I am an elderly Solo traveler from the USA. I have lived in all parts of Poland for 5 summers finding family and amazing new friends. I must take issue with your opinion about the lack of beef. It has not been my experience. Even in the open markets of Poznan and Lublin there are meat shops with many beef choices. Note that sirloin steak in the USA is a cheap tough steak but in Poland it is like ribeye steak. The best. On many weekends, I would spend the time with cousins at there lake house near Wrzesnia and BBQ filet minion steaks were on the menu…. along with buffalo spicy wings. I would pick them up in Biedronka or my Polish cousin had a favorite meat market. Even visiting my cousins on their farm in a small northwestern Poland village we would head to the tiny corner store and the meat market was stocked full of beef, chicken, pork chops, and seafood…..so many choices. We also had bbq hamburger and the shop would grind it up for us fresh. So not sure what part of Poland you are located where you experienced such a scarcity of beef. My cousin mentioned that meat is expensive for many Poles so maybe the demand is less in your neck-of-the-woods so maybe not readily available. At restaurants from Gdansk to Warsaw fresh fish and other seafood choices were always on the menu sourced from the Baltic Sea. Don’t get me started on parsnips. My cousins bakes them and it tasted like candy. It’s in the USA that I’m having trouble finding them in the store. So I must disagree with you. Poland so outshines USA with healthy foods, cleanliness, safety, fabulous super highways and back roads, English speaking and just plain kindness.
It really is a great place. I'm actually not far from września. I was at 4 different butcher shops in the last week while I was on a trip from here to Zakopane and in each shop they had one piece of beef. Although in Zakopane there was one market that had an amazing selection including dry aged which is something you have difficulty finding even in the USA. I think part of the problem right now is cost. It's extremely high. Also Poland is not a beef country the traditional food here doesn't involve much beef and that's ok. It's just different. The idea that it's impossible to buy isn't what I'm trying to convey the same as when I say there are no clothes dryers yes there are people who have them but it's not a common part of the culture.
Regarding the fences, they're basically required to show where is your private property. Without them your options are very limited in regards to people walking through your property or parking their cars there.
In the US each property has metal pins in the ground that mark the 4 corners of the property. Usually you only see fences in cities but in the smaller villages fences aren't common.
I remember reading about the history of the US drinking age. It used to be 18 or 19 in most states, until the federal government decided to make 21 mandatory sometime in the 1980s. I still don't get how that is constitutional, though.
Nice video, my family is Polish and live in Poland but I live in the U.S. I'm planning on moving back soon though and this video made me excited to come back
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes I've heard about places like that in the bigger cities. I haven't seen it for myself. Honestly as long as you plan ahead there is a big energy savings air drying your clothes instead of using a dryer.
You can buy a turnip in Poland but it is not as popular as other vegetables. It's considered more like a seasonal vegetable in contrast to carrot, onion, cabbage etc.
I shop at many different stores and butcher shops. There are some wonderful meats just a limited selection of beef. Sometimes you can find a nice steak but it'll cost 100pln so it's not really an option. I understand beef is not a big thing in Poland and that's ok it's just a difference, not bad just different.
Almost everything is 100% truth :) but dryers , because more and more young couples buy dryers (especial when they have a house). It's really cool listening about our country, and start thinking differently when some foreigner try to compare to other ones :) Best regards from Poland
Thank you very much for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully you'll enjoy some of my other videos as well. I'm trying to make new content frequently.
Main reason of lack of dryer is our poor past. Second reason is size of apartments. I moved 2+ year from flat to house and I bought dryer. In previous place it wouldn't fit.
@baassiia we are in the same situation. We don't have the space for a dryer in our place. I do miss the feeling of a sweatshirt fresh out of the dryer though.
hmm i'm quite surprised by your observation with lack of beef. I've never experience it in my life (well apart from comunist era). I've never been to America so I guess it's a much bigger deal there.
I will say I saw some of the nicest beef I've ever seen a couple weeks ago near Zakopane. The store even had dry aged beef which even in USA you don't find often. That being said in a normal grocery store in the US there will be at least 10 different cuts of beef usual a few different types of steaks and a couple of different types of roasts and there will be multiple packages of each. So it's a little different than here.
Jedynym problemem jest to, że jako obcokrajowiec nie możesz kupić ziemi uprawnej. potrzebujesz specjalnego pozwolenia i musisz być stałym rezydentem. Chciałbym mieć małą farmę.
@@anamericaninpoland ok I understand Polish lands are very fertile I live in the countryside and I have no economy in the 90's there were plenty of cattle on pastures today everything is dying I love life away from cities there is silence and above all nature thank you for the explanation and I wish you serenity with all my heart perseverance in science language and above all, the fulfillment of dreams, my friend, greetings from the Rzeszów area
AHH ok. Interesting. In the States most pre school is private. I know in some states that's changing and they are offering preschool but in most places free public education didn't start until age 5.
@@anamericaninpoland to be precise: in Poland public preschools are financied by local authorities. Parents pay only for the food children get there, but not for the care and basic education ( usually singing, drawing, painting, safety rules like how to cross the road, call an ambulance etc.) itself. Often there is an option to get additional activities, for example dance or English classes - and it's up to parents whether they want their children to participate in such classes (and pay accordingly) or not. Such additional classes are often offered by students and this is a way for them to earn some money.
@@dorotabarbowska2184 I think that's awesome. In most places in the US that's only available privately and it's very expensive. Poland is far ahead of the USA when it comes to early childhood education.
@@anamericaninpoland Yet many Poles complain that the number of places in the public preschools is not sufficient, especially in big cities, so some preschools have to select the kids they accept. Usually it's families with many children and single working mothers that get the priority.
I lost faith after the over-generalisations about beef and vegetables. Of course you can find them. Pork's cheaper, is all. (And no mention of the popularity of kiełbasy: charcuterie in all its variety, made from beef as well as pork and chicken.) Clothes driers? Most modern washing machines will have a dry cycle.
Of course these are generalized. Yes you can find beef but the selection in comparison to the US is very very small as beef is not as culturally significant to Polish food. And if you can find me a rutabaga (turnip) in wielkopolskie I will be forever grateful. None of these are anything against Poland these are things that are generally just different from the two cultures no better and no worse. But if you have to go to multiple shops to find something that is commonly in every shop in the other country it's not as common as you would like to believe and that's ok.
Yes, you can buy a beef in any meat shop but… the quality of the meat will be low. If you want to bu a piece to make a good steak, it’s not that easy. As for the washing machines. Dry cycle? Really??? Yes, there are models with that feature, but this is definitely not a standard. Besides, separate devices is definitely more energy/water-efficient. And drying will be more effective as well. Dryers are not popular simply because they require space, while apartments tend to be small. But they’re becoming more and more popular.
@@cellevangiel5973 I think it may stem back to the prohibition days if I had to guess. I don't really trust the "good intentions" of politicians. Historically whenever any government does something for your good the only one who really benefits is the government.
Young minds are easier to control by officers and easier to manipulate. As former soldier (Polish Airborne) who was trained also with US Rangers I can say Polish solidiers are more flexible with making decisions out of commanders site of view :) Next thing about beer, wines, booze... In Poland we have strict law about drinking and car driving. You can't go with friends and drink one or two beers and take the wheel. Even on next day You may have problems when police make alc. test and You have hangover (polish "kac"). You may still have alcohol in your body. Wierd that You don't mention nothing about churches. In Poland we have churches, lot of churches. In big cities we have church almost side by side to each other. And they are no christians, jews, muslims, protestants, mormons... all ake roman-christian. We have other religions but in minority. Best regards from Łódź (en. Boat) City in middle of Poland
@@BeardedBudgetBiker thanks for watching. At some point I want to make a video just about churches and religion here in Poland. I'm still trying to come up with the right way to show it without it becoming a 2 hour long video lol.
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I am an elderly Solo traveler from the USA. I have lived in all parts of Poland for 5 summers finding family and amazing new friends. I must take issue with your opinion about the lack of beef. It has not been my experience. Even in the open markets of Poznan and Lublin there are meat shops with many beef choices. Note that sirloin steak in the USA is a cheap tough steak but in Poland it is like ribeye steak. The best. On many weekends, I would spend the time with cousins at there lake house near Wrzesnia and BBQ filet minion steaks were on the menu…. along with buffalo spicy wings. I would pick them up in Biedronka or my Polish cousin had a favorite meat market. Even visiting my cousins on their farm in a small northwestern Poland village we would head to the tiny corner store and the meat market was stocked full of beef, chicken, pork chops, and seafood…..so many choices. We also had bbq hamburger and the shop would grind it up for us fresh. So not sure what part of Poland you are located where you experienced such a scarcity of beef. My cousin mentioned that meat is expensive for many Poles so maybe the demand is less in your neck-of-the-woods so maybe not readily available. At restaurants from Gdansk to Warsaw fresh fish and other seafood choices were always on the menu sourced from the Baltic Sea. Don’t get me started on parsnips. My cousins bakes them and it tasted like candy. It’s in the USA that I’m having trouble finding them in the store. So I must disagree with you. Poland so outshines USA with healthy foods, cleanliness, safety, fabulous super highways and back roads, English speaking and just plain kindness.
It really is a great place. I'm actually not far from września. I was at 4 different butcher shops in the last week while I was on a trip from here to Zakopane and in each shop they had one piece of beef. Although in Zakopane there was one market that had an amazing selection including dry aged which is something you have difficulty finding even in the USA. I think part of the problem right now is cost. It's extremely high. Also Poland is not a beef country the traditional food here doesn't involve much beef and that's ok. It's just different. The idea that it's impossible to buy isn't what I'm trying to convey the same as when I say there are no clothes dryers yes there are people who have them but it's not a common part of the culture.
@@anamericaninpolandsuszarki do ubrań?!😮 po co?😂
@@malgorzatamakowska9910 nie ma lepszego uczucia zimą niż założenie ciepłej bluzy prosto z suszarki.😜😜😜
Regarding the fences, they're basically required to show where is your private property. Without them your options are very limited in regards to people walking through your property or parking their cars there.
In the US each property has metal pins in the ground that mark the 4 corners of the property. Usually you only see fences in cities but in the smaller villages fences aren't common.
I remember reading about the history of the US drinking age. It used to be 18 or 19 in most states, until the federal government decided to make 21 mandatory sometime in the 1980s.
I still don't get how that is constitutional, though.
Yeah it's strange. Although the voting age used to be higher but was lowered during the Vietnam war.
Dryers in Poland are not mostly used cause of another bill for energy. Beside , laundry hanging on fresh air (balcony/garden) smells better ;)
I agree. But I do miss the feeling of a warm sweatshirt coming out of the dryer lol
I am 45 and I have been using washers and dryers since I moved out of my parents' house at 18.
@@Martinus777 I'm not they don't exist. More that they just aren't common. At least in most polish homes I've been too.
Nice video, my family is Polish and live in Poland but I live in the U.S. I'm planning on moving back soon though and this video made me excited to come back
Thanks very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for taking the time to comment. Good luck with your trip back to Poland!!!
@@anamericaninpoland thanks!
Keep it up I love the format :)
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Hi!.
First - nice wideo, so keep it up!
Second - it starts to change in Poland regarding dryers and you can find landmarks in big cities.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes I've heard about places like that in the bigger cities. I haven't seen it for myself. Honestly as long as you plan ahead there is a big energy savings air drying your clothes instead of using a dryer.
Chcesz mi powiedzieć ,że w dużych miastach ktoś zapYerdala z mokrym praniem do suszarki którą znalazł na guglach ????
You can buy a turnip in Poland but it is not as popular as other vegetables. It's considered more like a seasonal vegetable in contrast to carrot, onion, cabbage etc.
Interesting. I haven't found it anywhere here in wielkopolskie.
Were do your shopping... you can get beef in Poland!!! and fantastic fish and fish products believe me you can't find better choice anywhere else.
I shop at many different stores and butcher shops. There are some wonderful meats just a limited selection of beef. Sometimes you can find a nice steak but it'll cost 100pln so it's not really an option. I understand beef is not a big thing in Poland and that's ok it's just a difference, not bad just different.
What do you mean you can't buy beef? It is in every shop (with food and meat).
The cuts are very limited. Yes you can buy beef but your very limited on choice and the price is extremely high
@@anamericaninpolandk wołowina jest droga bo w Polsce jest świnina o wiele tańsza w chodowli
In my area there is no beef
Tak samo u nas w Anglii. Niemniej, mamy wołowiny bez problemu@@Robertino12
I buy a lot of beef in Poland from a local delikatesy and bazarek.
Yes you can buy beef but the selection of cuts is very limited and the prices are super high.
@@anamericaninpoland True, for good steaks I usually pre order packages of vacuum-packed tenderloin at delikatesy...
Almost everything is 100% truth :) but dryers , because more and more young couples buy dryers (especial when they have a house). It's really cool listening about our country, and start thinking differently when some foreigner try to compare to other ones :) Best regards from Poland
Thank you very much for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully you'll enjoy some of my other videos as well. I'm trying to make new content frequently.
Main reason of lack of dryer is our poor past. Second reason is size of apartments. I moved 2+ year from flat to house and I bought dryer. In previous place it wouldn't fit.
@baassiia we are in the same situation. We don't have the space for a dryer in our place. I do miss the feeling of a sweatshirt fresh out of the dryer though.
Roads in California are at Third World Country standards, greeting from Walnut Creek , Ca.
For sure some of the roads in the US are horrible.
Most Żabka’s are open on Saturday.
This is true
"Lawiatan" and "ABC" and "Groszek"
@@jkuba802 yes it seems to be the smaller family owned stores that are available on Sundays
hmm i'm quite surprised by your observation with lack of beef. I've never experience it in my life (well apart from comunist era). I've never been to America so I guess it's a much bigger deal there.
I will say I saw some of the nicest beef I've ever seen a couple weeks ago near Zakopane. The store even had dry aged beef which even in USA you don't find often. That being said in a normal grocery store in the US there will be at least 10 different cuts of beef usual a few different types of steaks and a couple of different types of roasts and there will be multiple packages of each. So it's a little different than here.
Yep, beef choice is limited as beef is very expensive.
100%
Warto zainwestowac w farme krow w Polsce 😊
Jedynym problemem jest to, że jako obcokrajowiec nie możesz kupić ziemi uprawnej. potrzebujesz specjalnego pozwolenia i musisz być stałym rezydentem. Chciałbym mieć małą farmę.
@@anamericaninpoland ok I understand Polish lands are very fertile I live in the countryside and I have no economy in the 90's there were plenty of cattle on pastures today everything is dying I love life away from cities there is silence and above all nature thank you for the explanation and I wish you serenity with all my heart perseverance in science language and above all, the fulfillment of dreams, my friend, greetings from the Rzeszów area
Dryers are not very common but some people have them. When you go outside to wash you need also to dry it:) At home it is a different story.
Very true
Preschools are free in Poland. There's no 50%
There are public preschools which are free and private preschools for. Which you can get a subsidy.
AHH ok. Interesting. In the States most pre school is private. I know in some states that's changing and they are offering preschool but in most places free public education didn't start until age 5.
@@anamericaninpoland to be precise: in Poland public preschools are financied by local authorities. Parents pay only for the food children get there, but not for the care and basic education ( usually singing, drawing, painting, safety rules like how to cross the road, call an ambulance etc.) itself. Often there is an option to get additional activities, for example dance or English classes - and it's up to parents whether they want their children to participate in such classes (and pay accordingly) or not. Such additional classes are often offered by students and this is a way for them to earn some money.
@@dorotabarbowska2184 I think that's awesome. In most places in the US that's only available privately and it's very expensive. Poland is far ahead of the USA when it comes to early childhood education.
@@anamericaninpoland Yet many Poles complain that the number of places in the public preschools is not sufficient, especially in big cities, so some preschools have to select the kids they accept. Usually it's families with many children and single working mothers that get the priority.
@@dorotabarbowska2184 I can understand why that would be a challenge.
I lost faith after the over-generalisations about beef and vegetables. Of course you can find them. Pork's cheaper, is all. (And no mention of the popularity of kiełbasy: charcuterie in all its variety, made from beef as well as pork and chicken.) Clothes driers? Most modern washing machines will have a dry cycle.
Of course these are generalized. Yes you can find beef but the selection in comparison to the US is very very small as beef is not as culturally significant to Polish food. And if you can find me a rutabaga (turnip) in wielkopolskie I will be forever grateful. None of these are anything against Poland these are things that are generally just different from the two cultures no better and no worse. But if you have to go to multiple shops to find something that is commonly in every shop in the other country it's not as common as you would like to believe and that's ok.
Yes, you can buy a beef in any meat shop but… the quality of the meat will be low. If you want to bu a piece to make a good steak, it’s not that easy. As for the washing machines. Dry cycle? Really??? Yes, there are models with that feature, but this is definitely not a standard. Besides, separate devices is definitely more energy/water-efficient. And drying will be more effective as well.
Dryers are not popular simply because they require space, while apartments tend to be small. But they’re becoming more and more popular.
In the USA you can not drink a beer, but they can make you a soldier and send you in a war when you are 18.
Pretty crazy right?!
Not if you think that beer is more dangerous than a gun.
@@cellevangiel5973 I think it may stem back to the prohibition days if I had to guess. I don't really trust the "good intentions" of politicians. Historically whenever any government does something for your good the only one who really benefits is the government.
Young minds are easier to control by officers and easier to manipulate. As former soldier (Polish Airborne) who was trained also with US Rangers I can say Polish solidiers are more flexible with making decisions out of commanders site of view :)
Next thing about beer, wines, booze... In Poland we have strict law about drinking and car driving. You can't go with friends and drink one or two beers and take the wheel. Even on next day You may have problems when police make alc. test and You have hangover (polish "kac"). You may still have alcohol in your body.
Wierd that You don't mention nothing about churches. In Poland we have churches, lot of churches. In big cities we have church almost side by side to each other. And they are no christians, jews, muslims, protestants, mormons... all ake roman-christian. We have other religions but in minority.
Best regards from Łódź (en. Boat) City in middle of Poland
@@BeardedBudgetBiker thanks for watching. At some point I want to make a video just about churches and religion here in Poland. I'm still trying to come up with the right way to show it without it becoming a 2 hour long video lol.