Comments on: About Me http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog British expat in Poland. Guide to Polish living for EU citizens, bureaucracy and general ramblings Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:49:31 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Greg http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Greg Sat, 21 May 2011 16:57:10 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1497 Hi Liked your site - been reading it on and off for a while :) I'm a 37 year old Brit who has just bought a flat in central Krakow and will (in a few weeks) be moving to Zakopane where my partner has just got a job. Don't know where the best place is for finding flats/houses to rent for 3 or 4 month lets and wondered if you had any ideas? Or anyone near Zakopane that teaches Polski? cheers Greg Hi

Liked your site – been reading it on and off for a while :)

I’m a 37 year old Brit who has just bought a flat in central Krakow and will (in a few weeks) be moving to Zakopane where my partner has just got a job.

Don’t know where the best place is for finding flats/houses to rent for 3 or 4 month lets and wondered if you had any ideas?

Or anyone near Zakopane that teaches Polski?
cheers
Greg

]]> By: Aleksandra http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 Aleksandra Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:36:38 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1435 Hello! I'm student of Jagiellonian University in Cracov. I have a huge favour! I'm writing master's paper on the quality of life for foreigners (from England)in Poland. Age is not important, neither is the length of stay. I would be grateful if somebody could help me :) I can send you an email with questionnaire. I doesn't take too much time (5-15 min) and it is very friendly questionnaire. If you are interested in helping student to get knowledge - please contact me: aleksandra.d@op.pl Hello!

I’m student of Jagiellonian University in Cracov. I have a huge favour!

I’m writing master’s paper on the quality of life for foreigners (from England)in Poland. Age is not important, neither is the length of stay.

I would be grateful if somebody could help me :)
I can send you an email with questionnaire. I doesn’t take too much time (5-15 min) and it is very friendly questionnaire.

If you are interested in helping student to get knowledge – please contact me:
aleksandra.d@op.pl

]]> By: sandra http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 sandra Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:39:11 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1388 Hey Zaira, Good luck with the move hope you have something to calm the little one as ours was a nightmare at Christmas on the plane. Just a heads up about the British thing... if you speak English as your first language your from England!!! dont know how many times i've had to correct people and you know how us Scots can get about being called English!!hehe. If you want you can mail me and we can meet up once your settles. Good luck for the move. Sandra [edit: personal email address removed - Zaira - please contact me at ben@britishinpoland.com and I will forward you on Sandra's email] Hey Zaira, Good luck with the move hope you have something to calm the little one as ours was a nightmare at Christmas on the plane. Just a heads up about the British thing… if you speak English as your first language your from England!!! dont know how many times i’ve had to correct people and you know how us Scots can get about being called English!!hehe. If you want you can mail me and we can meet up once your settles. Good luck for the move.

Sandra

[edit: personal email address removed - Zaira - please contact me at ben@britishinpoland.com and I will forward you on Sandra's email]

]]> By: zaira http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 zaira Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:53:32 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1382 Hello Sandra! Great to hear from you. You have no idea HOW HAPPY I am as well to know there are more people like myself in Tarnow. Thanks for getting in touch with me and of course i would love to meet you. Count down to moving day... Our dog is being shipped on saturday 12th and Little One and myself will be flying to Poland on Sunday 13th. Mixed emotions... looking forward to start my new life in Tarnow and sad to say goodbye to Ireland. Just letting you know we are not Brits in case you think we are. We are Irish... Well at least 1/2 of this family is. I am Brazilian and Little One is a mix . Ha...Ha... My son is also 17 months and loves to play with other kids so I thought it would be nice tying to organise an English Baby/Toddler group for us English speakers. What do you think?????? I will be in touch. Look forward meeting you and your family. zaira Hello Sandra! Great to hear from you. You have no idea HOW HAPPY I am as well to know there are more people like myself in Tarnow. Thanks for getting in touch with me and of course i would love to meet you.
Count down to moving day…
Our dog is being shipped on saturday 12th and Little One and myself will be flying to Poland on Sunday 13th. Mixed emotions… looking forward to start my new life in Tarnow and sad to say goodbye to Ireland.
Just letting you know we are not Brits in case you think we are. We are Irish…
Well at least 1/2 of this family is. I am Brazilian and Little One is a mix . Ha…Ha…
My son is also 17 months and loves to play with other kids so I thought it would be nice tying to organise an English Baby/Toddler group for us English speakers. What do you think??????
I will be in touch.
Look forward meeting you and your family.

zaira

]]> By: sandra http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 sandra Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:41:50 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1381 To Zaira, Good to here of someone else who has children and cant speak Polish. I have two boys one is 17 months and the other is 14 weeks. Zaira if you fancy meeting up that would be great as I really miss the baby groups in Britain and girly chats. We live 10 mins from Tarnow and would be great to have some English speaking friends. My husband is Polish and speaks fluent English, but not the same think there is only some much baby chat he can handle. Sandra To Zaira, Good to here of someone else who has children and cant speak Polish. I have two boys one is 17 months and the other is 14 weeks. Zaira if you fancy meeting up that would be great as I really miss the baby groups in Britain and girly chats. We live 10 mins from Tarnow and would be great to have some English speaking friends. My husband is Polish and speaks fluent English, but not the same think there is only some much baby chat he can handle.
Sandra

]]> By: Ben http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 Ben Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:23:13 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1336 Unfortunately I don't think that you can mix and match the theory part with the practical part - i.e. just because you have done the theory in the UK that doesn't necessarily mean you can now do the Polish practical. I think you would need to sit the Polish theory exam first. I understand that in most towns you can do this in English or German. Unfortunately I don’t think that you can mix and match the theory part with the practical part – i.e. just because you have done the theory in the UK that doesn’t necessarily mean you can now do the Polish practical. I think you would need to sit the Polish theory exam first. I understand that in most towns you can do this in English or German.

]]> By: Amelia http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Amelia Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:07:50 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1333 Hi, I have just arrived to work in Poznan as an au pair to a Polish family, and stumbled across your website while searching for ways to watch British tv online. Do you know how easy it would be, language barriers aside, to take the Polish driving test here and acquire a Polish license? I have my theory test, but unfortunately it expires in June this year, and I won´t be home to take the test in that time (nor could I have taken it last year, I left for the continent and had in fact lost the paper part). It´s great the host of information you have for Brits here! Hi, I have just arrived to work in Poznan as an au pair to a Polish family, and stumbled across your website while searching for ways to watch British tv online. Do you know how easy it would be, language barriers aside, to take the Polish driving test here and acquire a Polish license? I have my theory test, but unfortunately it expires in June this year, and I won´t be home to take the test in that time (nor could I have taken it last year, I left for the continent and had in fact lost the paper part).
It´s great the host of information you have for Brits here!

]]> By: Peter http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Peter Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:50:35 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1324 Like everyone else who has posted on here, I've come across this site by pure chance whilst searching for info. My partner is Polish and we are currently divinding our time between Liverpool and Gostyn. Have returned just yesterday after 3 weeks. I design & build, industrial & farm buildings with more and more work being carried out in Poland. I will now be a regular visitor to this informative site. Like everyone else who has posted on here, I’ve come across this site by pure chance whilst searching for info. My partner is Polish and we are currently divinding our time between Liverpool and Gostyn. Have returned just yesterday after 3 weeks.

I design & build, industrial & farm buildings with more and more work being carried out in Poland.

I will now be a regular visitor to this informative site.

]]> By: Gareth http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Gareth Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:08:12 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1322 Hey, I'm 26 in April, I have a ski and snowboard company in Zakopane with my girlfriend who is from Zakopane. I have spent the last 5 winters working there as a snowboard instructor and we are now into our 2nd year running the business on our own. This year I'm looking to stay and work (I hope) doing something in the summer as well with a view to stopping over there full time with her. Where exactly are you between Zakopane and Krakow? Obviously you work for yourself, my issue is that I've spent a lot of time in Zakopane but am not sure what I'm going to be able to find in terms of work through the summer! My Polish is quite good, I can hold a basic conversation and let people know what I want but it's difficult to see myself working for someone although I'm really keen to stop and be more settled with my girlfriend and I love chilling out in the mountains! What are your podcasts about?? I'd be keen to talk to you about living in Poland, why not! This kind of site is great for people like me looking for answers and help from people who've done it all before! I'm back out there again for good next Sunday, always keen to meet expats nearby, although there are not many in Zakopane that we know of! Look forward to hearing from you, thanks! Hey, I’m 26 in April, I have a ski and snowboard company in Zakopane with my girlfriend who is from Zakopane. I have spent the last 5 winters working there as a snowboard instructor and we are now into our 2nd year running the business on our own. This year I’m looking to stay and work (I hope) doing something in the summer as well with a view to stopping over there full time with her. Where exactly are you between Zakopane and Krakow? Obviously you work for yourself, my issue is that I’ve spent a lot of time in Zakopane but am not sure what I’m going to be able to find in terms of work through the summer! My Polish is quite good, I can hold a basic conversation and let people know what I want but it’s difficult to see myself working for someone although I’m really keen to stop and be more settled with my girlfriend and I love chilling out in the mountains! What are your podcasts about?? I’d be keen to talk to you about living in Poland, why not! This kind of site is great for people like me looking for answers and help from people who’ve done it all before! I’m back out there again for good next Sunday, always keen to meet expats nearby, although there are not many in Zakopane that we know of! Look forward to hearing from you, thanks!

]]> By: zaira http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/about-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1321 zaira Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:06:30 +0000 http://www.britishinpoland.com/?page_id=45#comment-1321 Hi All! Moving to Tarnow next month. i have been been back and forth since last summer. However the whole family will be together next month. Hubby working on a project in the area. Have a 15 month old baby. Sandra and Eugene: Came across your post by chance. You are the only english speakers I found in the area. How do you find living here. I am finding a bit hard and lonelly. We are from ireland and things are very diferent here. looking forward to take some Polish classes to help us a bit since neither I nor Hubby can speak a single word. Hopefully things will get better All the best zaira Hi All!
Moving to Tarnow next month. i have been been back and forth since last summer. However the whole family will be together next month. Hubby working on a project in the area.
Have a 15 month old baby.
Sandra and Eugene: Came across your post by chance. You are the only english speakers I found in the area. How do you find living here.
I am finding a bit hard and lonelly.
We are from ireland and things are very diferent here.
looking forward to take some Polish classes to help us a bit since neither I nor Hubby can speak a single word.
Hopefully things will get better
All the best

zaira

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