Food / I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM - the best ice cream shop in Poland? [34]

there is no need for baskin robbins. Poland has amazing ice cream. we don't need any more fast food crap here.

anyway, Grycan is good- that is probably the only chain style ice cream shop....and it is not much of a chain in comparison to Baskin robbins. Try Blikle, Batida (french) or some of the smaller independent shops. they are much better.

Food / Where would you take foreign guests for Polish food dinner in Krakow? [6]

yes yes yes!!! This is a super restaurant with amazing atmosphere. great choice!

News / Heavy storm / tornados cause chaos and flooding in Poland [23]

There was flooding along the wisla strada in Warsaw. I think it might be gone now.

Real Estate / Warsaw studio apartment for 146K? [5]

26 m2? why would you even want to. It is not like NYC or London or Paris where there is infrastructure. Warsaw infrastructure is basic at best and unreliable. It is getting better slowly, but it still is a clusterf*ck.

Love / Fresh, wholesome country lass in Poland - getting married and going back to the US [167]

so really, is there any question as to why this "friend" is not married? With opinions such as this you might as well tell him to enjoy being a bachelor because I can't imagine any woman with a pulse would want to be with somebody like that. On second thought, perhaps a plastic blow up doll is more suitable. She doesn't talk back and she has no opinions. Perfect.

Love / Fresh, wholesome country lass in Poland - getting married and going back to the US [167]

absolutely agree with everything Magdalena said. Why would any sane woman in her 20's want to marry a wrinkled, crotchety, old geezer with too much time on his hands and no social skills. creepy. I think perhaps mail order Russian brides may produce something better.

News / "Shale Gas Revolution" will make Poland a Leading Country in Europe! [202]


wrong.

Love / Fresh, wholesome country lass in Poland - getting married and going back to the US [167]

+1 to the above comment.

Love / Fresh, wholesome country lass in Poland - getting married and going back to the US [167]

this whole thread is sickening.

Work / Empik in Opole, stay away (teachers not treated well) [8]

maybe you could put a list of the good ones too?

Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]


I am asked this daily.

Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]


really? so you could say that Des actually missed the point of Polonius' because he was actually talking about expats in Poland- then Des said he was correct because of the Brits on this forum.

huh?

so I am actually not of the mark but you trying to make me look like I know nothing is quite pathetic, really.

Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

It is absolutely not true. I live on the outskirts of the expat community and have many of them as my customers. They are all happy to be here and enjoy Poland hugely.

And like I posted earlier- the only person that didn't like it was an American from Texas who whined the whole year she was here. But luckily for us her husband was involved in fracking and they pulled out.

Law / we are thinking to open asian bistro/ take away in wroclaw [13]

I think you would be very successful. There are many Vietnamese take away places that do well, if you can do more upscale, I am sure you would be great for you. There is an Asian restaurant in Warsaw called Mandarin, mandarin.com.pl this is one of my kids' favourite places to eat. This restaurant is run by Vietnamese chefs and is really successful here.

good luck!!

Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

the majority of expats I know here don't want to go home because they are enjoying Poland so much. Except for one lady from Texas....need I say more?

I don't think it is being snobby or looking down on anything- but some things in Poland, like every day life, can be a huge challenge. Perfect example: poczta Polska. What a clusterfluck. The roads here are a mess. Many people, not all, have the me first mentality. These are the same people that park in handicap spaces or on sidewalks because they don't want to walk to far to do their shopping. It is little things like this. The old Babcia's that push ladies holding babies on the stairs out of the way (this actually happened to a friend of mine). I have another friend who was hit with a bat by an aggressive driver. My self- I have been chased by a car because I didn't take a turn fast enough.

It is things like this that make Poland difficult to live in, but overall, most expats that I know are enjoying Poland.

Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

my husband, from Poland, said something interesting today. Poland has a peasant mentality. Not on purpose, but because the majority of the privileged and elite were killed during the war or managed to escape and haven't come back. And this is why it is that much harder to change the effects of communism- even though the environment is different,you can't change the way people think.

And of course, I am aware that I will get a lot of slack for this but perhaps if you sit and think about it for a minute you will see that it is true.

Life / Is multi-culti in Poland bankrupt? [73]

Living in Poland defies most logic. Just when you think all is figured out then it isn't. Poles have the choice to leave or stay. This choice, itself, is perceived freedom, something that was non existent until recently.

Basically, it boils down to this. Poland doesn't get to close its doors to immigrants while exercising the ability to immigrate.

USA, Canada / Should I move to Poland? (dual citizen of Canada and Poland) [22]

expats are not despised in the least. give your head a shake.

News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]

people like to put atheism into a category. Which itself can be strewed as a belief. I prefer to use the term "non believer". That is what I am. I don't want to get lumped into a group of radical thinkers. So, I use a term which has no negative connotation.

Life / Is multi-culti in Poland bankrupt? [73]

"it takes a village"......I am sure you know this phrase. Same concept. The only time Poland stands together is during a football match or a war. And those that leave Poland don't truly leave Poland, do they.

Life / Is multi-culti in Poland bankrupt? [73]


I disagree. If Poles were encouraged to work hard at home perhaps there wouldn't be a need for immigrants. If it wasn't such a common occurrence that it is now even standard practice, then perhaps there wouldn't be a need. As it works right now, leaving Poland doesn't seem to be problematic even a better option.

and for every person that has decided to stay at home....a majority probably have some connection to a Pole living outside of the country particularly those that work and send the money back home.

how many Poles are living abroad now? there must be some statistic.

Life / Freedom of religion v animal rights in Poland? [38]

both how they live and die is a concern.

I am not a meat eater anymore but animals killed in factory slaughterhouses are killed under extreme duress causing massive stress to the animal which actually alters the taste of the meat.

If all meat was reared in responsible farming conditions, not pumped with massive hormones, steroids and antibiotics then our food chain would be different. But factory meat is manufactured to fast food companies and the like. So the foods the animals eat are poison, the animals are poison---everything is toxic in factory meat. It never used to be this way.

Life / Is multi-culti in Poland bankrupt? [73]

I have an opinion based on living here for 12 years and my experiences. Over all I like living here and I like the people but some things are beyond frustrating. Personally, I don't care what Poland does with immigration or multi culti but I am tired of the double standard. If Poles don't want different cultures living in Poland then they themselves need to stop immigrating abroad.

Life / Is multi-culti in Poland bankrupt? [73]

no. I won't. You know what. The other day I almost got ran over by some b**tch who was speeding through a rondo. She rolled down her window and screamed at me because it was my fault. --yes, it was my fault she was speeding through a rondo. This is what it is like dealing with many Polish people. Not all. But many. So no, I will not apologize and this is how many of them think.

It borders with blanket statement. Lenka

Life / Is multi-culti in Poland bankrupt? [73]

I am not trying to transplant my point of view. I have lived here a long time, there is no way I can change the pig headedness of many Poles. But the fact remains that millions of Poles have immigrated to many western countries in the entire world. They are still immigrating today. And they keep close ties to the motherland. And yet they decided that it is ok to immigrate yet Poland shouldn't allow immigrants. This is what I mean by double standard.

If Poles living abroad don't want immigrants into Poland....then don't leave the fecking country so that there is a shortage of people to keep the country functioning properly. Quite simple really.

News / Krystyna Pawłowicz and the 'marsz szmata' (slut walk) [52]

if everybody were treated equally perhaps these type of things wouldn't be necessary for those who don't fit in the mold.

she looks like a hateful old c*** who needs a punch in the face.

Food / Applesauce Tarts recipe? [6]

What is a Busia?

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

whatever. I don't give a feck.

I have never worded "you have to believe me because my husband says so" as opposed to "my husband works in the industry and it is his experience that..."

take it whatever way you like. I don't give a rat's.

And it doesn't matter how much I post, which if you go back and see, I actually have posted info which got slammed because it is written by a real estate agency, there are those that will never accept the information based on one theory or another and that is fine.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

I have never ever said "trust me, my husband said so". I am not such a puppet. What I am trying to do is present an experienced side to this post as opposed to those who copy and paste mindless dribble and claim it to be fact- but yet have never owned property here. I also have experience buying residential properties in Poland more than once.

Here is a fact. Some of the articles that people have posted on here have in part been sourced by my husband.

He knows the real estate market. He is in commercial but they are indeed all connected. There is a group of agents that all share their information of the existing market in Poland. It is a "secret group" for a lack of a better term. They share all stats and prices, etc.. of the real estate markets in Poland. Because he is an agent and belongs to this group- he is privy to this information.

I don't really expect that people take my word as expert advice, however, being married to somebody in the real estate profession in Poland gives me access to information that perhaps an English teacher living in a secondary market in Poland wouldn't have.

And he can state all the supposed anti bubble theory that he wants but the fact is that a bubble pops. It doesn't deflate in residential real estate terms. And the bubble is not popping.

Life / First communion - it's that time of year again in Poland! [109]

this is not just in Poland but I have noticed that people have a look of real envy when they see others who have more than them.