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after the crush - standard for any tragedy - people started bringing flowers to the presidential palce etc. Scouts brought a cross for people to pray

this escaleted into a nonsens problem - few weeks after scouts decided to take the cross away to nearby church, but some mental people made a huge protest about it (comedy remix of that). That bullshit lasted for few weeks. And up to this day there's monthly "parade" organised by PiS around the Presidential Palce

There were problems with working out stuf with Russians, which started to fuel conspiracy theories

Jarosław Kaczyński started a campaign o make a national hero out of his brother Lech (president) who died in the crash, wanting to bury him in crypt in Wawel Castle, which is seen as a place for national heroes. He succeeded in that.

Lot of conspiracy theories got lot of support, mostly among PiS voters

The catastrophy is used by PiS to this day to make Lech a hero and a martyr who was assasinated by evil germans, russians, leftists to prevent polan from being great. Movie "Smoleńsk" is lates embodiment of this nonsense.

There has been so much stuff from this event in the media that most people just vomint when hearing about the crash. The aftermath of the crash is most embarassing thing of modern Poland

Do NOT use Hola. Hola is great because you can route your traffic through another computer, but other people will do the same to you. Hola also sells the ability to send arbitrary commands from this botnet.

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/05/28/beware-hola-vpn-turns-your-pc-into-an-exit-node-and-sells-your-traffic/

I'm afraid not. Here is an article detailing where and when you can see the Auroras.

EDIT: this guy says otherwise though. I've personally never seen one.

The journalism at TheNews.pl is pretty appalling and almost all of it is from the wire services anyway. You might as well just get it straight from the source, the Polish Press Agency.

Link: www.pap.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_www.pap.pl&_PageID=34

I can also highly recommend The Krakow Post, but the format being a monthly mag you're not going to get a lot of news - mostly commentary on stuff that's happened or feature/lifestyle stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's not the same as hard news. The Krakow Post can be subscribed to via iBooks, FYI.

I also have an RSS feed setup with newsblur.com to have news.google.com pop up with any mentions about Poland. Here's the link I use: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=poland&ie=ISO-8859-1&nolr=1&output=rss

I end up getting as much news from my wife, who is Polish, and who has a subscription to Gazeta Wyborcza as I do from anywhere else - especially when it comes to Krakow-specific news.

I've read articles that say Polish is the most difficult language to learn to speak for a native English speaker ( here's one and here's another ). And I'm inclined to agree.

The typical example given is the word "dwa" (two) which has 17 grammatical forms! Not all of them occur regularly in day-to-day speech, but listening to Polish radio, I do hear quite a lot of the forms often.

I consider myself fluent in Polish - grew up speaking only Polish before preschool, went to Saturday Polish school for 12 years, and speak Polish with family on a daily basis. Even with so many years under my belt, my biggest issue is the number two, specifically, using the correct gender form ("dwa okna" vs "dwie ściany").

But don't be discouraged. Polish is a fun language, and with persistence you will learn. Immersing yourself in Polish helps, as there are some things you'll only discover when a native speaker points it out. Example: "[You] Take a picture". Literally translated into Polish it would be "Weź zdjęcie", but the correct phrase is "Zrób zdjęcie" ("Make a picture").

You could always try the 2nr app - it gives you a Polish phone number for free (for a limited amount of time, afaik 7 days). After the number expires, a new one is generated in a snap. App is available for Android smartphones and allows you to read incoming SMS.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.rs.sip.softphone&hl=en

Old town, Ostrów Tumski, more or less this: http://wikitravel.org/en/Pozna%C5%84

Edit: You can also go to Centrum Informacji Miejskiej near the Empik Store on the north end of Ratajczaka. You can get info about current events (both free and fee based). Also some maps and guides.

>Żurek is nowadays more or less standarised, however it wasn't always that way.

True, before Internet people couldn’t possibly know how to make a proper Żurek. That is why Polish scientists in Lwów invented Internet in the first place.

>It has humble beginnings as a peasant food.

Humble? Yes, Holy Mother of Christ - Saint Mary - invented Żurek. This is a common knowledge. Peasant? I don’t think so! How can it be a peasant food, if it was invented by a Polish person?

>Like all peasant food around the world it had to be a) cheap, b) filling.

This is partially true. Jesus Christ was born in Poland - a land of plentiful - so his food obviously had to be filling. FYI the garden of Eden was located in Poland, near Radom (Need evidence? Easy, Radom is a geographical center of the universe. Proof ) But cheap? Well maybe in Switzerland! Swiss people are what we call in Poland peasants. They can barely afford a Ferrari, yet they eat “placki ziemniaczane” just like us!

>So those peasants just put in all scraps and random crap they had around. There are variants with eggs, and there are variants with other stuff, for example fried potatoes.

Well, that’s maybe what happens in Switzerland, but rest assured no Polish person would eat Żurek with fried potatoes!

just some clarification, UBER does not store your credit card data. so does most of the other online services.

to store this kind of data you need to go through ridiculous amount of certification (especially here in Europe) and PCI DSS compliance (payment cards industry data security standards). that is why no sane business does it on it's own, if it doesn't have to. there are third parties that provide this kind of services - it's called payment processing (as far as I know Uber is using Braintree).

so yeah, your credit card data is perfectly safe with UBER.

SOURCE: working in finn tech since few years now. online transactions nowadays are much more secure than giving your credit card to a waiter at a restaurant. just don't give your credit card data to shady businesses and Nigerian aristocracy and you will be just fine!

I would suggest online tutoring. If you're earning EUR/USD then it's very inexpensive hourly rates, and you'll learn from home over video call. This sort of 1-on-1 with experienced tutors will give you the best/fastest learning experience because it will be focused on your specific needs and trouble-areas.

https://preply.com/en/skype/polish-tutors

The tutor should be able to suggest a standardized course booklet to follow and practice on your own time between sessions.

I used Duolingo to learn Spanish, and after completing the course and practicing on my own, I still have large knowledge-gaps. So you could start that way with the Duolingo Polish course, it will give you a decent introduction, but then I still suggest to follow-up with tutoring.

The issue with just doing the Duolingo course is it takes a very long time to complete, and you have no certainty until the end where your pain-spots are. And you could be accumulating bad patterns along the way, which will be difficult to unlearn later.

You could be wasting a lot of time, in the range of months and years wasted, instead of learning effectively.

So really, if you can afford US$20/hr you should look at the live tutoring. There are less and more expensive options available.

Interesting thing is that the actor they hired to play Napoleon, Jacek Braciak isn't some 3rd rate performer, he's actually one of the best supporting actors in Polish cinema at the moment. But since he's not a typical leading man, he did his share of soap operas and as we see isn't really bothered in getting nice paycheck for advertising work.

Because of possible formatting problems here on Reddit, I have docs link for you: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1EXVTNL10Vr9hUBfue-DWgmHlXKmLMBYeqFQkBab2cBM

Two questions, cause I'm not very into Android: - reset of detected device - I did translation, but not really sure what this feature does. - don't turn off light on quit - I understand on quit of your app?

If you don't speak Polish at all you may try use babadum.com at your spare time(it works well in a browser on a smartphone) to build some vocabulary base.

Anyway, if you're fine with this poem you know what you're doing.

> This video is not available in your country.

This FireFox addon worked for me: http://hola.org/ (choose Australian server to watch the song).

> przed nami wielkie dzieło - gmach matce Sławii wznieść

> We have a great task ahead, to raise a building in honor of our mother

"...in honor of our mother Slavia" as I would guess the word "Sławia" means the land of Slavs.

> how masculine the slavic race is

Word "mężny" means "manly" (as "brave", "courageous"), not "masculine". "Masculine" is "męski" in polish.

There is also one verse in translation missing. I will add it later.

From my perspective from the most to least inteligible when spoken:

1. Silesian and Kashubian (considered dialects of Polish by some people)
2. Lower- and Upper-Lusatian (closest West Slavic languages other than the two in #1)
3. Ukrainian (East Slavic, but with lots of borrowings from Polish), Czech, Slovak (West Slavic),
4. Belarusian (East Slavic, some borrowings from Polish)
5. Slovenian, Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian/Montenegrin/whatever-else-it's-called (South Slavic)
6. Bulgarian, Macedonian (South Slavic)
7. Russian (East Slavic)

I didn't know I understand so much of Ukrainian until last year, when I watched live transmissions from Euromaidan on Hromadske and Espreso.tv every day for several weeks. These days, as I know some Cyrillic and also wrote myself a transliteration bookmarklet that converts Ukrainian Cyrillic into something resembling Lozynskyi's Ukrainian Latin alphabet (Lozynskyi's alphabet looks as if he tried to be as close to Polish as possible), I read Ukrainian news in its original, without translation. It's even easier to understand if you know the basic rules, e.g. Polish "ó" is very often "i" in Ukrainian (e.g. Lwów - Львів/Lwiw).

Russian is a special case, because not only phonology is the most odd one out of all Slavic languages, their vocabulary is also significantly different.

I have a good book edited by Czesław Miłosz that is a collection of a shit ton of Polish Poetry (with some of Miłosz's poetry in it as well). I put an amazon link to it at the end of my post.

Also I really suggest Wisława Szymborska. She and Miłosz are the two most known in western culture - both received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Miłosz taught at UC Berkeley.

One other great one is Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz.

Also Bruno Schulz if you're looking for some prose.

https://www.amazon.com/Postwar-Polish-Poetry-Czeslaw-Milosz/dp/0520044762/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499014974&sr=8-1&keywords=post-war+polish+poetry

There is now a good political satire series on the Internet called "Ucho Prezesa". It's a good satire on current polish politics.

I've heard good reviews of "Wataha" series but I have no private opinion on my own.

You could go to Filmweb which is an amazing website IMDb - like and I would say that it's even better than IMDb.

So it's software development job, that's specific enough.

> They seem to be hinting at less

Do you mean the company or your friends?

> how low I could go until it would make things difficult

In my opinion anything below 5k net would become a struggle. You might also want to consider sharing a flat instead of renting one all for yourself. With a bit of luck it could be a very positive experience.

Here is a good website that will let you compare costs of living between two cities: http://www.expatistan.com

In Krakow, Zapiekanki and Kebab are fun lunch/dinner options. Milk Bars are a great bet as well, since they are about as inexpensive as warm meals can get.

Pizza is always a good bet as well. For some odd reason, Poles have a real knack for making extremely good pizza.

One last thing I'll throw in is the Kielbasa Van (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g274772-d942482-Reviews-Kielbaski_pod_hala_targowa-Krakow_Lesser_Poland_Province_Southern_Poland.html yikes what a long URL) but it is something you have to plan around. Basically, at night some folks grill kielbasa in front of a van and it is a really tasty, classic Polish meal for not too much money. If you go on a busy night, it is quite a spectacle to see 50+ people in line while the kielbasa people twirl the skewered sausages. In all honesty, it is a sight in and of itself so you should go period, but it also knocks out a meal so it seems like it'd be a win-win.

This might be of some assistance: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/218291?availability=Family%20History%20Library In particular, Volume 12 covers Galicia, the primary area of Poland Austria absorbed during the partitions of Poland.

edit: As pothkan mentions, Czeremosznia, pow. Złoczów seems to fit. Page 783 gives a population breakdown by sex, size of the locations, religious affiliation, ethnic affiliation, and number of houses.

Agreed. While it looks hard to beat polskibus.com pricewise, a flight will save you at least two hours (including airport time) and looks to cost only about $20 more or so:

Sample travel on polskibus.com 8/5/2016: https://booking.polskibus.com/Pricing/Results?SessionID=ydlbvxcn14532072200pmdcqohz&dbtype=MY&cs=3037060&ProductCode=&lang=en

Sample Google Flights search WRO - WAW on 8/5/16: https://www.google.com/flights/#search;f=WRO,5FU;t=WAW,WMI,RWA;d=2016-08-05;r=2016-08-07;tt=o

Don't use google translate. With all their money and might, their translation engine is surprisingly shitty.

Use deepl.com instead.

There are no dedicated books to Wrocław in English, but if any of you speaks some German, the CityTrip series has one, latest edition 2019, might be a newer one (as they used to update every two years, however they might skip 2021 due to corona). The author is a Polish women, living in Germany, specializing in Guidebooks about Southern Poland and for some reason The Canary Islands. I find her books really solid and light weight.

https://www.amazon.de/Reise-Know-How-CityTrip-Breslau-Reiseführer/dp/383173318X/

Highly recommend the Pucio series of books. Our 18mo daughter loves them, and they're written by children's speech therapists aimed at teaching in a way that tries to complement the natural development of speech. Plus they're pretty adorable, and Babcia and Dziadek make regular appearances which might go down well for your situation.

This is the first book in the series, Pucio Uczy Się Mówić: https://www.amazon.com/Pucio-uczy-mowic-Marta-Galewska-Kustra/dp/8310130813

I couldn't find the next on Amazon but it's called Pucio Pierwsze Słowo

Also the Kicia Kocia series continues to go down well for us. "Kicia Kocia i Nunuś" are the baby books, the rest are generally 18m+ I think.

I came to this thread to post her name but you beat me to it. Tokarczuk has a Man Booker International Prize winning book called Flights that I plan to read this fall as well as another great work called Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead which English readers can only get in the UK at this time:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910695718/

I got No 1. It's a fragment of Tatry Bielskie as well: http://www.wikiwand.com/pl/Rogowa_(Tatry), as seen from somewhere around Polish-Slovak border (Rusinowa Polana or neighbourhood?)

Katowice are part of what's called Upper Silesian urban area. It's highly industrialized region of Poland, most of which is in form of heavy industry. So mines, foundries and such, with some more recent move into more modern forms. That in turn results in certain environmental damage and other issues coming with it. The region itself is also center of Silesia, larger region with distinct culture and dialect (or language, depending who you ask). That said, the differences are less noticeable in younger generations.

As for the city itself, it's one of the few major in Poland that didn't originate in Middle Ages. As such the architecture is relatively modern (19th century), and sadly there's not that much to see there in terms of 'must see' traditional tourist attractions. Sadly it goes for entire region: there's nothing that stands out to me as something I'd strongly advise foreign tourist to see (but than again I'm not local so I'll leave it to others).

When it comes to gratitude, I'd think some token gifts from your home country or city would be most appreciated. The more neutral options are cut flowers and alcohol, although for younger generations those come out of fashion. There are no customs in particular you should follow, although you might take your shoes off before going further into someone's house (but than again host will probably insist you leave them on).

~~I think it's from 1912 because of this. Either way, it's definitely old. I just gave away an old English-German dictionary and I'm pretty sure I found it along with this one a few years back in my building. If you're interested, PM me. If you're the first to PM and then follow up with your shipping info after your reply, it's yours.~~

EDIT: Claimed.

but it's still bit... ignorant. even checking wikitravel would be helpful:

>About 98% of the country's surface is covered by the standard European GSM 900/1800 MHz network, the remaining 2% are wildlife reserves or high mountains. UMTS is available in in about 50% of the country.

literally you can buy any prepaid and it would be enough for short term (difference in cost would be negliable).

Google wasn't very helpful. It's mentioned only on your document and here on page 16 under full name: "gimnazjum żeńskie Wiktorji Paprockiej Leona Okręta i Antoniego Paprockiego".

It looks like it was located somewhere around here.

Do you need any specific info? Maybe we can work from the other end.

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Lublin yet! It's a beautiful city with a very different feel to Warszawa. Regular buses and trains run from Warszawa and it can be seen in a day. The castle has a great museum and art gallery in it (free on Saturdays, not that expensive at other times). It's also going to be comparatively empty of tourists compared to the other places you plan to visit due to the lack of cheap flights/nearby airport.

Oh, and do see Toruń if you can, it's a great city!

I was actually going to suggest Lubin. It's a beautiful city with a very different feel to the other cities you plan to visit. Regular buses and trains run from Warsaw and it can be seen in a day. The castle has a great museum and art gallery in it (free on Saturdays, not that expensive at other times). It's also going to be comparatively empty of tourists compared to the other places you plan to visit due to the lack of cheap flights/nearby airport.

Another city I'd suggest is Poznań. It's halfway between Berlin and Warsaw, on the main rail line (the Berlin-Warsaw express trains stop here), and hence would require no detour if you aren't visiting Wrocław. Is a great spot and nearby things to see include the Lech brewery (free tours require booking) as well as a very pretty city centre with an unusual clock on the town hall. As time is an issue the lack of detour would be great as unlike other more out-of-the-way places no detour would be req, and hence no having to sit looking at filed after field for hours more than has to be done. Not that Poland doesn't have pretty countryside, it does, but the central parts of the country you'll be travelling through don't have the most impressive of scenery.

One of attractive locations is abandoned Soviet base where nuclear missiles were stored. This is not a nuclear silo though. Some bunkers and underground storage areas. From what I've heard these were guarded by Soviet Army (so Polish People Army didn't have access there) and even by their spec-ops (Spetsnaz). I have to admit I've never been there, as well as I'm not sure at what condition it is now. It's near Brzeźnica village and Brzeźnica kolonie, "close" (40 km) to Borne Sulinowo town. Location should be about 150 km from Poznan. But you have to remember about places around - some military bases are still operating and some places could be a bit dangerous if you do not stick to the roads (like old artillery rounds). Borne Sulinowo is generally surrounded with interesting military infrastructure.

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Cheers Kiwi :) .

Have you checked airbnb.com? I have friends who've used them in the US successfully, and I was just checking on some of their prices in Asia and was shocked by how cheaply I could find a room! I like my privacy, but I'd rather pay $50/night for a room in a friendly person's apartment than $120/night for a private room in a hotel and a vacation that's half as long.

Since you mentioned changing the device's language, are you using Android? If yes, what software keyboard are you using?

There are multinational keyboards available which allow you to easily switch the current language, a free and open source one is AnySoftKeyboard (note that it doesn't work properly with Polish diacritics in 16 key layout due to a rather bizarre choice of their placement).

Click on the episode you want, each one has Polish subtitles available:

https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/ssearch/sublanguageid-all/idmovie-11212

Why not go with Amazon's info? Says if the account is in EU and you travel to another EU country, you will have access to the same titles as you had in your home country.

On google translate pronunciation is probably incorrect, because it doesn't consider rz as one in this word and spells it too much artificial. Quick search and I found that on Bing if you select Polish it pronounce it just right

Do bear in mind that in the US you've got 110V/60Hz and in Poland the standard is 230V/50Hz, so not only look for power plug converters but also check whether your stuff and power supplies are OK to work with 230V.

Apart from that, something like this should do the trick:

https://www.amazon.com/European-Anstronic-International-American-Outlets/dp/B07TGB8GMG/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=us+eu+power+plug+adapter&qid=1625674893&sr=8-6

but keep in mind that it is common that electrical sockets here have two holes and a metal rod - it being the additional "protection" and it's not a "ground" - and by buying something like that adapter shown above you're not utilizing this protection. However, it's not that big of an issue, mobile phone chargers don't require them.

Please do take this comment with a grain of salt, okay? I'm not an electrician, by any means.

For those who live in North America and are of instant gratification type, I recommend the Adamba Zurek. Available in most Polish stores in the US and Canada.

Generally, I avoid those pre-made mixes, but this one is a winner. And yes, I am Polish with extensive familiarity with Zurek.

Where I work right now (I'm in Canada) I converted over a dozen Canadians and Zurek became their staple food.

Android apps

Drops https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.languagedrops.drops.international

Memrise https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion

I saw a free translated version on Amazon. Does anyone have any comment about how good this translation is? Or is there a particularly well regarded English translation?

Just a heads up chap, the eBook is now on Amazon :)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Illustrated-History-Slavic-Misery-delicious-ebook/dp/B074H6SRYG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501752518&sr=8-1&keywords=an+illustrated+history+of+slavic+misery

Been browsing Amazon for a few "strong" positions, but heck, can't find them.

Feel free to buy anything by Borchardt - the guy is great!

This might be another interesting suggestion:

https://www.amazon.com/Tomek-krainie-kangurów-Alfred-Szklarski/dp/8374954361

If you're caught driving 50 km/h above the speed limit in a built-up area you lose your driving privileges for 3 months, I think this law affects ~60k people per year. A lot of people go 110-120 km/h in built-up areas on sections where the speed limit is 70 km/h so that they can remain within the 50 km/h limit (of course they still get fined when caught, only up to 500 zł, but fines are supposed to be increased in the near future).

On highways you can usually go as fast as it's safely possible just as on most highways in Germany, the speed limit is more like a suggestion, I'd only be careful on sections with lower speed limits just in case they're there for safety reasons (unless it's due to highway construction).

You won't be jailed just for speeding here.

People also know when they should exercise more caution: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.neptis.yanosik.mobi.android&hl=en

Get a VPN service (ex: NordVPN) with servers in Poland, connect up to it, and all traffic will be routed via Poland, so you can watch pretty much anything that Geo-restricted. Yes, it isn't free, but you get content directly from providers.

VPN as mentioned, I'm using ExpressVPN personally, or find good IPTV service. I hear, although never used them, listam3u and 1x22 are good. I recommend dedicated subreddits or FB groups for more info.

Found two:

• Go Wrocław Krasnale
• Wrocławskie Krasnale

Try the Open FM app. It's a free music app that has a bunch of different genres of polish music (also some english). It's got new stuff, old stuff, a little bit of everything really.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.wp.android.openfm

Ewa Farna is one of my favorite pop singers. Enej is a fun pop/folk ish band. Natalia Szroeder is also pretty good in the pop genre.

Yeah, and at many places you can buy that top up with a card. I'd recommend you to check out Skycash, their app is in English so you should have no trouble topping up your account there.

Exchanging currency: try to find something not exactly in the city center, exchange rate will be better. Trains? Hmmm, if you're a student you can get student ticket, there isn't much more to say tough. The best way to travel around Krakow it's choosing public communication, download this apps on your smartphone:

mobileMPK, you can use it offline too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.mobicore.mobilempk&hl=pl

An official app with trains timetable: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.plksa.RozkladJazdy

I hope this will help you :)

already doing this. BTW, this one is much more convenient for me - give it a try.

Still, can't really run netflix on kodi, so kodi remotes aren't going to cut it.

Everyone knows The Witcher! I guess it could count. Could you share a link to one in Polish?

I can't tell if this one is a regular novel or a graphic novel

https://www.amazon.com/Wiedzmin-Ostatnie-zyczenie-Andrzej-Sapkowski/dp/8375780634/

The blue one is the lotion

https://www.amazon.com/CeraVe-Moisturizing-Lotion-Hyaluronic-Fragrance/dp/B000YJ2SLG/ref=asc_df_B000YJ2SLG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312061207123&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10297127126618353749&hvpone=&hvptwo=&...

No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland’s Forces in World War II has a chapter about the Independent Polish Carpathian Rifles and some information about the 3rd Carpathian rifle brigade.

Apparently, you don't know history boy. Majority of Europe was heavily anti-Semitic overall before the holocaust throughout history. I'll throw you 1920's Polish propaganda poster.

https://tinyurl.com/rdare3o

Also Jews were barred from taking banking loans or working in public sectors in Poland. Anything from businesses and even universities were heavily limited to the Jewish people in Poland. It was not that special though since this practice was consistent throughout the ages throughout Europe. Denying it just did not exist is outright stupid.

Thanks.

Do you have any online resources that explain this in greater detail (not this exact concept, but rather basic Polish grammar)? Rosetta Stone is literally pictures and you have to sit there and try to make sense of them. They don't give the English equivalent, which would make it easier for me to learn.

<<Edit>> Nevermind...found this: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/pl/Basics-1/tips-and-notes

Had no idea duolingo offers Polish now.

<<Edit2>> Disregard this entire thread....Using Duolingo now and things make much more sense the way they teach. Rosetta Stone sucks.

Might be necessary to switch to regional line in Katowice. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.koleo

This is quite comfortable app to buy ticket and validate ticket if asked by train crew(you just show qr code from app). The same app should be in apple store.

You don't know what "self-contradictory" means. Here you go: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/self-contradictory

Mullvad is good with plenty of end points and payment methods. I like their system of having no way of tying you to an account.

However, they are a bit rubbish for streaming services with Amazon Prime and BBC iPlayer detecting you using a VPN.

They look the same. I found the same one on my search bit they only cost £9 on UK Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Duralex-Versailles-Glass-260ml-4020CR06/dp/B00XYLZD3Q/ref=asc_df_B00XYLZD3Q/?tag=googshopuk-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=205337182740&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=14772524075526579035&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hv...

so if I understand correctly buying this would be illegal without license, but if I made tools from let's say paperclips that would be legal? What about buying transparent lock, that is legal right? I mean other than not being too secure of a lock I don't see how it wouldn't be legal
Also about opening someone else's locks, Yea I know that this is illegal I didn't plan on that

Winiary was always my favourite.

https://www.amazon.pl/Winiary-zupa-czerwonego-barszczu-60/dp/B077P86GK6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=3H1RT2I89Z31G&amp;keywords=barszcz+winiary&amp;qid=1651782224&amp;sprefix=barszcz+winiary%2Caps%2C115&amp;sr=8-3

Lol, I'm a Pakistani who decided to randomly check out this subreddit today, didn't expect to see a post like this.

Your a really nice person, you sound like a great friend.

Rooh afza might be a great gift idea, it's commonly consumed during Ramadan in Pakistan, which just ended. I assume it is hard to find in Poland since it's not drank there.

It might remind him of his time back there.

Any ktshr questions feel free to ask!

Same could be said about capitalism. Nations who drive to pure capitalism end up in a dictatorship from the rich.

Just bcs capitalism won the cold war and wrote the history, it is not universally a better System. And calling Communism evil would make capitalism just as evil.

Take the best out of the two worlds and we have a good System. Freedome out of capitalism and fairness out of communism.

But saying that capitalism is not hypothetical is bs.

I recommend this book. It’s a heavy read, but it does a fantastic job of connecting all of the pieces and showing how prior eras influenced later eras. I cannot recommend this book enough, it’s very comprehensive.

By the way, your pierogi look very tasty. Each pierog properly filled. I personally would improve on the edges finishing or buy something like this:

Romote Stainless Steel Ravioli Mould Dumpling Maker Wrapper Pierogie Pie Pastry Press https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07F7FYSF8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_M5WE1MRJP9TNM1JZXBW8?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1

I should be much cheaper for you if you use sites like wise.com or currencyfair.com or other similar. Also change rate in ING might be different for others.

It might be hard, but here are a few resources:

https://wise.com/us/blog/opening-a-bank-account-in-poland https://n26.com/en-eu/blog/how-to-open-a-bank-account-in-poland

I’m not sure if N26 offers polish IBAN.

Your best bet is openstreetmap. If you ride a lot and and aren't already there, get on Strava's website - you'll be able to find popular biking segments all over Warszawa or anywhere, really... but Strava's search functions suck for finding long, continuous stuff like bike paths.

> he gets a message saying the DNS look up failed.

This just means he needs to flush his DNS settings, try this if he's on windows. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/529115/dns-lookup-failed-i-have-no-idea-what-this-is-or-how-to-fix-it-what-do-i-do/

Would really best if you asked /r/networking and provided all the hardware specs:

• Router
• Laptop/PC machine/Device
• Operating System (if PC or mobile)

Then enjoy being moral, but broken and powerless to stop immoral richer states. You will especially enjoy it in broken Europe after 2050s during your retirement when this place will be on the same level as Africa or South America is today.

Not sure if you're aware but Europe and China had a few moments in history where Europe was shithole and Shang, Han, Tang or Ming China was dominant power on this planet.

Also another polite reminder that present situation of Europe being morally superior only happen because few states wanted to trade with China so they sailed west from Europe. They discovered and colonized Americas, they slaughtered locals, they imported Negros for cotton farms and then they mustered enough strength (mostly British Empire) to pancake Chinese Empire by establishing their own Empires.

Your superior morals are built with a lot of blood. And China is not spilling the same blood to establish their morals in the future just to get destroyed by some unknown future force that will take over the role of dominant force.

That's the cycle of geopolitics since bronze age. I suggest to read this book on the subject. It's good.

"NOTE: Google Voice only works for personal Google Accounts in the US and Google Workspace accounts in select markets. Text messaging is not supported in all markets."

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googlevoice

Is this purely an American thing to expect being spoon fed everything each step of your life?

That's what the calendar says, but apparently there's some alternative meet-up planned today, too.

Transferwise that is now called Wise - I transferred money using this service many times, always trying to find a better deal and it’s always the best solution. At least for the USA <-> Poland transfers. https://wise.com/invite/i/marekc15

I regularly send money from UK to Poland with Revolut and always all good. Money comes in on a same day if sent in the morning. With free plan transfer costs 3PLN.

https://revolut.com/referral/danielknj3!DEC1AR

Unless you travel in the off-season, or with some array of connecting flights, I doubt you'll find anything qualifying as "cheap".
Lot has (in the past) promotions during Dzień Kobiet. Last time we bought, it was 10% discount off of the fare.

But as others have said, use Google Flight or SkyScanner.

Slavic names and surnames often meant that where a person is born or what someone was similar.

Remember Lithuania and Poland it was once one state.

http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth

Unfortunately I couldn't find any info on poles living in that city, however you could try posting to msg board for poles in Detroit, google translator is quite accurate with the translation to english. Hopefully someone will answer. Anyways, good luck!

Hmmmm, been using RES for so long I'm not sure how does it look like in clean Reddit, but here it goes:

• if the guy wrote to you, there should be BLOCK USER button at the end of his comment
• if there's none, move the cursor over his nickname, and check whether an option to block the guy shows up

If both fail, instal <strong>RES</strong> - it expands Reddit with new options and capabilities, blocking/hardblocking included.

Best of luck!

Kinda like these, right? I never thought there was anything specifically Polish about them.

https://www.wunderground.com/

Lots of different locations covered specifically so if you are in warsaw you can choose the one closest to you rather than get 'Warsaw' weather. Sometimes it is raining in one part of the city but not another so it's much more useful. It's forecasts beyond 3 days ain't worth shit but they are very detailed in lots of areas and to the hour.

Britt is widely criticized for not understanding the subject properly. Eco is more trusted. http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html

What enemy or scrapegoat are you talking about? I'm not sure China sees enemies. Even a certain island is not considered an enemy.

It’s not that simple , many Jews assimilated and intermarried through the ages and trace of DNA remained. There were also converts to Judaism who had no Jewish DNA so there is that.

Also, you wrote

> married a Hungarian man

Many Hungarian Jews went to America also, very likely they both had some Jewish ancestry. Question rather is did some Jewish customs or artifacts remain in your family connected with any of them?

Anyway, do you have any documents, anything from Poland, maybe immigration papers? Sometimes surnames were misspelled, it can be Trymbulak for example, we can be pretty sure about Rozalia.

Did you check here?

https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=trembulak

https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/bmd_birth/?name=_Trymbulak

you can buy it http://allegro.pl/krolewska-krew-prinke-sikorski-i5555286282.html (but shipping only to poland and 5 days left to the end of the auction)

Another option is (if you for example live in New York is to use New York Public Library System ) acording to this site http://www.worldcat.org/title/krolewska-krew-polscy-potomkowie-piastow-i-innych-dynastii-panujacych/oclc/38867091&amp;referer=brief_results they have a one copy of this book

Did you just happen to meet one of the 73%? I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have the courage to say, whatever it was, in person.

Anyway, the course on Duolingo is now available https://www.duolingo.com/course/pl/en/Learn-Polish-Online It's free, and you don't even have to register to check it out. So I encourage you to take a look!

I live in a small town in the east of Poland which is visited by blacks from time to time. Be calm. Poland is not the best country for blacks and for example, mixed couples in Poland evoke very negative emotions, but if you're calm, the only problem will be that people will be looking at you. I think it is in many countries because people with different looks arouse interest. It's also worth adding that for a post-communist country Poland is quite tolerant but not always. Good luck and enjoy.

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Thanks. I imagine there will be things I miss, but being there 3 months I think i'll be okay waiting for those items.

Just wanted to follow up, is this what grocery stores sell (and I can bring my own?)

https://www.amazon.ca/Simpli-Magic-79163-Canvas-Tote-Natural/dp/B07RD1497C/ref=sxin_14_ac_d_rm?ac_md=4-4-Y2FudmFzIHRvdGUgYmFn-ac_d_rm_rm_rm&amp;cv_ct_cx=grocery+bag&amp;keywords=grocery+bag&amp;pd_rd_i=B07RD1497C&amp;pd_rd_r=d47918b5-929d-4164-a2d...

If the link doesn't work, it's described as a canvas tote bag.

Depending on how much electrical stuff you bring, get a bunch of these

Inovat 8 PCS American USA to European Outlet Plug Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AZ9BIKG/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_8R9VVB42M4GPFJM937YC

and a power strip.

I read it. Reader's Digest's 2194 jours de guerre. https://www.amazon.com/jours-guerre-chronologie-seconde-mondiale/dp/B003B3RCX6

IIRC the government at the time overestimated its military strength/underestimated the Germans and declined UK/French intervention which is why France and Germany didn't start fighting until months into 1940.

3.49zl = .90 cents

https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=3.49&amp;From=PLN&amp;To=USD

That is STILL MORE FOR EGGS in Poland than in the US, while you make fucking zloty, and not dollars.

Are you people being deliberately obtuse or do you just not care that you are being fleeced everyday?

You'd have a very hard time indeed. You'd be looking at jobs like https://rocketjobs.pl/offers/asper-brothers-content-manager which would give enough for a room in a shared apartment and a student lifestyle: https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=3%2C000&amp;From=PLN&amp;To=CAD

Except, for this guy, who is not a native Polish speaker, and was already fluent with Croatian when he started learning Polish, and he was probably one of the first source on how hard Polish is that I have read. Me being a native Polish speaker, never thought that our language was especially hard. I was always thought that Arabic, or Hungarian were much harder. I also never heard any Polish people speak about how hard Polish is, all of the statements come from foreigners who are learning Polish. I believe that anybody who is native with a language, will argue, that his / her language is pretty easy when compared to insert any language from another continent. Here is the source of the guy:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Most_Difficult_Languages_-_Polish

To remove the bias you talked about, where it's easier for a Russian to learn Polish than an American, linguists talk about how long it takes to get fluent at the language for native people. For English it's 12, for Polish it's 16. This disqualifies all your arguments about bias. Furthermore, I agree with fatal__flaw that kids start speaking English much sooner than kids in Poland start speaking Polish. By as much as twice as early. This also removes cultural bias from the results.

Here are another few points about the complexities of Polish.

I also recommend ING.

mBank wasn't friendly to foreigners last time I checked and Sync was impossible. Pretty much all virtual banks suck now, even though they were pretty cool 10 years ago.

Millenium has a pretty cool account - 360 degrees, but not sure if I can recommend them. They're very annoying to work with and they come up with creative ways of ripping you off.

Getin/Open Finance is really good for savings (lokaty), but not much else. You can open a free account with them if you want some really good savings, but can't recommend it for daily usage.

Not sure where you come from and if you know services like mint, but there is a similar one known as kontomierz which can recommend bank accounts to you, if you're willing to give away some of you personal information. I think you can create a fake account and enter some fake values and it will still recommend stuff, so you can check that out.

go to their site and you'll have shops where you can pre-order. you can try to pre-order it in store that has "store pick up" for it and go there in the day of the release/day after.

or you can just go there and it should be there.

http://www.filmweb.pl/serial/Siedem+%C5%BCycze%C5%84-1984-36556

You can easily find it on YT, unfortunately without the subs.

There's the first episode (seven in the whole serial): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01UrGI8epZE

First of all, go beyond internet. Go to the local, countryside church and listen to the sermon. Listen to the people chatting by GS, dis-empowered, unable to control their own life, afraid and being played by political fearmongers.

What you call supremacism, what you call racism, is (just?) a fear induced aggression. This is all hot air, hysterical barking of small dogs, afraid of the big and dangerous world. Only, at times, they become someone's cannon fodder and then it turns nasty.

For over 150 years now, Polish minds are plagued with the "besieged stronghold" mentality, what I just recently summarised in my post to Quora: https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-Poles-so-pious/answer/Petros-Polonos

So, yes and no. Yes, this kind of attitude is fairly common among uneducated, unaware and manipulated ones (which makes the majority of population). No, it is not the supremacism. It is fear and compensation. And cold-blooded political calculation behind.

I had it once and managed to log in to safe mode on another user, and load from a recovery point. It's bad, bad, really really bad.
It didn't come from warez, I suspect it was just visiting a dodgy web site from an old browser version.
Also - I read that default MS virus checker sucks, better with something like Bitdefender. https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-8/

For transit, also check blablacar and e-podroznik.

What I can also recommend in Lower Silesia is Bolesławiec, for its extensive pottery and beautiful city centre.

You already got a lot of things in Lower Silesia so going in the direction of Kraków will open up for a sheer number of new sites. Opole, Góry Sw. Anny, endless number of Silesian castles, Wisła, Katowice, Kato-Nikiszowiec, Bytom, Oświęcim (Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp), Zywiec, Bielsko-Biała - just to give an overview. Kraków is always worth a visit, but if you want to see more of Upper Silesia, take some more days off from work.