Who has moved to Poland in the last year? Swap stories.

Hi There
I am also Irish and have been living in Krakow for 6mths now, I have done a lot of travelling over the years and lived outside for about ten altogether in various countries, so its not knew to me not living in Ireland. I will be going back to Ireland in the summer and honestly I am seriously looking forward to it. I have a lot of Polish friends in Ireland some for at least 3 years so I was fairly familiar with culture etc also I had visited 4 times in in the last few years. There will be a lot of general things that you will miss however what I miss most is the humour and just the banter. There is a very drepressing feeling in the air here which is probably understandable considering the history. Yes the city is stunning and a lot of the people are very helpful and friendly but I have also found an element of bitterness and sheer rudeness. I think the prices of holidaying here were a big draw for people previously however as it gets more expensive they will have to improve the abrupt manner that a lot of people in the restaurants, cafes etc have. You should really visit a couple ot times first and depending on where you are located will also factor!
Good Luck in your decision....Like everywhere Bring your own sausages, rashers, butter, bread and .........tayto!

I retired to Poland in 2006 with my wife. We bought land and started to build a home there. My wife could not take it and we are now back in the USA. I loved it there the food was healthier people friendlier. We now live in the south of the US. It is just not the same as Poland.

jimpres, just out of interest, why did you move there?

Why, exactly, did your wife get fed up with Poland? I ask because I'm having a hard time convincing my wife to MOVE there from Canada.

Sausage,

I moved there because my wife's meds cost $1000 a month in the USA and $250 in Poland. Also my parents came from there and I know lots of relatives there. I was raised speaking Polish. Started English in the 1st grade.

Andy,

She got fed up with the language did not want to learn it.
IN the USA before we left for over a year she studied it 2-3 hours a day.
Had stickies on everything showing there Polish name. When she go to Poland she just stopped.

Jim

Andy,

You MUST take your wife there on a visit no matter what she says. Mine said
she did not need to go knew she would love it. Big mistake.
Although there is no where in the US we could retire on my SS, her meds are just to much.

Andy,

Also I moved to the country not Warsaw. Nearest town was 12 km away and had 18 thousand people in it.
We moved from san diego

Im also moving to poland in few monthes and i think the language barrier is gonna be hard, i found out about teaching english but i think you need some sort of course to be allowed to teach it, im gonna give it a go teaching private as im sure many poles would love to learn from a true english man, if all else fouls guess ill wash cars :-) Dave20910 where in poland you moving too?

Brett,

The language will be easier when you live there. You will have to speak it.
However, if you move to a large town there are more english speakers there.
I was 11km from a town of 18 thousand and you had to know Polish.
private teaching is desired by most Poles. The schools teach the British english and not the American english.

I'm an American from San Diego and I teach in Gdansk. It's true that the books are in British English but my students love to learn the difference between British and American English. After all, they watch movies from the US and more than a few have either visited there or want to go.

The Queen's English as we like to call it! Not that there is much difference between American and British English...

I never heard the term made redundant until last summer when I met a Brit who had been. We call it laid off. Boot/trunk, bonnet/hood, cinema/movies, on holiday/on vacation, favourite colour/favorite color, in hospital,in the hospital, at the weekend/on the weekend, fancy/like, pay rise/pay raise etc. I'm not going to touch the word fag! It's fun to compare the differences.

If You want to talk pants about taking out the trash then watching a movie of the Man united soccer match go ahead. We speak English the way it is supposed to be spoken biatch!!

So would you say its a possibility to teach english privately, although i dont speak much polish at the moment my gf says many polish people like to take classes in english conversations where you dont speak polish to encourage them to just speak english.

Brettd,

I was asked to teach privately many times. I had people come to the house and we only spoke English.
So from my perspective it is possible.