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NikaThreads: 3 Posts: 651 Joined: Jul 21, 09 ♀	Sep 19, 09, 12:48 #211
I know it's silly but... I love PL weather!!!! I just came back from Belgium where it rains 360 days/year and I just can't get enough of these sunny days - I was so happy to wake up this morning and see sun coming through my window, beautiful!!!!!!!

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Sep 19, 09, 14:01 #212
Nika: I know it's silly but... I love PL weather!!!! it's not silly at all i totally agree, Polish weather rocks and i miss it!

NikaThreads: 3 Posts: 651 Joined: Jul 21, 09 ♀	Sep 19, 09, 14:18 #213
JustysiaS: it's not silly at all i totally agree, Polish weather rocks and i miss it! ha ha! I mean it's not as beautiful as e.g. southern Europe weather but compared to Belgian deszczowej krainy it's great. Kraków today: 20°, cloudless sky, sun all day long ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Sep 19, 09, 14:29 #214
Nika: I mean it's not as beautiful as e.g. southern Europe weather but compared to Belgian deszczowej krainy it's great. i live in England, nuff said lol

NikaThreads: 3 Posts: 651 Joined: Jul 21, 09 ♀	Sep 19, 09, 14:39 #215
JustysiaS: i live in England, nuff said lol come back home! I did some 3 weeks ago and so far so good :) And 3 weeks of sunny weather - I'm delighted!!!!!!

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Sep 19, 09, 14:44 #216
i'm going next month for a week, but everytime i go they get rain ha ha, i bring the English weather with me

NikaThreads: 3 Posts: 651 Joined: Jul 21, 09 ♀	Sep 19, 09, 14:46 #217
JustysiaS: i'm going next month for a week, but everytime i go they get rain ha ha, i bring the English weather with me let me know when you are coming so that I go somewhere else and don't get the rain ;)

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Sep 19, 09, 16:22 #218
Nika: let me know when you are coming so that I go somewhere else and don't get the rain ;) but that ruins the element of surprise. just look out the window in the morning and when it's chucking down you know Justysia's in town ;)

NikaThreads: 3 Posts: 651 Joined: Jul 21, 09 ♀	Sep 19, 09, 16:43 #219
JustysiaS: just look out the window in the morning and when it's chucking down you know Justysia's in town ;) ha ha ha!

ZosiaThreads: 3 Posts: 55 Joined: Aug 3, 08 ♀	Sep 19, 09, 22:22 #220
i love poland because i was born there and my family is still there. and i miss them so much...

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Sep 22, 09, 19:34 #221

because if I was to live in my country Ireland I would also succumb to becoming a greedy swine with no sense of social solidarity. Oh yeah, and I'd have a Polish person (what is there name again) cleaning 3 of my houses (2 of which have no tenants cause the rent is stilltoo high). Ah no, one can hardly justify why one loves Poland by defining why detest their own country. That would hardly be fair.

I like Poland because....

1. my wife to be is Polish. She is dead sound.
2. her family are also sound.
3. if I continue living here I am surely bound to utter at least one grammatically perfect sentence in the Polish language before I croak.
4. I don't get SAD IN Poland - that is, I don't suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder like 20% of the Irish population do at home, especially on the 3000mm annual rainfall west coast. Average rainfall in Poland being just 600mm.
5. people give a **** about how they look and are conscious of not eating triple double Big Macs on the street whilst wearing miniskirts or wifebeaters when it's -7C or raining outside.
6. The price of a decent property will not take me a hundred lifetimes o earn - ooops, there I go again.
7. Polish people are very nice once they get to know you and so so hospitable.

IrishinPolandThreads: 6 Posts: 34 Joined: Sep 21, 09 ♂	Sep 22, 09, 20:01 #222
Oh yeah, how could I forget. I love Poland for it's savage food:-))

OsiedleRuda	Sep 22, 09, 20:13 #223
JustysiaS: just look out the window in the morning and when it's chucking down you know Justysia's in town ;) I thought of you when I was in Poland and saw the advert for this on TV. Just the thing Justy wants to get her lips around - a Turek! haha ;)

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Sep 22, 09, 23:29 #224
OsiedleRuda: I thought of you when I was in Poland and saw the advert for this on TV. Just the thing Justy wants to get her lips around - a Turek! haha ;) the most disturbing thing, probably even more disturbing than you thinking about me when you're on holidays, is that i love camembert. not the 'turek' variety though.

OsiedleRuda	Sep 23, 09, 09:55 #225
JustysiaS: probably even more disturbing than you thinking about me when you're on holidays Poland has cable internet access these days ;) Unfortunately that bloody advert is probably the most annoying advert on TV, thank heavens we don't have it on TVP Polonia!

MareGaeaThreads: 45 Posts: 5,529 Joined: Feb 6, 08 ♂	Sep 23, 09, 10:16 #226
OsiedleRuda: Poland has cable internet access these days You're kidding me, right? :) Why I love Poland? Because it keeps the Russians a little further away from us :) M-G (still coffee)

OsiedleRuda	Sep 23, 09, 10:36 #227
MareGaea: You're kidding me, right? :) Well, I must admit I was surprised - I thought they still used carrier pigeon, but there you go. ;) :D

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,886 Joined: May 17, 07 ♂	Sep 23, 09, 10:41 #228
MareGaea: Why I love Poland? Because it keeps the Russians a little further away from us :) Let the bears come.

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Sep 24, 09, 00:34 #229

southern:

Let the bears come.

Oh I am so gonna enjoy it. It annouys me how Norwegian farmers demonize wolfs and Bears for killing their sheep. Do it as the larger bear does. Put up fences and guards! We have the technology!

Back to the topic.

Ooo I love Poland for it's excistence! :=)
ha! First time heard that one hmm?
That was what most Polish people in all centuries tried to do!
Excist!

Ahh pierogi... I miss pierogi! I gotta find a pierogi shop in Norway!

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Sep 24, 09, 08:13 #230

Where do I begin. I love the rich history. The fact that every place that you visit, look at or read about is full of incredible history. Every stone, forest, lake or mountain seems to have a story to tell.
I love the food. Mizeria, kopytka, pierogi, kotlety mielone, bigos, potato pancakes, cabbage rolls... I could go on
I love the language. Every time that I go back the swear words seem to get more creative.
Finally I love the music, new and old (mainly classic tunes-I'm under 30). It brings generations together.

Cheers Everyone

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Sep 24, 09, 17:41 #231

I'm American and have no idea why I love Poland... I just do.
Maybe it was the stories that I used to hear from my Grandparents, maybe it's the traditions that the family keeps up that seem so pleasingly far-removed from the mania of modern existence, maybe it's the Polish girls :) :), maybe it's the fact that it's a country that seems to be able to survive anything thrown at it and keep on kickin', maybe it's a lot of little things who knows..??
Been there many times, even lived in Lublin for a little while. I would go back in a heartbeat.

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,886 Joined: May 17, 07 ♂	Sep 24, 09, 19:35 #232
Because everytime I meet with Poles I feel great,the magic lasts at least 1-2 hours after.

AlicjavThreads: - Posts: 19 Joined: Sep 17, 09 ♀	Sep 25, 09, 19:36 #233
I used to live in Poland, I`m here 8 years, I got this citizen, also this is my home. I like to celebrate with them and drink as well ;)

krakuskabanosThreads: 6 Posts: 52 Joined: Sep 23, 09 ♀	Sep 27, 09, 13:01 #234
i love poland because my husband is polish. because i love my brothers in-law and my parents in-law. because i could see that poland is genuinely looking after her forests. and last - but - never - the - least - because it's a gastronomic country =)

ramThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Sep 28, 09 ♂	Sep 28, 09, 17:08 #235
cause its a beautifull country

Lodz_The_BoatThreads: 57 Posts: 2,316 Joined: Sep 7, 08 ♂	Sep 28, 09, 17:25 #236
Alicjav: like to celebrate with them and drink as well ;) Let us not drink much anymore. I know I am going against the flow... but there are friends I know who would agree with me. Many close friends have lessened, or given up drinking all together. It really feels good to consider alcohol as something for other purposes, and not consuming it. ram: cause its a beautifull country Right on :)

LAGirlThreads: 13 Posts: 598 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♀	Sep 28, 09, 20:46 #237
Yeah Irishinpoland. sounds like my Polish guy. he is always health and eating concious a clean fanatic and always cares about what he lloks like and he is making me do the same.

foufzThreads: - Posts: 3 Joined: Oct 13, 09 ♂	Oct 13, 09, 16:28 #238
I love Poland because: -I've gotten along very well with every Pole I've known - They have a beautiful country nature, architechture etc. -Every Polka have something beautiful about her -I love the Language !!!

MarcinKThreads: - Posts: 56 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Oct 13, 09, 19:42 #239
Aga*: because it's home Dido.

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Oct 16, 09, 23:27 #240

- people who are nice are very nice and caring (those who aren't nice are mean, but who cares)
- my hair is always dry - I don't mean the rain, I mean the humidity is low
- the autumn is crispy, summer is blasting hot etc.
- Poland has her won 'quiet' background noise that is relaxing me
- business is easy: if one wants to buy/sell, one just speaks to another person and buys/sells. no crazy rituals to be kept.
- plenty of food on the streets like kiełbasa, kaszanka, karkówka, as opposed to pies and cheaseburgers which are dough and fattening
- drivers must stop before a pedestrian so will slow down in towns (from 150 to 70km), rather than slow down to let another car in. i feel safer if the pedestrian is the priority not politeness to other cars.
- shops are open till late
- sundays are quiet
- forests, forests, forests
- my favorite brands: Wojewodzic, Wólczanka, Próchnik, Hexeline, Molton.
- cakes - not very sweet, unless they are tort
- buildings with insulation and thick walls, not cold in winter, can't hear neighbours
- countryside family with a house a rusty car and plenty of spare bedrooms
- herbaciarnie - tea rooms
- abundance of varieties of juices and waters

...so on.