Canadians in Poznan, Poland? (Hockey)

Hello everyone,

Just as the topic says, are there any Canadians in Poznan, Poland who have played hockey and would like to join us and play?

Cheers

Hi, sorry that I can't help you with your question. but I am just curious as to how you ended up there? Work, general travel? Just seems like an interesting place to be

Hey Crystal,

Heh. Actually I'm Polish and I live here since I was born

Well, that's good too. I guess you can't really give me advice on how someone would go to Poland to work or study the language. but, you can tell me what it's like to live there and such.

and. you are definitely on the right track looking for Canadians for hockey, heh. hopefully you find some.

~ Crystal

Hi Crystal,

Well, Americans and Canadians come to Poland to study, especially medicine - I know that there are few here at our University of Medicine.

Living in Poland. Hmmm. It's not that bad but it also could be better. Many young people emigrate to the UK and Ireland to work, they can earn a lot more money there than here even doing some "low-end" job. I, for one, would love to move either to Canada or to the USA, but I need visa/green card etc

I guess almost every Canadian have been associated with hockey - it's your national sport, isn't it?

Loma

Hmmm, medicine? Well, I guess I am a bit off from becoming a doctor. But, that is really interesting to know, I had no idea. Guess I will have to find another way in. hehe
You want to come to US or Canada? Really? But it is so boring here I always find it interesting that people want to come here, as I find it can be boring and winters can be dreary (in Nova Scotia anyway). I always ask people from other countries 'what are you doing here of all places?' forgetting that sometimes others can be a little bored with their own country. Overall, Canada is a nice place to live and the summers are beautiful in most places. And... we have the hockey! Lots of venues to watch or play hockey around here, which is great for those of us that love the sport. And, you really need to try our Tim Horton's coffee! Don't let others fool you, it's the best coffee there is... We miss it when we are away...
By the way, your english seems great. is english taught in schools there or did you have to learn another way? Where I live there is no real place to learn Polish. mostly just French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese are taught locally, not much variety in my opinion.
Sorry for clogging your post by the way, I guess I am just too curious.

~ Crystal

Hi Crystal,

Thanks for kind response, great discussion we have here Also, thanks for your nice words about my English. I'm actually junior student of English and have been learning it since first grade, so it would be 13 years now.

You can also meet Canadians, Americans and British that are native speakers at language universities - they usually have communication or conversation classes.

I'm not sure how's winter in Nova Scotia but here in Poznan last winter, in February to be exact, temperature dropped to -30°C

I haven't tried Tim Horton's coffee when I was in Canada few years ago - I was to small to drink coffee anyway but I have to say that I really like maple syrup though it's pretty expensive here

English is taught in schools although it's not compulsory - kids usually start learning it when they are 10, I was lucky to start at the age of 7.

Polish is both difficult and easy language to learn. It's easy because it's phonetic language - so you read exactly as the word is written. Also we have only 3 tenses whereas in English there are 12 if I remember correctly. It's difficult because of the orthography (spelling) even natives of Polish have problems with it

Just out of curiosity, what Canadians know/think about Poland/Poles?

Best regards,

Loma

Well that's great that English is offered to students that young. it helps to know more then one language. French is the other main language taught here, but I became bored with the subject very early. I have always wanted to learn a European language, but there are not many places to do this (in my city anyway).
Well, we have some days during the winter that can get that cold, but it's not very common. We get a lot of rain and snow here for our winters, so when it melts it can get pretty dreary. But, I guess I can be happy that it doesn't get too cold too often.
You didn't try the coffee when you were here?!? Being too young is no excuse! Yes, I agree that maple syrup is great. and not too expensive here, I guess we can take that for granted sometimes.
As for what Canadians think about Poland/Poles, I can't really speak for everyone but I don't think that we know very much. We have a small Polish community in my city, but I think there are much bigger ones in our larger cities. I used to date a Polish guy and that was pretty much the only way I had learned anything about Poland and such. I found the community to be made up of very nice people, but most seemed to have a very quiet demeanor. But, I do love the food and I miss it a lot and I always had a great time at the yearly festival held by the community.
Now that I think about it... I really do miss the food!

~ Crystal

Food? Wow. Than what did you eat?

I have a question, which part of Canada is the most "hockeyious"

Cheers

Oh, well, I actually don't remember what most of the food was called, and I probably would not be able to spell them. But I do love borsch!
As for the part of Canada that is the most "hockeyious", well that is very debatable. I could say that the Atlantic Provinces are crazy about hockey and the other areas of Canada would probably disagree. Even the birthplace of hockey is still being argued (near Windsor, Nova Scotia). I would just have to say that the cities with NHL teams are most likely the craziest about the sport because it is there for them in such a big venue and a city like Montreal has such a history of hockey.
My point is that I cannot really say one place is more "hockeyious" then the other, because I might get attacked on here lol.
Is hockey a popular sport over there?

~ Crystal