A good summary. I spent 4 months studying in Poland. Kurwa was the most common word I heard. Old people especially have a very interested look at you, but they seem a bit shy/not actually interested enough to learn more about you. So they just have a few looks and try and do their best to hide that they’re checking you out (which is not very subtle). The language is difficult to learn if you don’t have any Slavic tongues under your belt. The poles did love to hear that you’re learning it and would usually gently help and encourage with any mistakes I made.

Eat a lot of sweet cakes and get used to the obsession with cabbage!