italian from a native speaker. I came over in November without speaking Polish, registered on a website as a native speaker for conversational English and charge 50 zloty netto ph, I now earn 7500-8000 Zloty per month. I do 10 lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays, just that gives me 1000 Zloty per week. Poland is a great country and I've really enjoyed my time here, if I can continue to earn what I currently earn then I have no plans to go back to England.

If you don't have children to feed, I would encourage you to take the chance.

Work / Are there any Americans teachers left in Poland? [38]

People who speak negatively about Poland are either on drugs, thinks that the whole world is like Britain or the U.S or have met a few scaly wags that have tried to cheat them (which you would find in all countries of the world)

I moved to Poland in November last year and I love it. The country is beautiful and the people are very hospitable,especially if God forbid you try to learn something about their culture and talk to them as an equal instead of thinking that because they can't speak English then they are in some way inferior.

I make about 7500-8000 zloty netto per month and live a life that I could only dream about in England. I'm about to buy 1000m2 land in Wilcza Gora and build a 190m2 house, I live in Poland, I feel very welcome and have no plans to return to England.

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

I understand why Polish people feel betrayed and I'm not getting into all that about treaties ect but what I don't understand is why only anti-British. If I was Polish I would be Anti-French who surrendered against the Germans or anti-Italian who fought with the Germans. It's these countries who prolonged the war, weakened the American and British armies and strengthened Russia's hand. Why is there no Anti-French & Italian feelings?

Real Estate / Credit secured against the land in Poland I wish to purchase. [5]

Great!

Thanks a lot for the info.

Hey,

I was wondering if someone can have a look at this quickly and tell me if the credit is still secured against the land.

Many thanks,

Work / Cost of Living, Average Salaries and Job sites in Poland [263]

@Pushbike

A public school or Esl? That seems really quite low for Warsaw, my sister-in-law is a public school teacher and she earns 5,000 Zloty netto and I'm an ESL teacher and I earn between 250-400 Zlotty per day, depending on how many lessons. Are you newly qualified?

Regards

UK, Ireland / Poles in England / English in Poland crime [25]

WOW! But how about the other way round? How interested would the Polish police be in helping the UK police?

Genealogy / Want to find a person [755]

Hey, I like this topic!

I'm looking for a girl with blonde hair, maybe brown. She was between 3 & 7ft tall she was approximately 48kg. If you know her contact me on..............

I mean come on guys, you're narrowing the search down to maybe 250,000 people.

Dear God.

Law / What's the best way to transfer £20,000 into PLN [31]


Amen! That's why I'm moving to Poland. :)

Law / What's the best way to transfer £20,000 into PLN [31]

I had to sweat my ******** off to earn it too.

UK, Ireland / Polish woman caught up in London riots [20]


Rape is worth £20,000. I mean what the hell! You make it sound like a woman decides to get raped for the money.

"oh hi Pauline, what you doing tonight?"

" I don't know I'm thinking about going out a getting myself raped." " it's £20,000, don't you know?"

Real Estate / Best Mortgage Lender in Poland? [25]

Amen to this! Before we signed our credit agreement, we had to get the contract corrected 3 times before we signed. The bank apparently made a mistake. Yer right!!!

A few points.

1. Look at the repayment schedule. They will give you a simulation for 30 years but in the contract it can say anything. Ours was 46 years!

2. Taking insurance is mandatory, but you don't have to take the one with the bank. They wanted to add 28,000 PLN to our mortgage for the insurance.

3. If you take a mortgage not in PLN check that there is no clause saying that currency will defult to PLN in 2 years! Ours was in € and there was a clause saying it would automatically default to PLN after 2 years.

This was all with a top name high street bank. Just assume that everyone is out to rip you off. And you won't go wrong!!! :)

Law / What's the best way to transfer £20,000 into PLN [31]

Oh great, now I don't know what to do! :( this is so frustrating! It's my money. I should be able to do with it whatever I please.

I've been checking a FX company who supposedly charge a flat rate and as being I want to transfer £20,000 they gave me a quote of 1:4.72 which I know is great. But I'm worried if there is any secret charges or charges by the receiving bank.

News / HIV infected Nigerian has bitten bus ticket's controler in Cracow! [56]


Oooooo, nice deduction Sherlock!!!

News / HIV infected Nigerian has bitten bus ticket's controler in Cracow! [56]

2/3 days still wouldn't give an accurate result. the quickest accurate HIV test can be done is 2/3weeks. There is a rapid test (results in 30 min) but this is an antibody test, so the results or reliability of the test is very poor. The most likely scenario is, they will have a rapid test but will have to wait up to 3 months for the official yes or no.

The Nigerian man, as should anyone who deliberately tries to infects someone, be put on trial for attempted murder!

Law / What's the best way to transfer £20,000 into PLN [31]

That's very good to know, thank you delphianddomine I've just been looking on some .pl websites and I think I may spend some £££'s here on .pl websites and get it delivered to the apartment before we arrive. Then we can just bring the rest over with us.

Law / What's the best way to transfer £20,000 into PLN [31]

Also, I know I can use MasterCard and Visa in Poland. But if the bank blocks my card, which they probably will, (Because i plan on spending a few 000's buying stuff for the new appartment). I'm pretty screwed.

It's crazy that I can't take my money, however I want too.

Life / Reasons for moving to Poland [291]


My girlfriend calls this 'natural selection' she also included, 'polish drunks' too.

Life / Moving to Poland - what is the most important thing I need to do, once I'm in Poland? [51]

Well, I will study an intensive CELTA in September. So unfortunately will be unable to move immediately. I think my experience may help my cause though? I'm 34, I have an MBA from Cardiff Uni, 13 years managerial experience, (mostley retail) lots of experience in presentations and in training classes.

As for my girlfriend, her sister is a public school teacher (same school for 9 years) which I think means she can't be fired? Or something like that. And she assures my girlfriend a job in her school. I thought about translating because. There is only 1 in Mysiadło and she is constantly busy. We were waiting 4/5 days for a 1/2 page document and she said that she just has so much work. If not translating, I was thinking about a PRET A MANGER type business in Warsaw.

Life / Moving to Poland - what is the most important thing I need to do, once I'm in Poland? [51]

Ok, so. if the job market isn't great. Would you say £20,000 is enough money to start a translating business, If of course my girlfriend passes the exam?

Are there any major barriers?

Life / Moving to Poland - what is the most important thing I need to do, once I'm in Poland? [51]

I don't know if I can see my apartment :) but we're moving to ul Topolowa mysiadło. So if it's in the photo then, yes.

Life / Moving to Poland - what is the most important thing I need to do, once I'm in Poland? [51]

We spent last Christmas and New Year in Mysiadło and it was amazing. My girlfriend is from Lublin originally, but we needed to be near Warsaw to find work.

So we sold everything in the UK, brought an apartment and in October we'll be moving over.