What is the least expensive/easiest way to visit Poland?
I am a 20 year old college student from California, and I'm looking to visit Poland, and to research records and places of my Gruszka family from Pultusk, Poland. They were Ashkenazim who were murdered by the Nazi's. What is the easiest and least expensive way for me to visit? Anyone in Poland looking for some company to show around? Almost more importantly is the issue of- what do I do about a place to stay?
Poland - 4 Answers
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The most expensive item should be the air ticket - you should research all special offers, etc. Pułtusk is quite close to Warsaw (about forty miles), so getting there should be fairly easy and cheap.
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There are plenty of hotels in Poland some of them are even named "Holiday INN". You want the cheepest way talk to your parents and see if you have any living family members still in Poland. I'm sure there must be some great aunt or uncle, another way is to look up parishes on the internet contacting them of what you want - to find your family. Church records usually go way back and priests usually speak english. But I would advise that you find your contact before you leave the states.
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Hang around awhile and hope that Genevieve's Mom sees your question. Now, I don't know if her husband and children would let her go to Poland with you but she probably can give you some great tips and advice. She is our Polish and Eastern Europe expert. However, she is usually on the genealogy or the history board. So you might reask your question there and address it to her. She is very very nice and helpful. I think she answered one of your questions on the genealogy board. You can email her through her avatar. According to some cousins of my grandfather, we lost almost everyone in Poland during the Warsaw uprising. The above poster mention churches and she might have not realized that Ashkenazim are Jewish. However, I was told by a Mormon friend(they are experts on genealogy) that Jews were required to register their vital information with the local parish priest or pastor. Seraph said it was true but it is very difficult to get access to those records. Nevertheless, Jewish records can be found in Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran or Evangelical parishes. Hopefully they will eventually be opened up since so much was destroyed during the Holocaust.
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The least expensive way to visit poland is to walk and swim there.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
what is a good program to study abroad in the summer in Poland?
what is a good program to study abroad in the summer in Poland?
i dont know any good programs that i can go with to poland as a high school student to go to poland and like get credits.
Studying Abroad - 3 Answers
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http://indiastudychannel.com/resources/Category10.aspx
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YFU offers summer programs to Poland (which is such an awesome country!!!!) http://www.yfu-usa.org/
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Rotary! http://www.ryerotary.org/
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Monday, November 1, 2010
How do i get a permission to leave and work in USA if im from Poland?
How do i get a permission to leave and work in USA if im from Poland?
Im a student of Economy in Poland. I have graduated from college a year ago and now Im doing masters. I want to live in USA since i visited California few years ago, I still do have a turist visa but i want to live and work there but only in legal way so turistic visa dosent count. I dont know how to start moving my life to the USA so if anybody there really knows how should i start please answer me but please dont write me about green cards lottery because its not even said yet if polish people can take part in it this year. Dee
Immigration - 5 Answers
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Go to the US embassy and they can give you all the info you will need to begin.
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I have a brand new almost never used green card in my pocket here !!!
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You have permission to leave the USA now
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since joining the common market Polands NOT entitled to enter green card lottery, if you had applied a year ago you could have entered but now u part of uk its a BIG FAT NO!!you cant have your cake and eat it chech, 1 or the other but now the choice has been taken from you,if you go to `any ` site with info on re lottey they ALL say Poland is not to apply..How do i know?? My husband is a pol my father in law is a pol my kids are hallf pol ..Me? just a humble uk bod, who has just managed to secure a place immagrating to USA, It took almost 3 years what i dont know re the visa and emigration system aint worth knowing,i will give you this advice for free my friend,,DONT use a visa service,they rip you off for thousands,and,the info they give you is readily avaliable to you via internet, good luck if you need any help u know where i am.x
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You have two options. You can try to get a work visa, or you can get married to a US citizen. Good luck!
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Im a student of Economy in Poland. I have graduated from college a year ago and now Im doing masters. I want to live in USA since i visited California few years ago, I still do have a turist visa but i want to live and work there but only in legal way so turistic visa dosent count. I dont know how to start moving my life to the USA so if anybody there really knows how should i start please answer me but please dont write me about green cards lottery because its not even said yet if polish people can take part in it this year. Dee
Immigration - 5 Answers
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Go to the US embassy and they can give you all the info you will need to begin.
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I have a brand new almost never used green card in my pocket here !!!
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You have permission to leave the USA now
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since joining the common market Polands NOT entitled to enter green card lottery, if you had applied a year ago you could have entered but now u part of uk its a BIG FAT NO!!you cant have your cake and eat it chech, 1 or the other but now the choice has been taken from you,if you go to `any ` site with info on re lottey they ALL say Poland is not to apply..How do i know?? My husband is a pol my father in law is a pol my kids are hallf pol ..Me? just a humble uk bod, who has just managed to secure a place immagrating to USA, It took almost 3 years what i dont know re the visa and emigration system aint worth knowing,i will give you this advice for free my friend,,DONT use a visa service,they rip you off for thousands,and,the info they give you is readily avaliable to you via internet, good luck if you need any help u know where i am.x
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You have two options. You can try to get a work visa, or you can get married to a US citizen. Good luck!
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Polish language programs in Poland for high school students over the summer?
Polish language programs in Poland for high school students over the summer?
The Jagellonski University in Krakow offers a fantastic summer program for students, but it's for college students. I'm in high school and I am very much interested in a language learning program for the Polish language, most preferably in Krakow. Does anyone know of any camps or summer programs in Poland like this? Please only answer if you know.
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Here are some suggestions: http://www.uj.edu.pl/SL/en/summer_courses/ http://www.cjkp.umcs.lublin.pl/eng/index.php?page=news&id=15 http://www.fil.umk.pl/skijpdo/wersja_a/k_summer.html
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Will I be fine in Poland as a black International student from African?
Will I be fine in Poland as a black International student from African?
I am a Nigerian international student currently studying in Cyprus and will be taking a transfer to Warsaw Poland to finish up my undergraduate degree this October. I am a little worried about the rumor about racism in Poland. In Cyprus where I currently study, we have a lot of blacks and we do just fine. I feel very at home. Can I be like that in Poland? Please can someone give me more information, I am yet to pay the tuition fee. If I pay the tuition fee, then that means am going and if I don't the case will be the reverse. Can someone tell me what likely possible things I might face from the Poles who don't like blacks and in Public places. Will I be able to move around, drive around besides studies? Well you are very correct, I read the story from the internet about the guy who infected many Polish women with AIDS. Well the dude is from Cameroon and I am from Nigeria. We Nigerians are proud of ourselves and I am proud to be one. I am not Cameroonian. There is no way I will have sex with a girl without using condoms. AIDS is not written on any one's face. Lets just say people are just wicked. -------------------------------------------------------- Yes Sarah, I am a Christian, I believe am going to be fine in Poland. You know am just worried about something I have not experienced before. Am just imagining how people will look at me and accept me.
Poland - 8 Answers
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depends on ppl you meet! it's very true what you said, lots of racism there, especially in low cost areas in warsaw. i saw a program on tv lately about students from africa in warsaw... geez, you wouldn't like that! but if you try and get a room in a dorm, it can be safer for you, this is what i would guess... not fun man!!
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Don't listen to stupid rumors. There is no racism in Poland.
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There is as much racism in Poland as in any other country. Depends on the people you meet - just like everywhere. Sometimes, somebody can just have a bad day and be mean to you - which doesn't necessarily mean that they are racist. You'll be just fine in Warsaw. That's a big metropolitan city with people from all over the World. Once you get there ask your school for help when it comes to room and board. Good luck and have fun. Poland is great!
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Drive around - no. You are an African and therefore have no rights to a proper driver's license. Trust me, I know because I live in the EU, come from South Africa and am not allowed to drive with my license. There are a few black people in Warsaw, but not that many. You will be a minority, so deal with it. Most young people are fine, but the older ones are suspicious of anything non-Polish;)
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Well there are racists everywhere actually. But Poland has been through a lot and nothing should happen to you. Be free to go anywhere you want to go. Its not dangerous over there.
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You'll be fine as long as you use the same common sense you would use in any big city that you are not familiar with. I'm not sure about the driving thing unless you plan on renting a car the entire time you are there. I don't know what their licensing laws are. Great city. The only weird thing I can think of is my buddies telling me about a black poet/casanova type who was really popular with the ladies a few years ago. I think he was from Africa as well. Story was something about him befriending many women (emotionally and sexually) and then later leaving the country because he had AIDS (and knew he had it). I'm not sure if this really affected Polish/Black relations though.
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Oh my gosh, all the girls in poland are all over africans, lol if you go you will get lots of girls becuase they are sick of white guys. and the girls are reallly pretty
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I think that your story is very interesting because you don't see very many Africans in Germany or Poland. You will be treated like any other person. If you are a Christian and having trouble with racism(which you might not) contact me and I will help you. my whole family is from Poland, and they own a castle up in Elim.
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I am a Nigerian international student currently studying in Cyprus and will be taking a transfer to Warsaw Poland to finish up my undergraduate degree this October. I am a little worried about the rumor about racism in Poland. In Cyprus where I currently study, we have a lot of blacks and we do just fine. I feel very at home. Can I be like that in Poland? Please can someone give me more information, I am yet to pay the tuition fee. If I pay the tuition fee, then that means am going and if I don't the case will be the reverse. Can someone tell me what likely possible things I might face from the Poles who don't like blacks and in Public places. Will I be able to move around, drive around besides studies? Well you are very correct, I read the story from the internet about the guy who infected many Polish women with AIDS. Well the dude is from Cameroon and I am from Nigeria. We Nigerians are proud of ourselves and I am proud to be one. I am not Cameroonian. There is no way I will have sex with a girl without using condoms. AIDS is not written on any one's face. Lets just say people are just wicked. -------------------------------------------------------- Yes Sarah, I am a Christian, I believe am going to be fine in Poland. You know am just worried about something I have not experienced before. Am just imagining how people will look at me and accept me.
Poland - 8 Answers
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depends on ppl you meet! it's very true what you said, lots of racism there, especially in low cost areas in warsaw. i saw a program on tv lately about students from africa in warsaw... geez, you wouldn't like that! but if you try and get a room in a dorm, it can be safer for you, this is what i would guess... not fun man!!
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Don't listen to stupid rumors. There is no racism in Poland.
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There is as much racism in Poland as in any other country. Depends on the people you meet - just like everywhere. Sometimes, somebody can just have a bad day and be mean to you - which doesn't necessarily mean that they are racist. You'll be just fine in Warsaw. That's a big metropolitan city with people from all over the World. Once you get there ask your school for help when it comes to room and board. Good luck and have fun. Poland is great!
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Drive around - no. You are an African and therefore have no rights to a proper driver's license. Trust me, I know because I live in the EU, come from South Africa and am not allowed to drive with my license. There are a few black people in Warsaw, but not that many. You will be a minority, so deal with it. Most young people are fine, but the older ones are suspicious of anything non-Polish;)
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Well there are racists everywhere actually. But Poland has been through a lot and nothing should happen to you. Be free to go anywhere you want to go. Its not dangerous over there.
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You'll be fine as long as you use the same common sense you would use in any big city that you are not familiar with. I'm not sure about the driving thing unless you plan on renting a car the entire time you are there. I don't know what their licensing laws are. Great city. The only weird thing I can think of is my buddies telling me about a black poet/casanova type who was really popular with the ladies a few years ago. I think he was from Africa as well. Story was something about him befriending many women (emotionally and sexually) and then later leaving the country because he had AIDS (and knew he had it). I'm not sure if this really affected Polish/Black relations though.
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Oh my gosh, all the girls in poland are all over africans, lol if you go you will get lots of girls becuase they are sick of white guys. and the girls are reallly pretty
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I think that your story is very interesting because you don't see very many Africans in Germany or Poland. You will be treated like any other person. If you are a Christian and having trouble with racism(which you might not) contact me and I will help you. my whole family is from Poland, and they own a castle up in Elim.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
i am student wants to move poland?
i am student wants to move poland?
hi, i am a student lives in India, from last year i fell in love with a girl of Poland , we are always keep in touch with phone and emails,she wants me to come there , and also wants me to spend her life with me, but i am afraid cause i have no job yet, and still studying, but i have money to visit her,i am planning to visit her and settle there with her, i don't have much ideas about the visas, only i hear about the visiting visa, if i want to visit any country there needed visit visa, so i should go with visit visa or is there another visa in my case? and will it be easier to issue a visit visa?and what documents require for visit visa.and when i reach there what visa i needed to stay in Poland with her? help me please.
Poland - 4 Answers
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If you are only going to visit, then visit visa it is;)
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To settle in Poland for good you'd have to marry her and apply for a temporary stay permit. Once you have lived here on that basis for 2 years and have been married to her for 3, you can apply for settlement permit. More about visas and permits: http://www.udsc.gov.pl/GOOD,TO,KNOW,1136.html#1983
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why would you want to live in poland? russia has higher standard of living.
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Poland is a great place to live. You cant move to Russia because it is a very dangarous place to live if you are from another country. You can get beaten or killed in Russia by the neo-Nazis if you are not Russian.
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hi, i am a student lives in India, from last year i fell in love with a girl of Poland , we are always keep in touch with phone and emails,she wants me to come there , and also wants me to spend her life with me, but i am afraid cause i have no job yet, and still studying, but i have money to visit her,i am planning to visit her and settle there with her, i don't have much ideas about the visas, only i hear about the visiting visa, if i want to visit any country there needed visit visa, so i should go with visit visa or is there another visa in my case? and will it be easier to issue a visit visa?and what documents require for visit visa.and when i reach there what visa i needed to stay in Poland with her? help me please.
Poland - 4 Answers
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If you are only going to visit, then visit visa it is;)
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To settle in Poland for good you'd have to marry her and apply for a temporary stay permit. Once you have lived here on that basis for 2 years and have been married to her for 3, you can apply for settlement permit. More about visas and permits: http://www.udsc.gov.pl/GOOD,TO,KNOW,1136.html#1983
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why would you want to live in poland? russia has higher standard of living.
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Poland is a great place to live. You cant move to Russia because it is a very dangarous place to live if you are from another country. You can get beaten or killed in Russia by the neo-Nazis if you are not Russian.
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Friday, October 1, 2010
NY student teaching english in Poland?
NY student teaching english in Poland?
NY student teaching english in Poland? I am a 20 year old student living in NY, but i am of Polish decent, and all my family and relatives live in PL. My grandpa said he'd be able to get me a job teaching English over the Summer in Poland, however, I dont even speak Polish. Do you think he's right, that id be able to get a job teaching english without speaking the native language? And also, if i were to get a job there, do you think itd be worth it, or is the polish currency much lower that US, where i wouldnt make too much when i turn it into US money?
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Well, as for economics, Poland is an echelon lower than first rate countries (France, America, Italy, Japan etc.) Yet, it is on the highest level of developing from a socialist economy. The economics and financial situation there will be a bit crappier than that of the US, but nothing that is a total game changer. Many Poles know english on survival level. Yet, knowing Polish would be a huge benefit. Would you survive in Poland without Polish, as a teacher? Depends on where you teach, Warshawa (Warsaw) would be easier than, per se, Lublin, a working class town. Will your job be a hell of a lot easier with Polish? Yes. I hope I helped
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NY student teaching english in Poland? I am a 20 year old student living in NY, but i am of Polish decent, and all my family and relatives live in PL. My grandpa said he'd be able to get me a job teaching English over the Summer in Poland, however, I dont even speak Polish. Do you think he's right, that id be able to get a job teaching english without speaking the native language? And also, if i were to get a job there, do you think itd be worth it, or is the polish currency much lower that US, where i wouldnt make too much when i turn it into US money?
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Well, as for economics, Poland is an echelon lower than first rate countries (France, America, Italy, Japan etc.) Yet, it is on the highest level of developing from a socialist economy. The economics and financial situation there will be a bit crappier than that of the US, but nothing that is a total game changer. Many Poles know english on survival level. Yet, knowing Polish would be a huge benefit. Would you survive in Poland without Polish, as a teacher? Depends on where you teach, Warshawa (Warsaw) would be easier than, per se, Lublin, a working class town. Will your job be a hell of a lot easier with Polish? Yes. I hope I helped
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