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jersey_oliveThreads: 1
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Joined: Feb 16, 10 ♀ 		 Feb 16, 10, 17:20    #1
I'm an American student studying in Wroclaw. Just wondering if there are any others in the city :)


FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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from what i am told, there's only about 25 of us here dude.


jersey_oliveThreads: 1
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25? honestly, thats about 20 more than i expected haha
a fellow american friend and i have been trying to find more of us. if your interested in meeting up sometime, let me know


convexThreads: 47
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Joined: Nov 25, 09 Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Feb 16, 10, 21:42    #4
There are a couple of businesses here run by Americans. There are quite a few working at google, credit suisse, and a couple of university professors.


pantslessThreads: 1
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Joined: Feb 1, 10 ♂ 		 Feb 16, 10, 22:05    #5
I think Ive met one other American actually living in Wroclaw but he was weird as hell. If anyone is down for a beer or whatever let me know, esp anyone from the northeast because god damn I actually miss the tristate accent.


jwojcieThreads: 3
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Joined: Jan 3, 09 ♂ 		Edited by: jwojcie  Feb 16, 10, 22:21    #6
I've heard that at Medical Academy there were some of your countrymen, try there:
http://www.englishdivision.am.wroc.pl/content/view/3946/362/


jersey_oliveThreads: 1
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thanks for the info.
to clear up my situation: i have been attending college here for over a year now, with having met only one american who lectures at my school.
we both made it our mission to find some american friends in wroclaw this semester.

pantsless:
esp anyone from the northeast because god damn I actually miss the tristate accent.

tri-state meaning ny, nj, ct?


olitoThreads: 8
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Joined: Apr 29, 07 ♂ 		 Feb 16, 10, 22:41    #8
do you mean U.S. Americans or people from the American continent? :P


you might wanna try the American Corner, its in Rynek...
http://www.amcorners.pl/wroclaw/


cheers!


FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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convex wrote:

There are quite a few working at google,

really? i've spent a heck of a lot of time at Google over the past 18 months. only met one there and she went home in September for good. according to the other employees, Google is american-less, at least as of last fall. some brits, irish....but no americans.

pantsless wrote:

esp anyone from the northeast because god damn I actually miss the tristate accent.

well......i guess you would find my accent quite appealing then. where from Jersey?

maybe just fire me a PM.


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FUZZYWICKETS:
Google is american-less, at least as of last fall.

The director of the Wroclaw office is from LA...


FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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that's the only other word of an American at Google i know, apparently a Japanese or Chinese guy no?

either way, hardly "quite a few".


convexThreads: 47
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FUZZYWICKETS:
that's the only other word of an American at Google i know, apparently a Japanese or Chinese guy no?

That's him, born and raised in California. There's a PM over there that's American too.


jersey_oliveThreads: 1
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olito:
do you mean U.S. Americans or people from the American continent? :P

i guess i should be exact in saying "the united states".
sorry for any confusion!


beelzebubThreads: -
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"American" means from the US in common usage. Only pedantic people make a big deal of of it. I have never ever heard of a Canadian, Brazilian, Mexican or anyone but a yank call themselves "American".


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jersey_olive:
a fellow american friend and i have been trying to find more of us.

emerge in local culture its your chance ...


jersey_oliveThreads: 1
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Ironside:
emerge in local culture its your chance

thanks for the concern! but my emergence into local culture has been well taken care of considering i have been to poland many times since i was a young girl


king of queens  Feb 16, 10, 23:41    #17
hello Jersey Olive. You sound quite interesting and I would love to get a chance to meet you. I have relocated back to Poland after growing up and working in the City, New York City to be exact. Does your user name mean you are from New Jersey? Love to hear back from you :P


convexThreads: 47
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How about a good old fashioned pub crawl?


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king of queens: yes, it means im from new jersey. and south to be exact!

i think a pub crawl is an amazing idea! next weekend?


IronsideThreads: 56
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jersey_olive:
thanks for the concern!

Sorry:)


convexThreads: 47
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jersey_olive:
i think a pub crawl is an amazing idea! next weekend?

Saturday? We can start at pod papugami at 8, figure the rest out from there? Everyone that wants to go, just PM me and I'll send you my number...or just head to the loud table.


king of queens  Feb 17, 10, 00:09    #22
Oh what a strange coincidence! I have never been to the south of the State before myself other than on my way to Philadelphia. What brings you to Poland and where in the country are you now?


jersey_oliveThreads: 1
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king of queens:
What brings you to Poland and where in the country are you now?

i live very close to philly. im in wroclaw, studying finance


FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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so what's the word on saturday night?

btw, are significant others allowed to come along or is this a closed meeting ;)


convexThreads: 47
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So the plan is for the 27th at 8 at pod papugami, open to all (except Fijians, I just don't like them, no reason). Just send me a PM and I'll pass along my number.


FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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so we're still up and running for tonight at 8:00? Pod Popugami?

where will the table be, or do I have to be the weird guy walking around, looking in circles, listening for American English....;)


convexThreads: 47
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FUZZYWICKETS:
so we're still up and running for tonight at 8:00? Pod Popugami?

You're the only one on board so far...not looking too hot.


FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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what? I thought for sure the others were in. lame.


PolinaThreads: -
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Joined: Mar 4, 10 ♂ 		 Mar 4, 10, 16:35    #29
Hi everybody,
I am from Ontario. My son is considering to go to dental school in Wroclaw. Currently he is in his third year of biology program in McMaster University. I would really appreciate if you can give me some info about the city. Is it nice? Is it safe? How is the attitude towards Americans/Canadians? Is it difficult to learn Polish if you don't have any Polish background?
Thank you in advance.
PG


jwojcieThreads: 3
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Joined: Jan 3, 09 ♂ 		 Mar 4, 10, 17:26    #30
hi
Polina:
I would really appreciate if you can give me some info about the city

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wroclaw

Official pages of Wroclaw Municipality:
http://www.wroclaw.pl/ms/english/

Some pics:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1045715
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=734864

Is it nice? Some says yes, some says no.. I like it here but I'm not an expat.

Is it safe? Probably similary to other cities of that size. Expats use to say that Poland in general is unfriendly toward non-whites, but I can confirm two or three cases of some violence with racist background reported in the press in recent years (though non-white population in Wroclaw is very small).

Attitude toward Americans/Canadians? Between neutral and positive.

Polina:
Is it difficult to learn Polish if you don't have any Polish background?

relative thread is here:
http://www.polishforums.com/general-language-17/polish-was-chosen-hard est-language-world-learn-d-34156/

It seems that quite common notion is that polish is hard for people without slavic language background


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