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I want to visit POLAND, but really can't speak polish, will ihave much trouble getting around? |
Travel Info i speak english and it will be a while before i go so i plan on learning a little, but do i really have to be good at it, i also want to visit Ukraine, will i have any problems there. Travel Tips Many of the popular tourist sites are now multilingual. It depends on which city or cities you want to visit. The most difficult thing about Poland is getting around. The trains and buses aren't that great. You can drive, but be careful of the more remote areas as you will encounter a lot of narrow roads and fast drivers. I recommend Krakow and Wieliczka. Krakow has some beautiful cathedrals, historic buildings and shopping. Wieliczka has an underground salt mine tour and museum that is a lot of fun. To the south the mountains of Zakopane are very nice. Others More or less the same amount of difficulty that a polish person who spoke no english would have if visiting an english speaking country i lived in france and england for ten years combined and ive been to poland and i dont speak polish u will get around if u kno a little bit but ppl in europe are keen on learning english so lots of ppl will be able to direct u around in english but dont expect them to be perfect my girlfriend is from poland. I think in the major cities and main tourist routes you will find that a good proportion of polish people can speak and understand english quite well (most kids learn it at school along with russian and german) so you shouldn't have too much trouble communicating I. don't know about ukraine. Of course it means alot if you learn a few important words and phrases like dzien dobry (pronounced jen-dobreh) dziekuje (jen-koo-yeh) and przeprasam (psheh-prasham) which means hello, thanks and sorry - just to keep the locals sweet ;) mb3698 - i know what you mean about the narrow roads and risky drivers overtaking on blind corners! Scary stuff! Im polish i spoke little polish, when i went to pland its easy to get aroud the people there are very helpfyl. like when i was in the airport the kid on the shuttle showed me my passort and half english/ half polish told me to take it out for customs ans showed me where it was. but many many people there speak english. if you try a little polish they will understand and help you. if you know Ukraine you never gone have problem with polish,also many people speak English's You could get by speaking English as many people in Poland speak English as well as Polish, but a precaution, it is helpful to use a Polish phrasebook or learn the Polish language before you go to Poland. Here are a few phrases. Czesc-hello Jak sa mas- how are you Dobrze- very well |
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