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tbiehl2000 · Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 87

These forums have been pretty dead lately. I decided to post something. I am seriously considering coming back here next October. I love Krakow and I love teaching. My problem is these awful, awful winters. I'm not from a cold weather climate and I curse the -10 degree weather. The winters here are long, cold and dark. So tell me how the rest of you deal with it? Do you see some positives in these long winters? Someone give me some uplifting insight. Maybe there is some real positives to nose hair freezing temperatures and maybe I'm just not seeing it.

Alex Shulgin · Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Posts: 553

expatben · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 7:05 am Post subject:

I have not yet been to Poland but I am from a cold winter climate. I like the beuty of it. The snow covered streets and sparkly snow is lovely. I just wear a jacket. I would rather be in a cold climate than hot because at least whn you're could you can put on layers.

XXX · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject:

If you like to ski, Zakopane is only two hours and 8 zlts away. If you can't take the winters, try Thailand.

biffinbridge · Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 701 Location: Frank's Wild Years

Extreme bar sports!!

Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

forgot the name but there is a nice reataurant near Pole Moletowski station in Warsaw, and near Zwirki i Wigury ulica.
They have Guiness on tap and lots of good food. Like kielbasa.

When it is cold outside it is nice to be someplace warm with good beer.

yeah those nights can be cold when the wind is blowing and you sit or stand in a tram and it is so damn cold.

Dunno, I think it sucks that the nights are long and that by 4 o`clock in the afternoon it is pitch black. I used to like going to bars and meeting people, chatting with friends.
I drank lots of beer in Poland and have good memories, even though the weather was chilly and the nights were long.

Martin P · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 16

Winter sports - skiing and snowboarding. (Zakopane, Szczryk, Korbielow)

Mulled wine.

Michael Gaylord · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Kalisz, Poland

...good things about cold winters? hmmm...skiing, good sleeping weather, some of these Poles actually drive more carefully (I said SOME), if you have thinning hair (like me) you may enjoy the chance to wear a "toque", seeing if your pee freezes before it hits the ground...er-wait a minute: that's Central Canadian winter weather...minus 10? It's a tropical breeze!

expatben · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

I am currently experiencing a Spanish summer ableit a northern one-I say bring on a Polish winter!