8 Things about Poland that Surprised My American Family

[@maciej5866]

Maria Skłodowska Curie (in american movies mention only as Maria Curie) is also polish in case you don't know.

[@wr7503]

That's a good one, Maciej. Chopin was Polish, many don't consider him Polish.

[@einarabelc5]

They made sure to remove the middle name.

[@einarabelc5]

@@wr7503 What do they consider him instead? German?

[@frugowa9552]

@@einarabelc5 They consider him French

[@wr7503]

@@einarabelc5 they think of him as French. His father was French, Chopin was born and raised in Poland, his mother was Polish, Chopin's musics very Polish. Many Polish patriots had to leave Poland after 1830.

[@mariondehennin6274]

I live in Australia, we visited Poland last August, it is beautiful! Loved it

[@mariondehennin6274]

thr I wish we could, it’s just horrific. And it doesn’t seem to be slowing down

[@harttsteen9128]

@@mariondehennin6274 well, it's flooding now, a pretty rugh run for the nation......and the virus.

[@bielik_2]

@thr02 bruh

[@wellstv4844]

My dream to see Australia. Greetings from Poland

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Have you met anyone who was 10-14 in mid 90's? Cause... we were rised on Australian TV!!! Not a joke. For some reason Aussies are members of this European Broadcast Association or whatever it's called (the reason you take part in Eurovision) and there were AU-PL cooperation teenage TV shows! Like my favourite: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellbinder_(TV_series)

[@marekkozub8957]

When I told an American man, that Maria Curie was Polish, he laughed at me and asked: Pasteur was Polish too? When I told him, that Copernicus was Polish too, he asked: who told you that? But not everybody is so ignorant there.

[@malgorzatamakowska9910]

@@coolslapbass a ty jeden z nich?

[@margplsr3120]

i co przekonałeś ich ?

[@marcjamaa6370]

To cheer you up, I remember that in one of 'Big Bang Theory' episodes they made a mention that Marie Curie OF COURSE SKŁODOWSKA was Polish.

[@crulova3776]

it s very offending

[@alicepopovski6303]

Many are very ignorant.

[@polterghost_]

Americans are shocked that we put two words into one while we are shocked that Germans put 5 words into one.

[@caciliawhy5195]

hahahahaha

[@armoredcupcake5383]

donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschfatskapitan longest german word i ever heard

[@Tew999-c4h]

@@armoredcupcake5383 yea murica doesnt have anything like that

[@Tew999-c4h]

@@armoredcupcake5383 yeah murica doesnt have anything like that

[@bullet1544]

Oj to mnie bolało tam

[@CDA138ek]

For people from English speaking countries every foreign language is intimidating.

[@holoholopainen1627]

The English speakers - should learn atleast one Foreighn LANGUAGE ! This is an Educational & Schooling Question ! What a BOOST to The Economy World Wide !

[@drsch]

No, this is absurd and untrue.

[@TracyR4]

I would say languages similar to English, like Spanish, German, even French are far less intimidating to learn. You would think living in the United States that people would learn a 2nd language. For instance , my father is Polish, never taught us to speak it. He said he thought we'd pick it up. Problem was we weren't around it enough to pick it up. Sigh. Polish is a very difficult language to learn unless your submersed in it, and you hear it often. I would say the Slovic languages are the most difficult to learn.

[@ftwi1]

And why is that?

[@Lechoslaw8546]

@@TracyR4 Not quite. Polish has a lot more logical writing system than English, so it is easier to learn. Polish is a much older language than English, in fact a creole language, which can be dated back only to Shakespeare time, while Old Slavonic, which preceded Polish was a well developed language with its own vocabulary in a year 860 and likely centuries before.

[@FlamingRobzilla]

Poland looks amazing. And I'd bet it's one of the safest countries in Europe too.

[@kate_2602]

Yes, it is true 💞

[@Koddeina]

Not really safe if you're a minority

[@MrSbpool]

@@Koddeina Exactly! All pretty if you are white and straight 🤔

[@amjan]

@@MrSbpool Everybody's white. We didnt bring any slaves from other continents over. And most people are healthy.

[@grzees31]

@@MrSbpool wtf?

[@bjornakesson5092]

Actually, the thing #6: *"A sense of newness everywhere"* is the most common thing being noticed by foreigners visiting Poland. "wow, everything looks so modern", "so many beautiful houses", "infrastructure is so well mantained" , "thisis Poland?? It looks so fancy and rich!" - there are thousands of such comments around the web from people who went there for the first time. And mine, years ago were the same! You should prepare a separate video about this :)

[@juliakonowrocka9564]

When in US what schocked me was how long do people store food in refridgerators and how much food goes into waste.

[@ebarteldes]

It is a sad thing indeed. About a third of the food we produce goes uneaten

[@kris108ful]

Same in the UK

[@kaczmogal]

Julia Konowrocka true...USA is generally a very wasteful country but that is slowly changing with awareness by young people to climate change and waste.

[@ebarteldes]

@@kaczmogal Yes but change has been very slow.

[@einarabelc5]

Yep, in here they buy food only to go out later. You live for working, to buy material stuff to make you forget the pain of working...and so on. I know, they say that in Poland they work even harder and I believe it, the difference is, as far as I know that family is disintegrating in The West.

[@pamgarner9817]

So true Russ. We’re also shocked that the Jasna Gora was built in 1320. That is so amazing and it is incredibly beautiful. ❤️

[@slvva]

Lots of people are shocked when they discover that Poland's constitution was first in Europe and second in the world or that Warsaw is completely new city just reconstructed after war to looks like before war.

[@nadajniczek]

Well... 50% of Poles admire this place and the rest feel quite overwhelmed. There's no competition for the oldest thing in this country - there are more older buildings. I'm one of the ones who don't apreciate those kind of buildings (if so - just historically).

[@janstozek4850]

@@slvva ...and that Poland was among the first countries worldwide who granted the voting rights to women. It was as soon as Poland re-united back in 1918, and it was simply out of question - unlike many other European countries of the time.

[@Bialy_1]

@Error 404 1347AD The Statutes of Casimir the Great issued in Wiślica emancipate all non-free people...

[@utqiagvik1991]

@@Bialy_1 Widziałem Cię dziś chyba pod filmem z dyskusji Jacka Wilka i Roberta Biedronia, pozdrawiam

[@choosumfat]

The "newness" is indeed a shock. I visit Poland every so often and when I go back to the US, I'm just disgusted and depressed from the moment my foot steps into the cattle barn that is JFK airport and I get to drive home on crumbling New England highways. Also bigos, best damn food ever.

[@ebarteldes]

I make bigos here in New York... it's my favorite Polish dish.

[@bibi2393]

Ernest Barteldes Kocham bigos😁 Bigos w Nowym Yorku, super!👍

[@bhaerava]

Rodaku! Witaj w rodzinie!

[@wiktorwektor123]

You can cook Bigos for 7 days or more. Each day it becomes better and better. Just don't forget about water.

[@jonSnow-cs2dm]

Why dont all people return to motherland of birth help buld up your country live there u should be verry happy then i hope god bless u all i love poland and its people are brill people languge hard do

[@bogdang3334]

God bless Poland and USA

[@ebarteldes]

I buy my sausage at a Polish butcher shop in the East Village, they are the best here in my area.

[@olegknowsbest4971]

Kielbasa.....

[@MrKarli120]

PRAWDZIWA POLSKA KIEŁBA HERE

[@Mike-or2cv]

Polish food made from meat are the best:))

[@piotrek200v]

kiełbasa, pierogi, gołąbki, krokiety

[@zepter00]

Sorry but to have true Polish sausage experience You must come to Poland. P.S.: I know How it sounds..but still. 😆

[@dominikab9951]

I live in US from almost a year and I really miss a lot walking part in my country... I walked a lot in Poland, everywhere - to shop, post office, work. Here, there are no walking paths (I live in small town), everything is far from each other, so it's really hard to live without a car :( There is no other transportation, like trains or buses. And I also don't like the part, that whenever I say I'm from Poland, I sense that Americans feel pity for me, probably having in their mind that it's terrible country, which kinda hurts me (it's misconception!). I miss my Poland a lot.

[@utahdan231]

Millions places to walk in USA. Small towns are paradise for walking. Little or no traffic. You can walk in the middle of the street. I live in one and love it.

[@dominikab9951]

@@utahdan231 were I live there is quite big traffic on the way going to the center of my town and not so careful drivers, so I don't feel it would be safe.

[@mibars]

@thr Zdajesz sobie sprawę z tego, że stany są olbrzymie? Wiele rzeczy które można zwiedzić jest oddalonych od siebie o wiele godzin jazdy. A w Stanach poza naprawdę wielkimi metropoliami poruszanie się pieszo jest utrudnione. Takie porównanie: Małe miasto w Polsce: W promieniu kilometra będziesz mieć wszystko, sklepy, urzędy, banki, restauracje, w dodatku zwrócone frontem do ulicy. Masz wszędzie chodniki, przejścia dla pieszych i... Pieszych. Małe miasto w USA: Wszystko jest rozwleczone na wielkiej przestrzeni. Małych lokalnych sklepów "na rogu" praktycznie nie ma. Biznesy są zebrane w mniejsze lub większe centra handlowe z wielkimi parkingami od strony ulicy. Chodniki - Czasem ich nawet nie ma albo sa po jednej stronie. Przejącia dla pieszych tylko na skrzyżowaniach, oczywiście oddalone od siebie bo odległości są większe. Na wschodzie USA jest trochę lepiej przez większą gęstość zabudowy, ale zachód nie nadaje się dla pieszych.

[@burnsloads]

GO HOME.

[@szurikenszuriken4055]

@@burnsloads MORON

[@MattTheBandGuy]

Yes on the food! So much better in Poland than in the US. Better tasting. Better nutritionally, and not so much sugar.

[@drsch]

Nothing like sweeping generalizations of a nation the size of Europe with 350 million people in it. Keep on at there Matty but leave the rest of us who eat good food alone.

[@Gramayr]

One thing I don't think I've noticed anywhere else is a cupboard above a sink with drying racks in and a drainage tray. I've just spent Christmas at my partner's mums farm in rural Poland and the food was amazing. Christmas Eve dinner, breaking of wafers and the all around experience was something I won't forget. I'm not a fishy person but I tried a few of the fish dishes and they weren't too bad tbh. Not forgetting the tradition of dried grass under the plate with the wafers. They were surprised when I said I was going outside to look for the first star!

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

I'm Polish and I attended an English-speaking acting course in Scotland, it's common practice to try tongue-twisters at those courses to sort of prepare your articulation when reading lines. Once we had to take turns, and I tried the infamous "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz", and the reaction from my tutor and classmates were something to see. My tutor bursted with laughter, at least two of my classmates were like "Nope" and turned away, and a lot of them were SO confused their faces just screamed "WTF do I do!?!?"

[@nalasimba]

Bugger! I just tried, and gave up! Chrząszcz brzmi w czcinnie, or is it Ksiądz brzmi Przebrzeszynie? My big problem is "Stół bez nóg!" That is impossible for me - "Stòł z powyłanywałanymamyni nogami?" No, that can't be right!

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

@@nalasimba "stół z powyłamywanymi nogami"

[@nalasimba]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 Thank you! I shall practice.🤗😬😉

[@geertclaeys6209]

🙂 ... Grzegorz ... 🙂😂

[@tomaszjackowski1981]

Actually GMO have nothing to do with freshness or rich flavour. Our bread and meat are done differently (like in most of Europe) than in USA.

[@jacek7178]

your wrong, the whole growing time is different.

[@Ciachizm]

True, it's mostly the excessive processing and the different varieties of vegetables that make the difference, not the genetic modifications. I've heard that the reason many people think GMOs taste bad is that the first modified vegetable was some variety of American tomatoes, and that particular variety just tastes bad regardless of any modifications

[@tomaszjackowski1981]

Whatever. Still GMO is not responsible for something tasting better. Actually almost all things we eat all around the world is modified. Every vegetable and fruit is bit what was made by nature. Watermelons, oranges, apples, bananas and so one are not pure nature. They were modified in one or other way to better suit us.

[@wilkjakub64]

If anything, GMO would _enrich_ the flavor, big markets wouldn't want to sell something that's duller in flavor.

[@jacek7178]

@@tomaszjackowski1981 No. For Ex. compare Holland tomatoes (very artificial, GMO and what ever) with polish ones. I'll be speechless.

[@elizabethr.p.219]

I love Poland SO MUCH, hello from South Carolina :-)

[@marianfeliselda7455]

Thank You for sharing this Video it helps me to know bit of Polish Culture. God Bless...

[@cornelkittell9926]

My family is planning to visit in July. I worked there for one year and left back in 1974. I am so looking forward to seeing the changes.

[@LoveMyPoland]

Prepare to be blown away... Positively!

[@kaczmogal]

Cornel Kittell I was in Poland last July and it broke records for heat. Make sure you are staying where there is AC. Most hotels have them and B&B’s are now showing apartments with AC. It is a must. It was miserably hit but a wonderful trip otherwise. AC in car. 👍

[@mibars]

Changes from 1974? You won't recognize Poland at all :) Everything has changed.

[@mibars]

@@kaczmogal A/C in Polish apartments is generally a rarity, but it's changing. Humidity is not that bad, it's not dry but you won't be suffering from it. Most houses are built using masonry and these kind of buildings act as a buffer for temperature. Last year summer was indeed record breaking for heat.

[@cornelkittell9926]

@@mibars I hope the people have not changed. They were very nice, even though they had very little compared to the West.

[@Punmed81]

It’s so true. Food does taste so much better there than stateside. Just taste fresher, richer and more flavorful.

[@Putain138]

One of the first things you notice in Europe is that the food has better flavor.

[@gonnabeok]

cuz in fact it is

[@raindog6852]

@@Putain138 This is because food production in USA is more industrialized. Many chemical additives are used. Food is produced faster and cheaper. And it loses what is most important in food - taste and health properties. Unfortunately, in Europe (and Poland) everything is moving in the same direction. My mother once got angry and decided not to buy ready-made sausages or cheese. She buys raw meat, country milk and does everything by herself.

[@FanulQa]

Yes, but this is nothing to do with GMO or non-GMO products. Americans are just too lazy (or too busy?) to do everything as we do here, in Poland - from scratch. When my American friend told me she was going to bake I was like "Great idea", then she went to the shop, bought some kind of ready raw dough and put it into the oven - this is not the way we bake in Poland. All those pre-made food is tasteless and if you want to feel taste you need to really cook and not to heat.

[@gonnabeok]

@@FanulQa But aren't Poles busy? On rankings it's one of the most diligent nations in Europe, yet still able to cook at home 'real' stuff... So mindset along with habits play vital role here :) BTW. All these 'instant' food brings more harm to the human system than profit, being no more than stomach filler stuffed with all sort of chemistry

[@karinafafara7665]

"Lot of good things on the way" ...oh how i miss January. pozdrawiam z irlandi lmao

[@LoveMyPoland]

I hope I didn't jinx anything 🤔😕

[@jindrichdolejs623]

@@LoveMyPoland lol

[@tenties1]

How right you are about food taste... I'm in UK now and when travelling to Poland food has so much more taste.

[@harttsteen9128]

@Walt is a nick I also use, this one isn't mine I have never lived in the UK.

[@tenties1]

@@harttsteen9128 ... short for Walter, people I'm working with just do not have brain capacity to remember my full name. Take care!

[@Multiple-Sclerosis]

youre like part polish at this point, you have the same curiocity for other cultures experiencing what poland has to offer as actual polish people

[@twika4033]

It's nice to watch how americans love poland. It always lights my mood

[@dorisbz619]

I agree with taste of food: every time I am back from Poland to US can’t eat and have no taste in the american food for a week or so.

[@thatcher6327]

No no no no, Polish food is just MAGIC. Even for us it tastes better during Christmas.

[@marimetr4261]

They're right the food tastes better because the quality of food is better. Yes Poland is changing and looking more beautiful I see the difference every time I go there

[@rozawrobel5785]

Oh that's funny what you said about apartments. When my (American) boyfriend first saw my parents house he said it looks so small from the outside (to be fair in comparison to his parents and any suburban house in US it really is) but so big from the inside. A contrario his parents house (Chicago suburbs) seemed to me so big from the outside and much smaller from the inside lol. Happy new year!

[@timgarner9875]

Great video Russ. Even though we have been there many times, we always experience new adventures when we visit.

[@marcinwilk860]

Hello! So you iive in my beautifull city - Częstochowa?Nice :) Lack of elevators is easy to explain . its because of legal regulations.Buildings with less than 5 floors doesnt need to have elevator,so most of buildings are build this way to save money. and about polish language : my friend"s husband is British,so when he was here last time in Częstochowa,we told him,this time he will have to order his favourite beer on his own.The fun thing was this beer name was : Książęce Pszeniczne. Yes ,i know,it was cruel,but funny ;)

[@hamstersong123]

3:59 - I used to be a deliveryman, trust me, jumping up and down the stairs in Poland will literally make you an athlete in the space of three months.. Especially when carrying a 60lb delivery package :D Any building with less than four floors does not really usually have a lift, after I moved to the UK I was fairly shocked with the fact that they have lifts in a two floor apartment building.

[@psoras]

The difference in approach to space in apartments in Poland and in the USA is pretty obvious if you compare American and Polish home improvement shows (if you have a cable or satellite TV, they run on a channel called HG TV). In the American ones, the customers are usually looking for more - bedrooms, bathrooms, space in general. In the Polish ones, they take an existing apartment and use a variety of smart solutions to make a better use of space (in addition to general renewal).

[@gonnabeok]

Topic no.5 - Quite sad thing that the most basic activity for human, that is being on the move is perceived as something extraordinary in eyes of Americans...

[@einarabelc5]

Try to walk in Texas!!! Good luck! What is sad is thinking that one's reality is the only version of reality, for anyone.

[@gonnabeok]

​@@einarabelc5 You cannot deny though you're amongst the most obese nations lacking proper dose of daily motion

[@amjan]

@@gonnabeok That's not the point, you silly. He's not denying that. Astronauts on the space station don't walk at all, but that's not because they are lazy or stupid, is it? It's because in that particular environment they are in, walking is not as widely available an option as it is in your environment. It comes down to how American cities and towns are designed.

[@rozawrobel5785]

Take it from someone that was raised in Poland walking all day everyday for majority of life and now lives in US for 2 years. This cities are not meant to be for walking, weren't designed like ones and (besides big cities like New York/Chicago/LA etc.) they don't even have sidewalks to the grocery store. It's truly sad and for sure has it's impact on obesity in US. (btw. in big cities stores are also not as close to each other as in Poland, so to go to the grocery store most people still have to take some kind of transportation :| ).

[@leii1306]

@@einarabelc5 Why it is difficult to walk in Texas? It's not a malicious question, I'm genuinely curious about it. Is it too hot? Or distances are too big (houses are isolated and surrounded by fields or something)? Or they are not sufficient infrastructure for walking?

[@showtimetivi7615]

Wow. That was the most original "Top" video about Poland on the entire youtube! Great job!

[@anaconda470]

I was born in Torun. I work with many Italians nowadays. Many of them were convinced that Copernico was Italian 😂 I suspect a lot of people think that Mme Curie was French.

[@tonyu5985]

and I thought people considered her Russian because she was born in the Russian partition.

[@AelwynMr]

He's just not as famous to us Italians as he is to Poles (of course), so they don't remember, but that he was Polish ia written in every schoolbook! Same as Marie Curie.

[@patka7503]

So true... I'm going back to Poland after 2 years in US. I need to have so many things done, I'm losing my mind. So many things has changed.

[@valerieshy8749]

Love your videos! We are looking forward to our trip to Poland in the fall. Learning a ton from you!

[@olciademoncia]

I love bigos! I made some over Christmas and gave some to my neighbours and they absolutely loved it! This is in the uk 🇬🇧

[@bassreggo9417]

Thank you Russell for your videos, I'm polish living abroad for long time and yours expressions about Poland is really soul warming.

[@bassreggo9417]

Love your job what you have make and god bless you for all what you have done

[@TheSwedishRider]

In Germany, we have these word compositions as well. The longest one in the dictionary (Duden) is "Aufmerksamkeitsdefizithyperaktivitätsstörung" (ADHD). But it can get longer, in German law there was "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz"

[@agatakowalik9457]

It is cruel - my son still is learning German language :-) and he prefers English.

[@katarzynamonika2281]

Dziękuję Ci za to! Uwielbiam słuchać Twoich przezabawnych i megapozytywnych spostrzeżeń! Dziękuję! Wszystkiego dobrego!😊😊😊

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

That pickled hearing is called a 'Rolmops' here in the Netherlands. We like them!

[@LoveMyPoland]

Thanks!

[@kris108ful]

Well, I'm polish, I've been away for 10 years or so and I can see a huge diferance in Poland. My city of Lodz is takeing a huge changes over the last few years. New roads, new commercial buildings, New flats. It all happens here as well. The only drawback is driving in the city. It is an absolutne bonkers...

[@scottishalwaysdixie1638]

Poil are like the Scot,s warm Friendly with ❤s ps good bloody drink as well 👌

[@adorinadorin]

great episode! All rhe best for you, your polish and your american family for the New 2020!

[@mayradell3953]

Very good observations thank you

[@vlodpg]

You are spot on all eight. I’m currently in Kraków and see this daily. My sister came to see my wife and I for a week and commented on much of your points. I’m not a big fan of #6 Poland is getting overdeveloped/Americanized- food quality in some cases is not as good as it used to be. This is my observation that others have commented to me on.

[@charonboat6394]

My sister came to see my wife and Me*

[@veritasaequitas2386]

I love you man, great job as always

[@johngcahill9583]

Many happy returns for 2020

[@dzejms88]

Just had my American girlfriend's parents over for a month and I could add something to such list as well ;) Service in a restaurant was a bit disorienting for them. They liked this comfort of eating without someone almost standing next to them asking how is the food and if they need something. They were a bit weirded out when it came to paying or ordering sth more and we had to "hunt down" a waitress which was a matter of waiting a bit - they got nervous :P They were surprised how many even smaller cities have very charming old squares with city hall as they expected Poland to be "more industrial". They were surprised with how foodie bigger cities can be and how tasty everything is - no fake cheese and deep fry ;) They were impressed with our museums - WWII, Solidarności, Dom Kopernika or Malbork are really huge, well done and organised with pretty good audio guides. Historical events from medieval as well as war and communist times left them mindblown. They heard stories from my parents about PRL and my grandparents about their war experiences - couldn't believe some of these facts even though they knew a lot and are educated and interested in this field I had a feeling that some things were shown in a different way in the US or were lacking context. Anyway, they loved their stay and already told all their friends to visit ;) All the best in the upcoming year and great video as always. Cheers!

[@skotnica93]

The requirement for an elevator in buildings is at least 5 storeys. Anything below usually has only stairs.

[@arkadysheepskinner1503]

I've got the same feeling about polish food when I had returned after 5 years there. It's better than anywhere ;)

[@aldonaz4246]

Happy New Year!!! Best wishes from UK :)

[@kubastachu9860]

ad. 3. I was to Britain once and learned that the hard way, apparently Poland is one of a few countries with some natural food being still sold instead of nutritive fodder

[@madchen80]

O my gosh! People in Poland have legs! And they use them for walking! What an amazing country! God bless you!

[@oladabrowska7972]

😂😂😂

[@romystumpy1197]

Yes I know,I'm in the UK,can't drive ,don't have a car I walk about 10miles each day

[@piotrek200v]

I love to watch uploads about Poland from foreingers!!

[@notyou6950]

You should have seen what the seventies looked like and compared that to today. Shocking!

[@xlorion]

Before I moved to the states, I lived in a medium-ish size city just south of Warsaw (~20 miles). We (4 people) lived in a 48 square meter apartment, which is 516 square feet. And as you say, it felt bigger then the 650 sq. ft. apartment I lived in alone in Florida.

[@wesleyg2534]

Thanks for all your videos, they are great!

[@LoveMyPoland]

My sincere pleasure 👍

[@Terrus_38]

Yay! 5:45 You said "przeciwłupieżowy" means "anti-dandruff shampoo". No, it means "anti-dandruff". Szampon is shampoo :P

[@LoveMyPoland]

😜😉

[@zdzislawchujaki6169]

Terrus Ciekawostki ale musisz przyznac ze wypowiedziane bardzo dobrze 👍

[@Terrus_38]

Zdzislaw Chujaki Ale co?

[@zdzislawchujaki6169]

No ze bardzo dobrze powiedzial lo polsku

[@palikirmajuro1249]

Za drugim razem lepiej. Za pierwszym razem powiedział to źle.

[@thomaslazarski3596]

As a Pole I am naturally capable and able of mastering any language. Simply because Polish language has flexed every muscle of my jaw ..hence rendering Us the capability of being fast learners. I speak 3 languages, mastering my 4th.

[@romystumpy1197]

Amazing

[@Virtu0city]

I'm Polish, I live in England and listen to American dude who lives in Poland, to hear something good about the most beautiful country in the world...

[@LoveMyPoland]

And more is on the way 👍👍👍

[@Virtu0city]

@@LoveMyPoland Good. Just subscribed the living shit out of your channel, so better keep it up! Regards

[@sunglassshinpan1352]

Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! 😀 z Ameryki

[@Dianus89]

Happy New year to you and all your family!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Happy new year Russell! Best wishes to you and yours!! I would love to spend Wigilia in Poland sometime- we keep the same traditions(ish), but it’s not 100% “authentic”. Fun for your family to experience it:)

[@ellam9332]

Happy New Year to You. Thank you for sharing your family experience with us. I wonder if there was anything that they did not like? Being diplomatic, you probably will not mention.

[@zatrzydwunasta]

uwielbiam Twoje vlogi, pomagają mi a angielskim no i tematyka jest super!

[@glowackijacek.85]

Bigos is good, I like it too. I like the fact you like the taste of polish products. Thank you for this video, as usual it was amazing. :)

[@tomekcis]

Pewien Polak (youtuber) pojechał do USA, chciał autostopem przemierzać Stany, więc sporo chodził. Rzadko kto się zatrzymał, natomiast często dzwonili na Policję, że jakiś dziwak chodzi pieszo... co kraj to obyczaj.

[@tytusdezoo6371]

Dokładnie

[@PiotrPilinko]

Firmy motoryzacyjne zadbały o taki sposób życia wśród Amerykanów. Na przykład wykupując linie tramwajowe i je zamykając. Brak chodników w wielu miejscach również nie ułatwia chodzenia.

[@hasppl9005]

Nie myślę ze dzwonili zgłosic dziwaka na policje. Raczej może w obawie o jego bezpieczeństwie dzwonili. Amerykanie tez chodza tylko dużo mniej i nie wszędzie jest ok chodzić. Trudno porównywać miasta polski z amerykańskimi i dzielnice podmiejskie. W moim rejonie sa zrobione świetne ścieżki do chodzenia przy rzece. Jest ich bardzo dużo, pięknie położone przy rzece z pasem dla rowerów, często sa zrobione po dawnej lini kolejowej która dawniej łączyła fabryczki przy rzece. Ścieżki/szlaki nie sa widoczne od głównych ulic. Zawsze jest tam dużo ludzi a w niedziele idą cale rodziny. Żeby poznać Ameryke to trzeba być w wielu miejscach i otworzyć się na tak. Mieszkam w stanie CT małym miasteczku Farmington I jest super. Ocean 1 godz autem, gory tez w zasięgu ręki, mnóstwo zieleni. Mi osobiście podoba się wszędzie. Każdy kraj ma swoje uroki.

[@hiena2911]

Misza, eh? Faktycznie, niemiła sprawa.

[@benmak917]

Hitchhiking (autostop) umarł w USA z powodu narkotyków i przestępczości, w połowie lat 70 tych.

[@jms1hbv]

Hi Russel! Love your channel. You can tell your folks they can get all the ingredients for bigos at polish store in Houston (1780 Blalock Rd) - they actually have some stuff shipped from Poland as well...

[@LoveMyPoland]

I've been there! And my folks live in Tennessee now 😉

[@victorwaddell6530]

I've been unofficially adopted into a family with a Polish immigrant father , an American mother , and two children of dual citizenship born here in the states . I've met many of their Polish kinfolk while they have visited the states . The Polish are great people in my experience . My friend's kitchen contains many Polish ingredients and the mother has learned how to cook traditional Polish foods . We are in South Carolina , so the mom rew up cooking traditional southern foods . The daughter married the son of Hmong immigrants , so the mom has included Southeast Asian foods into her pantry . Mealtime in their home can be a very interesting mix of cultures . One day I prepared a meal of Huevos Rancheros , and my friend's Polish mother was delighted .

[@LoveMyPoland]

Wow, now that is a great life! Thanks for sharing 😊👌

[@JanKowalski-un6kf]

Bigos is one of my favorite dish! But it takes a little time to make it to have a good one you have to spend 4 to 7 days making it

[@Litwinus]

Hevelius is polish too ;)

[@wartsmartbart]

....and born in Gdańsk ;-)

[@białoczerwony4669]

Brewed in Poland

[@Thomas--Anderson]

Russel, will you make a movie about what your American family didn't like in Poland?

[@LoveMyPoland]

Hmm. Maybe 😉👍

[@zurugar1530]

That would be interesting!

[@cruelty83]

Yeah. Be like Wendy. Say it like u mean it 😂

[@MLFTalk]

@@LoveMyPoland ...just to be clear, there is no "didn't like" in Poland, everything is perfect ;)

[@bessarion1771]

@@LoveMyPoland We know they didn't like pickled herring.....

[@zogipl1914]

Great video! Greetings from Toruń! Happy New Year :D

[@ziborgbe]

The taste is different and better in many ways thanks to the soil and climate. No wonder why so many tried to possess this country.

[@JESUSisLORD24151]

Awesome video. It was very interesting and you made it fun to watch. Great personality.

[@LoveMyPoland]

I appreciate your compliment very much, thank you 😊👍

[@jamesdepaul3410]

Very nice video. Dziękujemy

[@susan3200]

That was fascinating.

[@aniagoszczynski8194]

Dziękujemy!

[@malgorzatastajszczak3017]

Happy New Year too, all the best, real unconditional friends, wish you great inspiration thankful for your amazing videos.

[@zofiafredro9550]

So true. Food taste so much better in Poland.

[@JunkyardTailgate]

New Sub! We hope to make a trip to Poland in the next few years as a follow-up business trip I took to Warsaw 10 years back.

[@ysy662]

It was sort-of cultural shock for them, was it? You are a GREAT sport!

[@Squimple]

Intelligent use of space and design in flats? Wow, wish we had that! [UK]

[@takedasamurai238]

I was actually surprised too when I lived in Poland for 8 months

[@miamor3120]

And on Christmas, on the first day of December 24, we have a traditional Christmas Eve dinner, where the plate is always waiting for an unexpected, lost, lonely guest. We often invite single people to dinner and organize dinner parties for people who are lonely, homeless or poor. For dinner consisting of 12 traditional fasting dishes, we also eat dishes with mushrooms from the forest. And on the first day of Christmas on December 25, mushroom soup is very often for dinner, in addition to other traditional dishes

[@JanPBtest]

You should take your parents to Gdańsk and Sopot by the Baltic Sea next time (if you haven't already :-) ). World's largest all-brick Gothic church is there and climbing its bell tower is an experience.

[@BBTeZeT]

Happy New Year to You too. Smog is the worst thing in PL, I've recently moved to new house high in the mountains where air is clear all Year, the change is tremendous.

[@deltaZabrze]

the second of your episodes that I think is the best :D

[@tomaszz.7462]

Nice to watch as always.

[@OmenMGR]

Hey. Bigos has only 1veg. -fermented cabbage. Rest is 5 different types of meat. Kiełbasa, biodrówka, łopatka, golonka, boczek. And forest mushrooms at the end of list. Thats the perfect recipe for polish bigos.

[@czeslav19]

don't forget about adding dried plum :D

[@annederewonko9623]

I wino jeszcze

[@slvva]

...and you forgot juniper fruit which gives this special taste and its very traditional spice for this dish :)

[@charonboat6394]

Bigos with no field mushrooms is junk.

[@slvva]

@@charonboat6394 you mean wild mushrooms ?

[@michalsolecki5590]

Im from Częstochowa:-) currently living in Lima Perú. Na zdrowie.

[@merovik1774]

+1000 points to respect from the Poles

[@romystumpy1197]

Oh I love pickled herring ,even made my own

[@toddbonin6926]

Happy New Year and Roll Tide!!!

[@Janosik_Janosikowy]

Happy New Year!

[@krzysztofbaka6083]

Happy New Year to you too., thanks for the video.