Who am I? I am Jan.
From Wrocław right now and before from Tarnowskie Góry.
I was passing by here...
and I was asked to substitute so here I am and I'll be glad to
stay here with you.
But what am I supposed to say, really?
Ok, the second version is that
that he came from US... Beatles.
and he asked me to host this and...
and I will be happy to do so.
Now you can pick the better version.
I have a pleasure to host the vlog
from Wrocław as a guest where I wanted to invite you
to watch the Christmas Market and a few other interesting places
We'll try to see Wrocław from the point of view
of a person who
is a guest here because this far I've been feeling like this myself.
I've been living here for a year in fact but I don't feel completely settled yet.
So please join me and let's see Wrocław.
Here's one curiosity that for example in Tarnowskie Góry
I haven't seen at all.
The closest to Tarnowskie Góry I have seen this was in Tychy.
All crossings, at least in those side streets are uncontrolled intersections.
You have to be very careful driving here because
those coming from the right always have the right to go first.
You can really lose attention and you can...
you can, you can, you can... make a boom.
Maybe when they're under construction, huh?
...uhhh but no, when it comes to the traffic those uncontrolled intersections here
are here for good.
I did go on to read about it in the road laws.
and in Poland in general all intersections
are uncontrolled intersections.
but the exceptions are the ones that have road signs.
But by default all of them are uncontrolled intersections, which means you have to apply the rule
of the right hand.
As I said
in Tarnowskie Góry we don't have a single one [that would still be uncontrolled].
All of them basically have road signs, which means there are none remaining as uncontrolled.
Now we're going to have a downside of shooting videos for YouTube come up.
I have to ask you to turn off the music
because they will flag us for copyright.
No problem.
And they won't let us...
They won't let us monetize or they'll turn the video off completely.
All right.
This also... but what if you sing yourself? Is that ok?
In that case you could pass it as a cover song so...
don't hold yourself back. Sing your heart out.
Well... I haven't gotten there yet but Wojtek has been singing Christmas carols at school.
I'm sorry - not carols, Christmas songs.
Well... Olek could be he could be flagged for his songs, too
because he sings all of them in original and without any censorship.
Bardzka Street?
Uhh no, this is Buforowa Street.
This says Bardzka.
Where?
On this preview of yours here.
Ahh, no we're going there.
We'll get on Bardzka, now we're on Buforowa.
We're going in some big Peugeot that carries seven people?
What a car!
Yes.
5008
They have a 508 and the cross over version...
Did I do a good accent?
This is the 5008.
One more zero in there.
I heard 5800.
No.
5008!?
Yes, 8.
Now we have that figured out.
Well, they have a Peugeot service not far from here. We can go there
and they'll confirm it for us.
You know, when a person lives in a foreign country they lose touch about all the car brands.
I'll recognize it by the logo.
But this isn't a popular model in USA?
It's big. What else is it missing?
I don't want to disappoint you but there's no Peugeot in USA.
No Peugeot.
Bu why? Maybe... I'd say this: it's not there YET.
No, it's not there ANYMORE.
Aaah, not anymore?
What? Fiat bought them?
No, no... it hasn't been there for a some -teen years now.
Well that's interesting.
They don't like those over there.
Well I have to say it's their loss. They wish they had it.
Very nice car.
I wonder how this is going to come out because...
I never filmed myself
when driving and
and this also gives me a chance to... by the way, you know
I just thought so, you know
when talking about Peugeot, because this also has to do with cars.
Please don't talk. You talk always and I never talk
Let me speak, a little.
I just wanted to make a technical remark.
What technical remark?
Thanks to this cloudy day we have such an even lighting on your face
they will accuse us of using green screen
and they'll say it's not even real world moving behind the window but some fake background.
Like in the movies, exactly.
I can let go of the wheel and we're still going.
We'll keep moving anyway because the towing vehicle is dragging the car.
This is exactly what it is.
I'm not going to say anything else.
And now I don't remember where I was...
Sub-chapter: school pick up.
Don't kill yourself, guy.
We have to get your brother now.
So that we're not only in the car.
This is an elementary school in Wrocław?
One of many.
We'll go until someone yells at us.
Here you go.
Say something about your school.
All good!
Alexander!
How was school?
Good.
What awesome things have you learned today?
Only old things.
Only old.
We read "The Kids of Bullerbyn" and we did everything about that.
All right, sorry Alexander but someone missed clicking their housentreggles [Silesian for seat belts].
That would be me.
Ok, because we're going to hear this sound and I'm not sure how YouTube will approach this.
Maybe they'll cancel the video again or something... so maybe do fasten them.
You need help? Can I hold something?
Now there's a zonk because there are three cars coming. Nobody's direction is available.
Now I remember from my driver's school that someone has to let someone else go.
Now the second person can go and Pizza Hut to close the deal.
Of course I remember. I took my driving lessons at the best driving school.
That stays with you.
But then...
We're nearing the end of this battery so if you wanna say something smart say it fast or leave it for later.
I'll leave it for later. I'm going to say so many smart things today that...
you should change the battery.
Also... I'm not saying all the time but from time to time if they have something smart to say
The rear bench... you can!
You can have a word. No worries.
There's no problem.
Thank you for acknowledging we say something smart sometimes.
No, no... it's all good.
But who's going to judge whether we say smart things or not?
Well that's another problem...
Wojtek why don't you get out and walk the pedestrian crossing to stop these cars!
There you go. This is politeness.
But yes, this was some local guy.
Yes, yes.
In general this is how it goes
From this first year, I remember the first day I was going to work.
So when you are changing your environment.
It's good to find things that
that you like. To not enter the new place and start saying "oh no... damn!"
"Look at this traffic! What have I done! Why did I move here!"
"You're standing still here, barely moving forward!"
So as you can see here, well you can't see it so you have to believe me.
There are counters on some traffic lights that show for how much longer a light is going to be on.
I remember this when I was standing in traffic at Bielany.
And I was looking at it and I said to myself "what a cool thing, they have counters! We didn't have those in TG".
So thing like this... well, some dude here...
I always let folks go here - that's why we're stopping.
Although not this very dude because this one I see for the first time.
But I always let someone go here who wants to get in.
But he had to let you go...
Yes, he did... but...
I know this because often I try to get out of a road with yeld sign in traffic
And that's when I look for some friendly soul. A good thing to do is to look someone straight in the eyes.
That's when this works and someone lets you go and you can get in.
But I'm looking into this guy's eyes and nothing.
Believe me if you opened the door and got into his car now he'll hug you!
He would be so happy that you got in.
Lately during Olek's birthday party
I asked his friends if they ski.
A few said yes, they do.
And then I asked about if they use sleds.
All of them were disappointed telling me unfortunately no, you can't use sleds in Wrocław.
Because there's just no snow here.
It may snow in the morning and then as soon as the afternoon
it will melt and the thing is here
It's warm here. I've been told it's just warm in Wrocław.
This is the warmest region so then
it's not the most lucrative place for the heating industry but
but for people living here it's definitely a good place.
For those of course who like to be warm and for tourists of course. Definitely.
This is the magic... well, maybe not magic.
This is the other side of television.
Because when things are just happening regularly, without a camera
We would not be able to take it here because you would have nothing but...
It would be so full of life back there at the end of the car
All of a sudden we have a camera
Quiet, silence.
Nothing's going on.
They aren't even poking each other. Nothing...
They're sitting seriously like gentlemen.
You know what to do for the future now when they do poke each other.
Yes, starting tomorrow we'll have some info here that the car is under surveillance.
Constant recording on cameras.
The boys will behave like a clock.
We have a music shop Riff here.
Where...
What!? Did they put bars on it?
And I sent them some money...
No, ok there's a window. The entrance is over there.
I thought they maybe packed their bags and
took my money and...
went bankrupt but no, it seems we're safe.
We're picking up a musical instrument from there.
I had a funny situation yesterday, too.
This happened to me when we were coming back... yesterday, right? I was at the little Christmas Eve party?
We were going
from the center home using the public transportation.
A person is familiar with how things work. He knows one can buy a ticket inside the bus paying with a card.
i was with a younger friend of mine.
We're getting on the bus, I am hitting the machine first knowing I can buy the ticket
A 40 minute one.
So ok, the screen displayed the choice, I went into the menu.
So I see, all good but the 40 minute ticket is somewhere lower and you have to move the screen.
There were arrows on a side, like in windows.
The slider, I'm getting it.
I press it, nothing.
There's a line building behind me, everybody's looking.
The time expired. Second attempt.
So my friend comes over and
he just swiped the screen.
A touch screen of course and I'm like... how lame!
But then...
A person is familiar with things, right?
Well yeah, exactly.
Somehow when you're dealing with a smartphone screen
it feels natural that you'd just slide it with the finger.
And here... probably if Olek was doing it he would also just do it by default.
He would just flip his finger up.
The father somehow just had a hang up.
You wanted to hang up the phone.
Yeah, I wanted to hang up the phone and I was like... Eureka!
This is how you hang up the phone.
Our Wrocław sightseeing trip is nearing the end.
The Christmas Market trip.
We managed to see the beautiful Market Square.
See all the attractions of the Christmas Market.
I think everyone will find something for themselves here.
You can totally visit here with your kids, your family.
Eat something good, drink delicious mulled wine.
And just have great time.
Of course we are waiting for snow
We hope to get some snow and have even better Christmas mood.
At the Wrocław Market Square.
Please come visit us next time and in the meantime we're going to end this episode.
We're heading back home. See you!
5zł and when you go through the app
2.5zł and you enter without any help.
All you have to do is smile when you get close.
And there, it opens!
No touching, just a smile!