With all this recent excitement over Bielsko Biała, I totally forgot that yesterday (wczoraj, 14 października) was Dzień Nauczyciela (Teacher’s Day). Now, I’m the first one to admit, I don’t like Dzień Nauczyciela. Never liked it and probably never will. It’s like Dzień Matki (Mother’s Day) – we should respect and honor our teachers (and mothers) every day, regardless of what the calendar says. But I guess my students didn’t get that memo…
But it’s not about Dzień Nauczyciela that I wanted to talk to you about today. Nah… Instead, I wanted to ask you what you thought about the weather. In Poland, naturally.
Isn’t it a bit early to be snowing? Granted, the stuff has already melted, but still… It’s only October now. And honestly, I don’t remember it snowing in October, like ever…
But with this early snow, I’m hearing a lot of foreigners complaining about the weather. Oddly, some of those foreigners come from places like Montana and Calgary, where snow in October is nothing special. In fact, it’s something to be expected. And the same people started kvetching this month that the weather in Poland sucks.
Frankly, I’ve always remembered it as being sucky. It was either too cold, or too wet, or too cold, or too wet. Even during summers. And my opinion hasn’t changed that much since.
But enough about me. What I want to know is what YOU think about polska pogoda (Polish weather). Bring it on… This is the time and place for you to complain.
And while we on the subject of weather, who’s your favorite “pogodynka” (weather person) on TV?
Comments:
Lori:
I have been to Poland six times with my stays adding now to only one week less than six months. The weather in Poland is about the same as I have at home in Minnesota. In fact, I’ve had the weather for Siedlce come up on my computer every day for about five years. I’m amazed at how mirror image our weather is. We, too, had some snow but not as much as you did, and it is not expected here either in October. When traveling, I try to go with the flow. It can rain or snow where I live too, or sometimes be too hot. Too hot, I don’t care where I am, 32 (C) is too hot!
sila:
i’ve been in poland just once (for now)! this july! i had a few weeks of terrible hot and a few days of mild weather and rain; as a brazilian, i cannot imagine winter in poland; it must be okropnie!
patrycia:
I love the weather in Poland, most of the time.
Yes, we had a little early snow but it was gone by the next afternoon up here in Gizycko.
The leaves are turning and it is sweater season.
Grate time to take a walk along the lake.
It either rains in the morning or in the afternoon but rairly all day.
It is wonderful.
Even the summer was not HOT this year but warm enoung to swim in the lake a few of times.