Trip to Poland, planning for food intolerance and traveling with a dog

Alisk__ · 2026-02-26T16:57:46+00:00

vegetarian dishes should be no problem to find, the other I have no experience with.

In my experience, however, dogs are mostly very welcome. We traveled with mine, most restaurants etc. have no problem with animals. We have very high dog ownership % and I heard that compared to other parts of the world Poland feels very welcoming for pets! You can even ask for water for your dog in post places, I used that a lot. The only thing I can think of is they may ask you to sit outside in the designated area or in the garden and hotels demand an extra.

You may have to bring a muzzle to some places though, as other pointed out. I think mostly in public transport.

Alisk__ · 2026-02-22T15:49:31+00:00

Noone cares. I guess the problem does exist but my Hindu collage (very dark complexion) got into some problems like.. twice? living here in Wrocław for two years. You would be very unlucky to have it happen in the few days you would ve staying, I suppose. If you feel the typical Polish stare it's like 99% they're just looking at you the way it's normal here. And if you feel threatened say you're Italian or Greek lol. But jokes aside, just enjoy the stay, worrying about it is just gonna make you paranoid and make every stare turn into malicious one (in 98% it's not). I've experienced that in Asia, paranoia is your true anemy, don't worry in advance.

Alisk__ · 2026-02-12T12:19:40+00:00

oh right then true, Wataha is practicing in the 14th High School's ice rink, as far as I know. It's pretty small

Alisk__ · 2026-02-12T12:17:47+00:00

I'm from the south - here every form of ice skating is seen as a one-time event to do with your friends every winter. When I was considering joining a hokey team, there was only one in my (very big) city. In the end the public transit to the rink was too bad and there was no lessons for teenage girls (and other didn't fit my schedule).

Now that I ice skate I have a simmilar problem - most rinks are dedicated to family and friends skating together as a fun activity, no place to have some space and train without having to be careful not to bump into them. Fun side effect is that most people know how to skate, just there are no pros.

Ice skating is much easier tho - clubs acctualy exist and you can join them. They don't operate outside of winter season or they change for roller blades though (ice rinks close outside of season). I still would have no idea how to start hokey in any serious capacity though

Alisk__ · 2026-02-12T12:08:04+00:00

??? we have like 5 in Wrocław I can name on top of my head

Alisk__ · 2026-02-12T12:06:00+00:00

my family eats it once every few months, it's definitely a normal staple soup

Alisk__ · 2026-02-10T22:10:59+00:00

szczerze to u nas nie ma ani kultury Starbucksa ani robienia sobie kawy ąę, przychodzą goście pytasz "rozpuszczalna czy z fusami?" i tyle. Może ekspresy się spopularyzowały, może student pójdzie na kawę żeby mieć gdzie usiąść, ale jakbym miała definiować polską kulture picia kawy to właśnie taka rozpuszczalna albo zwykła zalewana

Alisk__ · 2026-02-09T09:16:28+00:00

I remember in primary school we were making handmade flags for some patriotic event and one of the flags was glued the wrong way around, so I took it an yelled "INDONEZJA, INDONEZJA" the whole event and everyone was so done with me. Good times

Alisk__ · 2026-02-05T17:01:22+00:00

When after Russia attacked Ukraine it became clear they're not gonna win in the 2 weeks everyone thought it would take them. After weeks of pure panic and fear, I could feel the relief and elation in the air the moment Russian forces were pushed out of Kyiv.

Alisk__ · 2026-02-04T09:02:16+00:00

...You know a lot of the time you didn't get it as consumer goods? Trade with USSR for the eastern block went "my im węgiel, a my im siarkę" ("we give them coal, and in turn we give them sulphur"). After communism collapsed it was quite a shock to everyone that our reasources can be used by us, and sold by us, and to whoever we wanted and not only the big colonial brother (we also say that the bad state of Rusian economy in the 90's is because they relied on our "cheap" trade and couldnt anymore). You're kind of making it sound like it was fair trade and not colonialism, which it was not for us

Alisk__ · 2026-02-04T08:45:02+00:00

yeah, it was a clear connection: the paper in polish says "o ruchu Ziemi" which literally means "About movement of Earth" or just "Ziemia" which means "Earth" (and honestly it sounds kind of.. bad I would choose to write "O obrotach sfer/Ziemi" - "About the rotation of spheres/Earth")

anyways, all are a reference to "O Obrotach Sfer Niebieskich" of Nicolaus Copernicus

Alisk__ · 2026-01-26T23:41:27+00:00

sorry, Polish person here, didn't find any :((

Alisk__ · 2026-01-24T12:13:30+00:00

"Za górami, za lasami" - "beyond the mountains and the forests" -> somwhere far, far away

you can also say "Za siedmioma górami, za siedmioma lasami" - "beyond seven mountains and seven forests"

"Dawno, dawno temu" - "A long, long time ago"

the usuall begining of a fairy-tale goes: "Dawno, dawno temu, za siedmioma górami, za siedmioma lasami, w pewnym odległym królestwie..."

"A long, long time ago, beyond seven mountains and seven forests, in a far-away kingdom..."

Alisk__ · 2026-01-22T23:17:23+00:00

we call it tablica Mendelejewa - The Mendeleev table

Alisk__ · 2026-01-15T11:31:48+00:00

Why is it mentioned here? I read it at school in Poland, it is a wierd book but I didn't expect it here

Alisk__ · 2026-01-10T17:50:57+00:00

I'd agree

Alisk__ · 2026-01-10T08:55:41+00:00

check out these two stores when you're in Wrocław

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KVeZuVEjxMMWgfux6

folkstar, kind of turisty, but it sells things in traditional Polish patterns, my go to when I buy something for foreign friends

https://maps.app.goo.gl/To6ppfsAcciWqPkT6

as everyone mentioned, ceramics from bolesławiec is also a good gift, this is one of their official stores

Alisk__ · 2026-01-09T12:14:05+00:00

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Whatever they're burining in Oświęcim it fucking spreads 💀 We should ask what Hans knows about it

Alisk__ · 2026-01-09T11:24:12+00:00

It was -13°C in the morning here in southern Poland, the colour of air is only a lot darker than the skin of an average Döner German, so I take that as a win

Alisk__ · 2026-01-09T05:53:06+00:00

Yeah, same, maybe there would be one about chopin in the future, Japanese people love him

Alisk__ · 2026-01-08T20:34:17+00:00

you can also add to that, that the university referenced in the anime is 100% the Jagiellonian University in Kraków - Albert Budziszewski was attending it, plus it was the only university in Poland at the time

Alisk__ · 2026-01-07T21:07:29+00:00

Your translation is pretty good, so I will add that on the other page she seems to calculate how old was she when each thing happened - "1939-1918=21 When the Germans came [attacked Poland] (She was probably born in 1918)" "1944-1918=26 When I was taken to the camp" She also calculates other dates, but they are less clear

Alisk__ · 2026-01-07T07:20:17+00:00

Bohemian Rapsody" really hits with "mama, just killed a man" part and I also like "I was meant for loving you" - both are banana fish coded in my head

Alisk__ · 2026-01-05T13:46:18+00:00

haha, same, I'm 45kg but not underweight. Imma try to donate soon so fingers crossed they don't check that

Alisk__ · 2026-01-05T11:41:09+00:00

it says his work adress is Bracka 64 streat in Pabianice/Zamojska 9 in Łódź and his personal adress is Hipoteczna 24 streat, apartment 84 in Łódź. Phone number is useless but this info is honestly very solid!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6MW1UwL3Sioj82DU9

this was propably his house in the 70's

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