Food / Kotlet schabowy again. I love it. [47]


I totally agree .... I never seem to get tired of it :o) I had them yesterday; today for my lunch I had liver with onions and new potatoes ...mmmmmmmmm

UK, Ireland / English to Polish translator for a wedding in UK (Buckinghamshire) needed [6]

What part of the wedding do you need translated/interpreted.... the wedding vows .... speeches ??

UK, Ireland / Ive been in the UK for 6 days to relocate and im going back to Poland. [281]


sounds like our old friend 'noimmigration' is back ... or maybe one of his relatives.


you can witness all these behaviours on any Friday/Saturday night in London or other major city in UK from your so called 'English' :o)


so 'broken Britain' is all the fault of the Polish who came over here?


I have to agree with you on this .... ( I was born in UK but have Polish parents, therefore consider myself a bit of both, but generally feel more Polish), however I think racism is alive and well in most societies; I have lived in UK for 47 years and you will find racism everywhere. Go into areas in UK which are highly populated by asians, africans etc and you will see racism from these groups against white British.

I have friends who are Indian, African, and they agree with me.




doesn't say much about you then ... does it ?

Food / Is Polish food still more natural than in the West? [142]


Here in England there are weekly Farmers Markets, where they claim the food is fresh and mostly organically grown.

In Poland I have noticed there are many more, and not just 'once a week' markets where fresh produce can be bought.

One of the differences I see is the price; in Poland the freshly produced markets are priced quite cheaply compared to the supermarkets, whilst in England the prices paid at the Farmers Markets are similar in price or in many cases more expensive than at the supermarkets.

There is also a great variety at the Polish Markets, and one can usually taste the produce before buying it. The meat and other produce usually tastes much better from the market than supermarket.

When in Warsaw, I love buying the fresh produce from markets such as Plac Szembeka which is Praga Południe; it's a bit of a trek from my flat in Wilanow but having friends just round the corner makes it a good excuse to pay them a visit!

Love / WILDROVERS FIVE YEARS IN POLAND....come to an end...! [132]

Have you met her family yet ..... daughter..... but more importantly the future mother-in-law?

Love / WILDROVERS FIVE YEARS IN POLAND....come to an end...! [132]

Wildrover .... we all deserve some happiness and love in our lives, and I hope you have finally found yours.

I have read your posts and have genuinely felt for you with your ups and downs; I am glad that you have enjoyed Poland and I'm sure that with the 'Love of your Life' you will enjoy Russia even more.

I spent some time in Russia in the late nineties and really enjoyed it; the people are very welcoming and friendly, very much like the Poles - they will put on a feast for their guests even though they may be quite poor.

I met the 'Love of my Life' in Wroclaw, Poland just over 10 years ago in a similar way you met yours - we also started communicating via the internet and then via phone calls before finally meeting in Krakow. A few months after our first meeting, but around 10 months after we started chatting we got engaged and now in September we will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary along with our two children!

I have heard the Russians know how to throw a wedding reception which can last days - let us know if this is true.

Good Luck Wildrover!!

Life / How Polish are you? [74]

60% on first test, whilst 100% on 2nd test

Is there a third test ?

USA, Canada / To move back to Poland from the USA or not to move back....that is the question [119]

Hi Rysiek,

A lot of what has been written is very true.

The fact that you can speak the language, and have an income stream as well as funds from the sale of your US property puts you in quite a good starting position.

However ....


I have to diasagree on this comment; I am in a similar position to yourself, in that I was born in England of Polish parents - first generation born in England.

Apart from spending many holidays as a child in Poland, I have frequently been travelling to Poland for the last 10 -11 years (I am now 47yrs young!), business and pleasure, and the native Poles I meet have always considered me as Polish. On first meeting them they think I was born in Poland, probably because I speak Polish fluently and are very surprised that I was born in London and have never lived in Poland.

Being brought up in England by Polish parents /grandparents has definitely instilled the 'Polishness' in me , and we try to maintain the Polish traditions and culture.

English friends who enter our London home are aware they are entering a Polish household.
It also helps that my wife is a native Pole, and both our children (aged 8 & 6 yrs old) can speak English and Polish fluently.


I don't have Polish citizenship and I was not born in Poland, yet I consider myself more Polish than English; my wife and many people I come into contact with from Poland see me as Polish, but being born and living in England :o)

I have friends who have a very similar background to me, who moved over to Poland and lead very good lives, and have been acepted as 'true Poles'; they sold up in UK over 10 years ago, some even 20 yrs ago .... married Polish girls and live very happily over there. Quite a few make a good living from teaching English as native speakers, even without any TEFL or certificates to teach English as a foreign language.

My wife and I are waiting for our oldest child to finsish primary school and then we plan to sell up and move over to Poland permanently - we'll see what happens :o))


You'll never know unless you give it a go ..... but be realistic and don't expect a 'fairytale ending' - making such a transition will not be easy. Maybe going to Poland and living there for a year before selling up in US could be the best option. Also take into account your mum .... her healthcare and other needs etc.

Feel free to PM if you wish to talk at greater lengths - I see many similarities with your situation and mine - where in Poland do you plan to move to ?

Good Luck !!

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

Yep .... it's getting mighty close ...

Komorowski 51.32% against Kaczynski 49.68%

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

Kaczynski has a slender lead as results are being counted .... Kaczynski has 50.4% whilst Komorowski has 49.6%

Kaczynski had initially accepted defeat, but Komorowski's camp remained cautious.

News / Nigel Kennedy on Poland (Positive and Negative Thoughts) [25]

Damn ..... I was going to watch that programme, but completely forgot :o(

I'll check to see whether it will be repeated .

Was the programme interesting ?

Travel / Best Hotel for 4 nights in Warsaw? [9]

Hiya,

Whenever I stay in Warsaw, and don't want to impose on friends or family, I have found the Metropol Hotel very good value, tasty and filling buffet breakfast, for between £55-£65 per night.

I book through vivastay.com and have found them to be quite reliable, although sometimes you need to confirm with hotel.

Polanglik

Travel / Nice restaurants in Warsaw [30]

Try 'Flik' Restaurant - I have been there a few times and never been disappointed: flik.com.pl/index.php?lang=2

Study / Medical Study in Poland [22]

Having read through the posts, I have to mostly agree with z_darius :o)


I doubt if anyone would look down on a Medical Qualification from such a prestigious University as Jagellonian.


I, and many others, would not call Jagellonian Univ a second tier system, and I don't think it's fair to make a comparison between getting a medical degree from Mickey Mouse Caribbean Medical Schools/Colleges and the world renowned Jagellonian Univ.


In general this may be the case, but when you talk about a medical education from Jagellonian then it's a different matter; hoever, z_darius correctly pointed out, there are many excellent Polish doctors/dentists etc working in Poland and also abroad and they are not employed simply because of low wages.


I would have to disagree with you on that; I have friends and family, some of whom obtained their training in Poland, that are in the medical profession working in England, US & Canada who would certainly disagree with you as well.


Very true, and not just in the medical field. It's a known fact that Poland produces excellent IT professionals and many of these have been head-hunted by foreign companies in the past; they have been head-hunted for their expertise and not for low wages :o)

Study / Medical Study in Poland [22]

Check out the 'Jagellonian University Medical College, Faculty of Medicine'

medschool.cm-uj.krakow.pl

This University has a very good reputation.

Work / Salary, holidays - questions to employer during a job interview in Poland [47]


I totally agree with you. It really irritates me when you see job offers advertised, but the salary is never mentioned.

It's the same when someone is selling something like a car .... they hardly ever mention the 'For Sale' price.

News / Polish Priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance [26]

Jeez .... what next ?

Maybe we'll see lie detectors in the confessional ! I can just see it now, whereby you are given a list of sins to which you have to answer yes or no etc and if the detector registers a lie then you're given an electric shock !

Food / What's on YOUR Wigilia table? [20]

Can't wait for this evening; we usually start Wigilia at around 6pm.

We have variety of fish, pike in galaretka (jelly), carp, salmon, chopped herring with apple and we also introduced giant prawns for those who aren't too keen on the pike or carp. Polish bread is a must :o)

There is also zupa grzybowa (mushroom soup) with croutons and also czerwony barszcz (beetroot soup) with mushroom dumplings.
There is a choice of pierogi, either stuffed with potato and cheese or with cabbage, accompanied either with sour cream or mushroom sauce.

We drink wine and vodka with the meal, but I know some Poles who say the meal should be alcohol-free.

On Christmas Day I love to have Wigilia left-overs for breakfast, especially the pike in galaretka with Polish bread and a nice glass of white wine.

At around 4pm we settle down to eat our traditional English Christmas Dinner, roast turkey with all the the trimmings, variety of stuffing (my favourite is sage/onion), mashed potatoes, chipolatas, chipolatas wrapped in bacon (pigs in blankets) brussel sprouts, carrots, roast parsnip, cranberry or apple sauce or gravy.

Best Wishes to Everyone on Polish Forums,

May You all have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Wesołych Świąt, oraz Szczęsliwego Nowego Roku

from Polanglik & Family

Life / "Londynczycy" - new Polish soap [62]

If you follow the Polish soap 'Londynczycy', then you might find this news article amusing ...:o)

thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2523020/Eastern-bloc-EastEnders-cast-held-by-cops-in-Eastbourne.html

Travel / Seven Secret Wonders of Poland [17]



This is what I was thinking at first, but when you included Kosciuszko Mound in Krakow then I felt you should have included Wieliczka also :o)

My wife, who is from Wrocław, but has been living in London for the past 9 years can't remember the dwarves; were they introduced quite recently?

Just found this on the internet ....

"They appeared on the streets of the city in August 2005. Their history is connected with the Orange Alternative movement and the year 1982. It is then that some dwarfs with funny hats and smiling faces were painted as a graffiti covering anti-Communist slogans. The present day dwarfs are statues sculpted by Tomasz Moczek, graduate of the local Fine Arts Academy. There are as many as five dwarfs in the city. Each of the dwarfs has a name, e.g. Dwarf the Sleepyhead in sw. Mikolaja Street or Dwarf the Butcher in Jatki Street."

source : wroclawbyme.blogspot.com/2007/04/dwarfs-of-wroclaw.html

Travel / Seven Secret Wonders of Poland [17]

Disapointed that salt mines at Wieliczka were not included in this list;

Can anyone tell me when the 'dwarves' were introduced in Wrocław ?

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]

I have been looking to purchase a detached property in one of the many gated communities in or around Warsaw.

Only last month one of the developers contacted me to offer new prices which were 20-25% lower than the prices listed in summer 2008.

It appears that very few are buying at the inflated 2008 prices. I have been keeping an eye on several developments and nearly all properties available last summer are still listed as available. Some of the new projects are slow to get off the ground, with developers websites contantly being 'under construction' with no new information available.

I am expecting further discounts as developers start running into financial difficulties.

Love / Married polish women:Are they hot? [79]

The ‘boy’ part in your nickname is very appropriate; when you become a ‘man’ I’d like to hear your opinions on beautiful women :o)


Making such comments just shows how shallow, childish and immature you are.

How old are you ….. 16 .. 17 ?

I agree that some women are more beautiful than others, but then again this is very subjective as everyone has their own perception of beauty.

To say that a beautiful woman turns ‘ugly and old’ when they pass their 30th birthday really is a ridiculous comment – when you get a little bit older sonny, you’ll look back on these comments you have made and realise what a load of crap you have written!

I have a 6 yr old who has been using the word ‘dude’ with his classmates for the past few months as they thought it was cool; however I have recently noticed that most of them laugh at someone who uses this too frequently

Just to correct you on some English …. it should be they’re and not their :o) I know we all make some silly typos on here, but you really should know the difference between these.

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


do you mean Paszkowski ?

UK, Ireland / Time to move on... I'm coming back to Poland after 4 years in the UK [29]

Good luck in England Wyspi ..... where in England will you be living ?

NewbornTic ....all the best going back to Wrocław; glad you enjoyed your stay in England, but I suppose your heart belongs in Poland :o)


Unfortunately you'll always find a few 'undesirables' on forums, best to ignore them and not take what they say too seriously or to heart ....

Life / Is the word "Polack"rascist? [185]



poor old noimmigration ....writing absolute crap as usual !

Life / Is the word "Polack"rascist? [185]

I can't see why we should be offended if someone calls us Polaks or Pollacks.

English people refer to Americans as Yanks, Septics (ie.rhyming slang Septic Tank),
Aussies call Brits Poms .... maybe someone could explain why ?;

I don't see anything derogatory in these terms; it's only when one places fu**ing or some other obscene term along with it that I have a problem :o)

Real Estate / Could you recommend a good property management company in Warsaw [41]


I assume that's the fee for finding a tenant and not for ongoing management of the property.

The management of rented property is an area I am looking to get involved in also when I finally come over to live in Poland :o)

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

noimmigration ….

Why don’t you vent your anger against the present British government and not the Poles who had every right to come over to the UK in search of work.

Your ignorance and bigotry astounds me ….. your sick mind worries me, in that people with your warped views and opinions are allowed to roam the streets and spew this hatred towards innocent people.

You are a disgrace to mankind, a poor excuse of a human being and one day I am sure you will get what you truly deserve !

UK, Ireland / Poles leave Britain to return to Poland [89]


I have heard of many people (Brits) who have already left Britain, and this is due to the present Labour government and their policies.

I for one will be very pleased to see the back of U-turn Brown and the rest of his cronies and will welcome the Conservatives, but whether they can do much to put right the mess that Labour has created is doubtful - Labour has really brought this country to its' knees .... and it will take a long time to put it right !

Anyhow, it will be another year at least before we see a General Election, so we have to see how much more damage Labour can inflict in the meantime !