What's your connection with Poland? Penpals.

poland is a beautiful place, spent a month there, fantastic arcitecture, amazing place in the winter!!

A large part of my family was/is Polish.

The country itself - Not Much.

Considering that a large part of your family is Polish, I can see your reasoning in your idea that the country produces "not much".

But Poland doesn't usually produce such idiots like you, in fact you are unique, honest.

Just signed up here. I'm 1/4 Polish, from my dad's mom's side (great grandparents were Polish immigrants to US). Grew up going to a Polish church and even learned "Koci Koci Lopci" (yes, probably not spelled right) as a young child. Ever since moving away from my grandparents, didn't experience any kind of Polish culture again until recently, when I started dating a Polish/Ukrainian girl. I'd love to go visit Poland within the next year and start learning the language.

I've been lurking on this forum for several weeks now. This is my first post.

I am not Polish but am engaged to a woman born & raised in Wroclaw but now living in California. We visited her hometown last year and I got to meet her family & friends. I was very impressed with Polish hospitality & manners, and was always made to feel welcome.

Although I studied a bit of Polish on CDs before I left, the language is difficult for English speakers. Nonetheless, I was complimented on several occasions on my pronunciation. Still, I have a long ways to go before I can have even a simple conversation...

Fiancee notwithstanding, I'm very interested in Polish history & culture, as well as the diaspora. I hope to learn a lot more on this forum, and perhaps contribute too. Dziekuje!

To jest nieprawidłowy. Jest napisane jak dziękuję.

I loved Blood in, blood out, and I'm a huge fan of the Habits as well, which is why I'm correcting you for free.

;)

..and I'm sure someone will correct me!

I have no connection with Poland at all, in any means.
Never been to Poland, never been with any Pole here in Turkey, either.
Some years ago, once a girl said "I am crazy" and came to this forum to check if Poles are crazy or not.. No, but, I have seen many crazies on this forum and most of them are not Poles.

What's your connection with Poland?

Father was Polish. Have relatives in Poland. I want to walk the earth of my father's mother land. Father's family history goes back more than 400 years in the same area. Absolutly fascinating to me.

Other half is Polish, found the forum a few weeks back, suppose it allows me to learn a little more about the country also I'm the only non pole in my area who has a polish partner, interesting to see how other people find

a polish/non polish relationship.

My wife is Polish... And I do business with several partners in Poland.

The first time I met someone from Poland was at in 1996 in Vancouver, Canada at my university. I became curious and eventually visited Poland and met my second half... The rest is like a fairytale...

Hello everyone. This is my first post. Seems like an appropriate introduction.

Both my parents are Polish. The immigrated to Canada and I was born in the province of Ontario. I still have a lot of family back in Poland.

Last time I visited was New Years 2011 for my cousins wedding. They got married in Gdynia. They live "Na Grabówka". We could not drive any cars up the hill. It was horrible to walk up in the cold. The streets were not cleared so it was a hard climb up. Not too fun when you are in a dress.

I stayed in Rumia at my friend's house for a couple days, but for the most part I was staying in my (other) cousin's house in Reda.

So much has changed since I was last there in 1998, when I was going to school in Rumia for a couple years (95-98).

Looks like a lot of big box stores are settling, and lots of housing is being built. My aun'ts street used to be empty, and the only car on the street was her Trabant (sp?). Now you can't find a parking space and the fields are cleared for construction for more houses. I would love to buy a house or property in the Trójmiasto one day.

I thought it was hilarious the way "IKEA" was pronounced by my aunt as we drove by leaving the airport. LOL

As you can see I prefer to speak English, however I can pretty much understand most people and hold a fair conversation. I can read very well in Polish.

hi there
sorry should introduced myself here yesterday, but due to late hour I have just stick my post to free translation section.
I am Polish lady from Przemysl who went to work and live abroad to Italy and after having spent down there over eight years decided to change the country. It wasn't a random idea. I thought about United Kingdom for three years but felt obligated to stay in Palermo.

My English spoken and written needs a lot of practice so don't go to harsh on me, please.

Now I have been living in a lovely town of Cheltenham and don't regret my decision so far... Even though things aren't going smoothly, I'm in love with England. I love Italy as well. I think it's all about having a positive attitude towards people and showing respect to their customs. I don't expect English people to make my life happy. It's up to me.

My husband is Polish and I'm a History/Eastern Europe college major

My father is Polish , I am British . Father settled in UK afer WW2

If your father was Polish surely that means you're also Polish. My father also settled here after WW2 but I consider myself Polish as do several of my friends who also have Polish parents but were born here.

No connection with Poland. Just dated a woman from there for over 5 yrs and frequently traveled there. Maybe 20 times. Maybe I can be help in some areas, but not the politics. Great place to visit :)

I was born here and that's where I still live (lucky me).:)

My wife sat up all night making these T-shirts for my birthday.....

My Polish family

Kamila, Wiesiu and Aureliea ...

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Though I could in theory maybe have a lil Pole in me.. (since my Bohemian bloodlines Weis and Baginksi came from Prague at a point in history that my research stopped? ) My only real connection is the man that has asked for my hand to marry and the fact that current plan is to move there from the States in 5-6 years. So I have that amount of time to get .."pol-arized" ^_^ so I may feel at home quicker.

yes im bored and up too late

Hello everyone

I did erasmus in Poland last here and now i am trying to have some connection and be more updated about the country.
Hope this forum will help me.

To some extent.Welcome to PF :)

Hi. I'm Polish living in Poland all my life. I'm as Polish as possible with Galicja flavour.

/are Polish people who live in Poland allowed here?/

Nie. It's not allowed.

My connection is that I'm living and working here. I have a blood connection too:D nothing vampiric though....

I'll stay on the language part of forum then.

Yes. We only don't like those who have never been to Poland and who have no connection to Poland.

Those people are lined up against the wall and laughed at.

(edit - I notice you're from Przemysl, it has a lovely Rynek and good beer!)

I was only joking;)


I noticed that too;) She's not too far from me either,lol:)

I was joking too :)

And I like our Rynek too. And as my town needs as many tourists as possible, bring them here.

There's a poster on here called Harry who loves your town, too :)

It definitely has potential to be a tourist place - I had a wonderful couple of days there! There's also the great...I don't know how to call it, the car slide thing that goes down the hill - I went on that about 5 times :D

Well, I'm assuming there's a bar in your Rynek, yes? If so, I could be tempted to visit:D
So what attractions are there in Przemysl?

And there are at least 5 bars at Rynek and and another few nearby.

So what attractions are there in Przemysl?


We have beautiful views, WWI fortifications, castles , railway station that looks more like a palace, many beautiful churches including two St John the Baptist Cathedrals (Roman-Catholic and Byzantium-Ukrainian-Catholic) . We have nice buildings in the Rynek and surrounding area.

przemysl.pl/english/549/558/

And we have a ski slope with cable car and car-slope thing.