Things I’ve learned in Poland

laelene Post in general blog，

14 May 2016

Stick your arm out for the bus or it won’t stop.
No need to stick your arm out for the light rail/tram. It will stop.
You never know where you’ll be able to purchase transit tickets. Not all buses, trams, and stops have a ticket machine.
Ticket validation means getting a timestamp on your ticket telling you when out expires.
Learn some Polish terms. Many locals don’t speak more than two words of English, one of which is usually “no.”
Pierogis are delicious. I’d only heard of them before, but never tried them.
The Warsaw symbol is a mermaid called Syrenka.
Milk bars (bar mleczny) are cafeterias from the communist era. Very cheap and tasty.
Kiss and ride is a drop-off area. It took a poster of a couple kissing and driving off for me to finally understand that term. Nobody ever explained it to me!
The days seem to start out nice and then a bout of rain comes along. After that, it gets really cold and dark for the rest of the night.
Many animals in the parks are used to people and will come up to you if you have food to share. Bring bread for the birds and raw walnuts for the squirrels!!