Thank you Poland

I think it's Poland that should thank you!

italiano wrote: Hi guys, I want to write a longer story. I'm Italian, just came back from Poland, actually I spend my whole trip in Poznan (except of the final, and gdansk game). I was renting a room in a big flat and lived with Polish and Irish lads (and even Coratian guys for two nights) and .... I'll begin the story. So I arrived in Poznan on the 7th Jun, and I was so excited I left my backpack in the tram. So I lost all of my documents, CC's, and money. I was really depresed, bcoz my room was only prepaid, and I thought it will be a tough case. I called the guy, who was renting the room, and explained the situation, and everything he said was - Go to the first taxi you see, and give your mobile to the driver. I did so, and in 5 minutes I was by the flat, and this guy (Tomek) was waiting there on the street and paid for my taxi!  So I went into this appartment and they showed me my room, so I started to unpack myself, and was quite upset with my situation, and thought what to do. I did not even finish to unpack my underwere, and two guys came into my room, with a frozen vodka, and a big bong and told me - Drink! Smoke! We don't accept a denial! So I took the 1st shot, and 2nd, and 3rd, and got drunk. Forgot about my backpack issue, I was enjoying the pretty heavy welcome. After two hours, Tomek came in with ... 600 zł, and told me "sorry mate, thats everything we can borrow you. You can give it back whenever you want to" I was like - hell no, impossible, they know me for a couple of hours, and they want to borrow me 600zl eq. 150 EUR ... I tried to deny, but again ... they did not accept it :)  So next day, I phoned my girlfriend, and asked her to send me some money. Unfortunately, she was on a business trip with no access to our account. This 600 zł saved my first 3 days till I got my money. I wanted to give them back 200 EUR, but they were trully offenced by that offer. They wanted exactly 600 zl back, and no cent more! Well, they did accept a six pack of beer :)  So during this whole stay, they were ofcourse working. They always left a hot coffee for us, and some sandwiches, and a list what to do at home, b4 we get drunk :) It was so nice, it felt like we're leaving with our best mates/family. It was so normal, letters like "Today we have a ginger dish washing, and macaroni loundry" haha :) I felt like in highschool, but the last years of it, not the freshmans time. We did everything together, they were taking so much holidays they could, to send time with us. I enjoyed the 24hr "Roti" place, just made for drunk people. I was not even once in MCD, and b4 I left I was affraid, I would be pushed to eat there, but the food was excellent.  I did not mention, but my room was all in Italian posters and colours, and Irish gouys had same thing but with irish posters. This was so nice, although you did write at every poster with Kean "f***" :) And I'm saying "Kurwa" all the time :) Did you realize polish people use it for everything? It means - cool, nice, bad, disappointment, happiness... basiacaly everything :) And Poznan, what a one big party, and love all over this place. The green old market, but still, even when I was walking there with an Italian shirt I had so much fun. I lost myself, so one girl told me that she can walk me there, but only if I would buy her a beer. Not even a drink in some fancy club, no a beer, we were drinking in some park, nearly this mall "stari brewery" aaaand you propably noticed that in Poland the girls they are just brethtaking. I mean, 70% of them are awesome, whats interesting, even fat girls were very pretty. I was walking down the streets, and I was thinking "sh*t, after 500m walking, I saw 20 polish girls I would shag".  When I was leaving, my friends from Poland, they bought me a whole bag (I think like 10kg) stuff from Poland - vodka, sweets, some souveniers... I ama big boy, but I cried my ass off.  I'm just about to finish, but there is one more thing. My whole family was telling me "don;t go there, it's a  sh*thole. and there is nothing to do, and propably dangerous". Stupid panorama paradocument was all over the news. I really expected something bad, in the best case, something i wouldn;t regret, but what I saw there, in Poznan.... time of my live. I was in 2006 GErmany, 2008 Euro's in Sitzerland and Austria, and Poznan was the best fun ever. I never saw fans of other countrys anywhere singing a song about the hosts. And here, I think everyone who came back from poland knows " Polska bialo tsherwony" - or however you spell it, but I can sing it. And people were singing it all over poland, I saw, spanish, italian, irish and other fans singing that, just like that. Not only in front of the polish tv.  Awesome. Just awesome. And no offence for france, but honestly, I would rather have one more time  euro in Poland. And Poland Only. And more games in Poznan.  end of story, sorry its so long, but it's just such an awesome trip.

italiano wrote: Hi guys, I want to write a longer story. I'm Italian, just came back from Poland, actually I spend my whole trip in Poznan (except of the final, and gdansk game). I was renting a room in a big flat and lived with Polish and Irish lads (and even Coratian guys for two nights) and .... I'll begin the story. So I arrived in Poznan on the 7th Jun, and I was so excited I left my backpack in the tram. So I lost all of my documents, CC's, and money. I was really depresed, bcoz my room was only prepaid, and I thought it will be a tough case. I called the guy, who was renting the room, and explained the situation, and everything he said was - Go to the first taxi you see, and give your mobile to the driver. I did so, and in 5 minutes I was by the flat, and this guy (Tomek) was waiting there on the street and paid for my taxi!  So I went into this appartment and they showed me my room, so I started to unpack myself, and was quite upset with my situation, and thought what to do. I did not even finish to unpack my underwere, and two guys came into my room, with a frozen vodka, and a big bong and told me - Drink! Smoke! We don't accept a denial! So I took the 1st shot, and 2nd, and 3rd, and got drunk. Forgot about my backpack issue, I was enjoying the pretty heavy welcome. After two hours, Tomek came in with ... 600 zł, and told me "sorry mate, thats everything we can borrow you. You can give it back whenever you want to" I was like - hell no, impossible, they know me for a couple of hours, and they want to borrow me 600zl eq. 150 EUR ... I tried to deny, but again ... they did not accept it :)  So next day, I phoned my girlfriend, and asked her to send me some money. Unfortunately, she was on a business trip with no access to our account. This 600 zł saved my first 3 days till I got my money. I wanted to give them back 200 EUR, but they were trully offenced by that offer. They wanted exactly 600 zl back, and no cent more! Well, they did accept a six pack of beer :)  So during this whole stay, they were ofcourse working. They always left a hot coffee for us, and some sandwiches, and a list what to do at home, b4 we get drunk :) It was so nice, it felt like we're leaving with our best mates/family. It was so normal, letters like "Today we have a ginger dish washing, and macaroni loundry" haha :) I felt like in highschool, but the last years of it, not the freshmans time. We did everything together, they were taking so much holidays they could, to send time with us. I enjoyed the 24hr "Roti" place, just made for drunk people. I was not even once in MCD, and b4 I left I was affraid, I would be pushed to eat there, but the food was excellent.  I did not mention, but my room was all in Italian posters and colours, and Irish gouys had same thing but with irish posters. This was so nice, although you did write at every poster with Kean "f***" :) And I'm saying "Kurwa" all the time :) Did you realize polish people use it for everything? It means - cool, nice, bad, disappointment, happiness... basiacaly everything :) And Poznan, what a one big party, and love all over this place. The green old market, but still, even when I was walking there with an Italian shirt I had so much fun. I lost myself, so one girl told me that she can walk me there, but only if I would buy her a beer. Not even a drink in some fancy club, no a beer, we were drinking in some park, nearly this mall "stari brewery" aaaand you propably noticed that in Poland the girls they are just brethtaking. I mean, 70% of them are awesome, whats interesting, even fat girls were very pretty. I was walking down the streets, and I was thinking "sh*t, after 500m walking, I saw 20 polish girls I would shag".  When I was leaving, my friends from Poland, they bought me a whole bag (I think like 10kg) stuff from Poland - vodka, sweets, some souveniers... I ama big boy, but I cried my ass off.  I'm just about to finish, but there is one more thing. My whole family was telling me "don;t go there, it's a  sh*thole. and there is nothing to do, and propably dangerous". Stupid panorama paradocument was all over the news. I really expected something bad, in the best case, something i wouldn;t regret, but what I saw there, in Poznan.... time of my live. I was in 2006 GErmany, 2008 Euro's in Sitzerland and Austria, and Poznan was the best fun ever. I never saw fans of other countrys anywhere singing a song about the hosts. And here, I think everyone who came back from poland knows " Polska bialo tsherwony" - or however you spell it, but I can sing it. And people were singing it all over poland, I saw, spanish, italian, irish and other fans singing that, just like that. Not only in front of the polish tv.  Awesome. Just awesome. And no offence for france, but honestly, I would rather have one more time  euro in Poland. And Poland Only. And more games in Poznan.  end of story, sorry its so long, but it's just such an awesome trip.

Great story mate! Cheers

italiano wrote: Hi guys, I want to write a longer story. I'm Italian, just came back from Poland, actually I spend my whole trip in Poznan (except of the final, and gdansk game). I was renting a room in a big flat and lived with Polish and Irish lads (and even Coratian guys for two nights) and .... I'll begin the story. So I arrived in Poznan on the 7th Jun, and I was so excited I left my backpack in the tram. So I lost all of my documents, CC's, and money. I was really depresed, bcoz my room was only prepaid, and I thought it will be a tough case. I called the guy, who was renting the room, and explained the situation, and everything he said was - Go to the first taxi you see, and give your mobile to the driver. I did so, and in 5 minutes I was by the flat, and this guy (Tomek) was waiting there on the street and paid for my taxi!  So I went into this appartment and they showed me my room, so I started to unpack myself, and was quite upset with my situation, and thought what to do. I did not even finish to unpack my underwere, and two guys came into my room, with a frozen vodka, and a big bong and told me - Drink! Smoke! We don't accept a denial! So I took the 1st shot, and 2nd, and 3rd, and got drunk. Forgot about my backpack issue, I was enjoying the pretty heavy welcome. After two hours, Tomek came in with ... 600 zł, and told me "sorry mate, thats everything we can borrow you. You can give it back whenever you want to" I was like - hell no, impossible, they know me for a couple of hours, and they want to borrow me 600zl eq. 150 EUR ... I tried to deny, but again ... they did not accept it :)  So next day, I phoned my girlfriend, and asked her to send me some money. Unfortunately, she was on a business trip with no access to our account. This 600 zł saved my first 3 days till I got my money. I wanted to give them back 200 EUR, but they were trully offenced by that offer. They wanted exactly 600 zl back, and no cent more! Well, they did accept a six pack of beer :)  So during this whole stay, they were ofcourse working. They always left a hot coffee for us, and some sandwiches, and a list what to do at home, b4 we get drunk :) It was so nice, it felt like we're leaving with our best mates/family. It was so normal, letters like "Today we have a ginger dish washing, and macaroni loundry" haha :) I felt like in highschool, but the last years of it, not the freshmans time. We did everything together, they were taking so much holidays they could, to send time with us. I enjoyed the 24hr "Roti" place, just made for drunk people. I was not even once in MCD, and b4 I left I was affraid, I would be pushed to eat there, but the food was excellent.  I did not mention, but my room was all in Italian posters and colours, and Irish gouys had same thing but with irish posters. This was so nice, although you did write at every poster with Kean "f***" :) And I'm saying "Kurwa" all the time :) Did you realize polish people use it for everything? It means - cool, nice, bad, disappointment, happiness... basiacaly everything :) And Poznan, what a one big party, and love all over this place. The green old market, but still, even when I was walking there with an Italian shirt I had so much fun. I lost myself, so one girl told me that she can walk me there, but only if I would buy her a beer. Not even a drink in some fancy club, no a beer, we were drinking in some park, nearly this mall "stari brewery" aaaand you propably noticed that in Poland the girls they are just brethtaking. I mean, 70% of them are awesome, whats interesting, even fat girls were very pretty. I was walking down the streets, and I was thinking "sh*t, after 500m walking, I saw 20 polish girls I would shag".  When I was leaving, my friends from Poland, they bought me a whole bag (I think like 10kg) stuff from Poland - vodka, sweets, some souveniers... I ama big boy, but I cried my ass off.  I'm just about to finish, but there is one more thing. My whole family was telling me "don;t go there, it's a  sh*thole. and there is nothing to do, and propably dangerous". Stupid panorama paradocument was all over the news. I really expected something bad, in the best case, something i wouldn;t regret, but what I saw there, in Poznan.... time of my live. I was in 2006 GErmany, 2008 Euro's in Sitzerland and Austria, and Poznan was the best fun ever. I never saw fans of other countrys anywhere singing a song about the hosts. And here, I think everyone who came back from poland knows " Polska bialo tsherwony" - or however you spell it, but I can sing it. And people were singing it all over poland, I saw, spanish, italian, irish and other fans singing that, just like that. Not only in front of the polish tv.  Awesome. Just awesome. And no offence for france, but honestly, I would rather have one more time  euro in Poland. And Poland Only. And more games in Poznan.  end of story, sorry its so long, but it's just such an awesome trip.

Great account of your trip and well told.Fair play

italiano wrote: So I arrived in Poznan on the 7th Jun, and I was so excited I left my backpack in the tram. So I lost all of my documents, CC's, and money.

Did you managed to get your backpack back?
After the Euro there is many Lost&Found Places you can search. I've seen the one in Warsaw. Rooms full of walets, phones, ID documents, and luggages.

i spent 13 days in torun with 4 other friend in lovely apartment. before i left my polish friend i work with told me i would like torun, but he was way off the mark, i F**king love torun so much so i wish i had a tyskie right now in Klub mockba,(one of many great spots). what made me fall in love with Torun was not just the beautiful woman they have, or maybe it was i think it was our second day,  really made me realise how nice the people were  (the 1st day was a blur), we were in klub 21 i think and a guy and 2 girls ask us to sit beside them because we were Irish, the gargle was flowing the crack was 90 and because they had collage the next day they had to leave early, as klub21 was nearly empty we asked 'whats the best nightclub' so they walked us to a great klub called revolution,  which was the oppitsit direction to where there home was. This was one of the many stories i have of kindness of the polish people, its helpful people like that made our trip the best ive ever had, i cant wait to go back

Green Devil wrote: I loved Poland , the people especially in Poznan were some of the nicest iv'e ever met and its one trip i will never forget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5CE1yPDxAs

Trap junior wrote: Bump. Poland! What a country! I have been back twice to Poznan since the Euro. I really like Poland and the Polish people. I can't say enough about the place.  Had a brilliant time in the summer and last week we went to a Lech Poznan game. I will be going back soon!

 

Edited by McG - 03 Dec 2012 at 8:00pm