just moved back to Poland after 20 years, 2 weeks ago, here are so things that shocked me.
Like the text said but for context-my family left poland for the states 20 yrs ago when i was just a baby so i have no memory of any poland so all my opinions are from a. fresh perspective. Here are a just a few things I notice..
On prices and such- It's pretty standard I knew prices werent super cheap but Biedronka is a good option for shopping or Stokrotka.
Coffee either from coffee shops or just buying bean coffee for home or ground is crazy expensive even more than in the us. Just as a base example- a regular Mcdonalds cup of coffee here is 9pln black which is about 2.50 usd, in the states its 1.99 okay so not too expensive but if u want milk, no creamer avaliable its an extra cost and its 11.70 for coffee with milk which is 3.25... so thats obviously not a crazy extra cost but ive noticed in poland restuarants and every place tries to charge u extra cost for everything- take out box for zapiekanka- 2 pln.. Mcdonalds u have to pay for sauce. We went to a restaurant and u had to pay for sides with your main meal..
Anyways besides that a more social thing ive noticed is people are pretty blunt but im used to that as i myself was also told how blunt and straight forward I a but it was just interesting to see how it plays out in everyday life.
Size- im 6,2 (188cm) so pretty tall and i feel so big here in the sense that everything is a bit smaller Im apartment hunting and my dorm in the states itself was 20m2 so one could say it was a mikrokawalerka xdd, but trying to find a place thats bigger and in a good price, it seems a standard apartment size is 22-23m2, 25 is very good and 30 is amazing, i think i got lucky that i found a place for 30m2 for 3,400pln to move into hopefully all goes well..
Always hearing Polish- this is just a me thing as polish in my life had always been confined to use in my house or with other poles id meet and maybe when watching tv or listening to music/reading article, so its taking time for me to get used to it in everyday life but everyone is quiet in poland so for now hearing people talk outside haha has been interesting its nice and peaceful..
One thing for me is not worrying about being deported anymore and a feeling of less anxiety ....
Overall so far im enjoying my new life in poland but still feel like im on a mini vacation so once i start working ill give a month to see if i notice anything new. #local source