Portuguese living in Poland.

30.06.05, 12:31
Hi Uncle Davey!


What a good idea you had with this forum. I will write in English and I
apologize in advance for some mistakes that for sure will occur.

I’m a Portuguese married to a Polish woman and living in Lodz. Actually I’m
working in a company producing grinding and polishing materials for the steel
industry and houseware. Mostly I deal with French, Spanish and Portuguese
language matters.

How it happened to be living in Poland? Quite long story full of details but
I will try to do make it shorter.

I applied for an Erasmus grant to study in WSHE-Lodz in 2001 - Poland seemed
to be the most remote country to go and finish my studies in advertissing.

5 days after the 11 September me and other two Portuguese went to this
country, quite tense situations in the airports at those times I must say.

In the beginning was hard to get used to the differences – mostly the
wheather - but after one month we were allready perfectly used to the cold
nights and the early snows.

Than I met a wonderfull Polish girl, we used to talk for hours, go for long
walks and it hapenned... we couldn’t be without each other and 2 years after
we were married, we tried to live in my country from 2002 to 2004 but the
shameless policy regarding emigrants made it virtually impossible.My wife
never managed to have even a short permission to be living with me there -
even beeing married legaly to a Portuguese citizen- she was illegal in fact.

Solution? I took my small Corsa from the garage packed what was most
important stuff and traveled 3500 km, it was not the first time but was the
last with Portuguese number plates smile

I like this country –it is wide,it has wonderfull open spaces>Which is quite
the opposite of Portugal.
Poles generally are quite interesting and warm people, not at the first
contact but later.

Keep on with this idea and count with my support.




    • usenetposts Re: Portuguese living in Poland. 02.07.05, 13:31
      portulaco napisał:

      > Hi Uncle Davey!
      >

      Hi Portulaco, and welcome to this forum!

      >
      > What a good idea you had with this forum. I will write in English and I
      > apologize in advance for some mistakes that for sure will occur.

      I'm not sure I noticed any, reading through the first time.

      >
      > I’m a Portuguese married to a Polish woman and living in Lodz. Actually I
      > ’m
      > working in a company producing grinding and polishing materials for the steel
      > industry and houseware. Mostly I deal with French, Spanish and Portuguese
      > language matters.

      OK. Sounds interesting. Is it a foreign company you work for or a local one?

      >
      > How it happened to be living in Poland? Quite long story full of details but
      > I will try to do make it shorter.
      >
      > I applied for an Erasmus grant to study in WSHE-Lodz in 2001 - Poland seemed
      > to be the most remote country to go and finish my studies in advertissing.
      >

      That was under the old 5th framework programme, right? A bit like the Marie
      Curie grants they have under the 6th Framework Programme?

      > 5 days after the 11 September me and other two Portuguese went to this
      > country, quite tense situations in the airports at those times I must say.
      >

      I remember it well. I was going in and out of Russia at the time, and they were
      telling people to turn up at airports three hours earlier than the fliught, so
      air travel became EVEN more frustrating and boring than it normally was.

      Thankfully I didn't do too much of it, as I moved there with my car and
      everything, and then just stayed there for about 15 months in Moscow.

      > In the beginning was hard to get used to the differences – mostly the
      > wheather - but after one month we were allready perfectly used to the cold
      > nights and the early snows.

      They say there's no such thing as bad weather, only wrong dress. I think that
      learning how to dress for the climate is the key to success. Critical in my
      view is the rule "no flat shoes in winter".

      A decent pair of good textured rubber soles makes all the difference, as does a
      pretty airtight coat, a good scarf and a decent hat.

      >
      > Than I met a wonderfull Polish girl, we used to talk for hours, go for long
      > walks and it hapenned... we couldn’t be without each other and 2 years af
      > ter
      > we were married, we tried to live in my country from 2002 to 2004 but the
      > shameless policy regarding emigrants made it virtually impossible.

      Terrible.

      I wouldn't have expected that from Portugal, I must say. It's your human right
      to live with your family.

      > My wife
      > never managed to have even a short permission to be living with me there -
      > even beeing married legaly to a Portuguese citizen- she was illegal in fact.
      >

      Actually, it was the government that was illegal. Don't ever forget that.
      You've got a God given right to live with your wife, my friend.

      > Solution? I took my small Corsa from the garage packed what was most
      > important stuff and traveled 3500 km, it was not the first time but was the
      > last with Portuguese number plates smile

      I'm still on British plates, because the wonderful polish government won't let
      me put a right hand drive vehicle on Polish plates without a special permission
      from the minister of transport and a bunch of customs duty.

      They would calculate the customs value of my used car at something like 5000
      EUR, but if I actually tried to sell it, I would be lucky to get a quarter of
      that for it, as the bottom has fallen out of the used car market in the UK.

      >
      > I like this country –it is wide,it has wonderfull open spaces>Which i
      > s quite
      > the opposite of Portugal.

      I like that about Poland also.

      > Poles generally are quite interesting and warm people, not at the first
      > contact but later.
      >

      I have usually found them warm almost immediately, but in comparison to the
      English, they are.

      I expect in comparison to the Portuguese they don't seem so warm.

      > Keep on with this idea and count with my support.
      >

      Thanks for your warm words, and I look forward to reading more of you.
    • agagaby Re: Portuguese living in Poland. 24.07.05, 22:13
      Hallo! Ola!
      I'm Polish and my husband is Portueges. We met in Holand and we are still hier.
      My english is not perfect. I come from Glowno , Orlando from Montelagre(nort
      Portugal)
      We olso want to live or in Poland or in Portugal but we don't know what to do
      to have work and the rest . We have son Gabriel(lindo!)
      We would like to start somethink by owerself but what?

      I met my men 08-2000, 12-11-2002 we get married and 06-04-05 we get bebe.
      About portugues people: They are warm , that is my opinion.
      Greetings
      Aga M. Rodrigues
      • portulaco Re: Portuguese living in Poland. 25.07.05, 10:00
        Dzien Dobry, Good Morning, Bom Dia!

        Nice to meet you Aga and Orlando.

        When I was living in Portugal and my girlfriend - wife now - in Poland our
        meeting point was in Nejmegen in Holand, another coincidence!

        Montalegre... beautiful city, good people and good food!

        I'm working in Poland since one year and took me only 4 months to find a job,
        my wife found job in 2 months. I got the 'Karta Pobytu' valid for 5 years in
        less than 1 month, my wife lived 2 years in Portugal and didn't managed to be
        legal there.

        Think twice before setting your business unless you have experience.

        We don't have children yet but we want to.

        Felicidades e vao dando noticias ok?

        Ricardo Taipa
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