Poland/Questions

SubjectDate AskedExpert
taxi cost in poland2/8/2012Stephen Morgan
  Q: do you happen to know how taxis charge? Is there a charge per second for waiting time while in ...
  A: an interesting question, each City has a different rate, however as far as I know every official ...
Krakow region tour1/28/2012Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: Can you recommend a reputable tour company for the Krakow region tour...limited to 5 or 6 days for ...
  A: I know few good companies, but I can suggest you one, what I know they had good opinions. Look at ...
Campervan sites for Euro's12/13/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: Would you have information on campervan sites in Poznan and Gdanks for the Euro 2012. We're coming ...
  A: Have couple of possibilities in the locations you are suggesting. ...
citizenship.10/25/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: I am pakistani citizen. I am interested in how to get Poland nationality.Is it need to get some ...
  A: Marriage is one option but you would need to legally reside in Poland for two years married to a ...
Polish language learning8/19/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: 1. Which website presents free dual language polish - English e-books? 2. Which one of the Polish ...
  A: The link to the site below should give you access to some of the resources you asked about ...
Polish language learning8/18/2011Graham Read
  Q: 1. Which website presents free dual language polish - English e-books? 2. Which one of the Polish ...
  A: The site below offers news in English and Polish. http://wyborcza.pl/0,86871.html There are ...
A family Origin question8/6/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: Is Tarnapole is part of poland/ Would it be a place I could visit with my family? What are the ...
  A: I Have been a little remiss in not answering your question in a timely manner. The web site below ...
info on doll7/5/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: I have two small dolls(together on a wooden base) both are dressed in traditional clothing and are ...
  A: Spoldzielnia Pracy R.L.i A. im. St. Wyspianskiego w Krakowie Lalki Regionalne Co-operative Works ...
Ardzeluza6/15/2011Graham Read
  Q: Would You be so good as to advise me at Your earliest convenience the following about Ardzeluza: ...
  A: I believe this place is now in the Ukrainian Karpathian Mountains. It's name in Ukrainian is (I ...
Tracing family connections5/6/2011Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: I have been trying to trace my grandfathers family tree but am having difficulties. Could you let me ...
  A: If you know only the last name of your grandfather, and you don't know a place, city, village where ...
Marrage Documents4/22/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: I am planning to get married to a polish citizen, I am not from an EU country, we have been dating ...
  A: I had the similar situation a year or so ago. However I am an E.U. Citizen. The first issue is your ...
Finding my family2/19/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: My father left Poland at the age of 14 at the outbreak of ww2. To cut a long story short, he never ...
  A: You can try the link below http:www.//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com However if you ...
Great Grandparents2/6/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: I am researching my great grandparents (Ferdinand Berszoner (or Beschorner) and Susanne Hoppe ...
  A: it is a few Km's to the North West of Łodz the o has a funny Polish accent ó so probably will ...
Great Grandparents2/5/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: I am researching my great grandparents (Ferdinand Berszoner (or Beschorner) and Susanne Hoppe ...
  A: one site you might try is ...
Need help finding family in Poland.1/25/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: I would like to suprise my father and his two sisters and track down our Polish family. I have ...
  A: There are several good resources for tracing relatives however the routes are varied depending on a ...
Polish1/21/2011Stephen Morgan
  Q: my name is Vincent Sneed and I am 28 years old and have been traveling all over the world. I can ...
  A: Yes you have a good point, I am English and speak Polish but my accent always gives me away so all ...
can i convert my old 1982 bills?11/22/2010Stephen Morgan
  Q: can i convert my old 1982 500 zlotych and 1988 10000 zlotych and 200 zlotych and 1986 100 zlotych ...
  A: I remember when I first visited Poland in 1996 there were still some of these notes in circulation. ...
tourist itinerary for poland10/19/2010Graham Read
  Q: We were planning a vacation sightseeing poland. We have planned a tentative itinerary like landing ...
  A: The plan is quite hectic, roads in poland aren't the best, and you may find you spend most of your ...
Retirement in Poland10/15/2010Graham Read
  Q: I am of 100% Polish decent and a retired here in the USA. I am currently learning the Polish ...
  A: A friend of mine, Andrew Balfour works at an estate agents in Krakow and will likely have contacts ...
transportation8/18/2010Graham Read
  Q: I try to figure out the best way to get from Piotrków Tryb to Kraków Krzemionk in the morning of ...
  A: http://rozklad-pkp.pl/ this website has all the train times, it's in english. There are direct ...
Medieval Poland8/17/2010Stephen Morgan
  Q: Could you please tell me what the common mode of transport among the wealthy would have been in or ...
  A: well the transport bit I can answer, From this part of the country which is around Torun and I ...
Any intersting towns?7/20/2010Stephen Morgan
  Q: I will be traveling with family from Warsaw to Torun for a day. On the way back I was wondering if ...
  A: yes Plock is another Wisla based town. make your way up to the cathedral located at the Tumski hill. ...
Any intersting towns?7/19/2010Stephen Morgan
  Q: I will be traveling with family from Warsaw to Torun for a day. On the way back I was wondering if ...
  A: Very interesting question but perhaps I could ask you one first. How are you travelling. By train ...
Living relatives?6/22/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: I am trying to trace any living relatives in Poland related to Stanislaw MEKSULA born 1918 ...
  A: There are a lot of families living in Lublin region, with Meksuła name. If you would find some ...
transportation6/17/2010Stephen Morgan
  Q: I"d like to find out the best way to get from Warsaw international airport to Radzymin. (and back )
  A: sorry for the belated reply. You could take a taxi as it is around 32 KM but expensive! Most ...
Auschwitz Tour5/29/2010Stephen Morgan
  Q: I will be touring Poland in a camper van. I want to visit Auschwitz. I note that the majority of ...
  A: the best thing is to do one of the following and it will save you some money. 1) put your camper ...
Suwalki, and tour4/21/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: How can I get the address/email of St. Alexander's Church in Suwalki? Where would I fly into Poland ...
  A: the web site of St Alexander's Church in Suwałki is ...
Suwalki4/21/2010Graham Read
  Q: I'll be going to Poland in Sept. How difficult and how would I get to Suwalki? How can I get the ...
  A: You can get to Suwalki from Warsaw by train, it's not difficult. Around Suwalki there is some lovely ...
Suwalki4/21/2010Stephen Morgan
  Q: I'm planning to go to Poland in Sept. How easy would it be to get to Suwalki (my Grandparent's home ...
  A: I presume if you are coming direct to Poland from the U.S. you will land in Warsaw. I recommend the ...
Cheap flights4/5/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: Is there any cheap flights from the area Baden-Wuerttermberg, Germany. I found one but its kinda ...
  A: the cheapest are always the low cost carriers like Ryan Air. if they don't have a departures from ...
Szypliszki, Bachorzewo3/25/2010Graham Read
  Q: Grandparents from these 2 cities. Would they be difficult to travel to if we were to come to Poland? ...
  A: Both places you mentioned are near urban centres that are easily reachable from Warsaw. In terms of ...
tour to Szyplizki and Bachorzewo3/25/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: We spoke before about the Forencewicz name. My Grandfather came from Szyplizki. Do you think your ...
  A: Yes, Szypiliszki are situated close to Puńsk where he lived. Unfortunately he lives now in ...
Military Service Poland2/23/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: What is the common law for military service in Poland?For instance, here in the United States a man ...
  A: yes in Poland is the same. All your boys over 18 should be registered in the army, but since this ...
university2/23/2010Graham Read
  Q: I'm from Poland,but my family moved to the U.S when I was little. I will be moving back in the next ...
  A: I can't help too much here. May is leaving it a little late to be trying to enroll, and I would ...
LAST NAMES2/22/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: I am researching my mother's family. They came from Poland. I have only a last name, and am ...
  A: I'm sorry but I don't do this kind of works. Moreover I know you will need to know also at least a ...
Individual Travel in Poland2/15/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: I am a university student about to embark on a tour of Europe. I'd like to visit Poland, but only ...
  A: I can suggest to you one company who specializes also in low cost tours in Poland, mostly for ...
Train from Szczcein to Berlin2/8/2010Graham Read
  Q: Could you tell me if I can get a bus from Szczcein airport to the city, how much is it and can I pay ...
  A: Try this website - it's available in English. http://www.airport.szczecin.pl It looks like the ...
geneology1/29/2010Graham Read
  Q: I am researching my maternal lineage. Surnames: Siekemeyer, Zoschnick/Zoschnik, %26 ...
  A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland_(1795%E2%80%931918) I've referenced you to a simple ...
celebration1/22/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: We will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary this year. I want to re-do my husband Richard's ...
  A: in Poland we used to write like we have with my wife. She has on her ring "Grzegorz - 05.09.2009" ...
Crossing the Wistula1/10/2010Bartecki Grzegorz
  Q: I want to cross the Poland from the Lithuania heading toward the Slovenia(by car).My friends ...
  A: as I know there are not regular ferries operating in that area. Maybe it will change, but we will ...

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Travel, security,legal,real estate,language,driving,hotels,food,cooking,eating out,culture,dating,relationships,finance and banking,importing,exporting,medical tourism.

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I am an English citizen my first visit to Poland was in 1996. I moved here permanently in 2004,now have a licensed real estate business,property investment business and tourist business. I have renovated an apartment block, run a hotel here and now live in a 16th century manor house in rural Poland when not in my City centre apartment.

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'A' levels in Pure and Applied Maths and Physics Bsc Production Engineering Diploma in Industrial Studies

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