either fellow travelers mark here with
Walters room today we're in Warsaw
Poland for things you don't do when you
are here in Poland I'm gonna get off the
started no need with number one before
we get started with number one I'm gonna
start at number zero the thing you need
to know before you come here is don't
tell or call the Polish Eastern
Europeans you will not make any friends
saying that if you look on the map
you'll see the Poland is actually in the
center of Europe a little bit north but
it's in the center of Europe and they
like to be called central Europeans not
Eastern European so I want to get that
one out of the way first because that's
probably your quickest don't really
upset people so remember don't say
Eastern Europe okay now when you're
gonna meet the Polish people here are
second or I guess our first don't for
you is don't shake hands
or say goodbye over the threshold like
in a doorway people really don't like
that so either make it a choose your
side are you in the door or you out of
the door when you shake hands and say
goodbye just one of those little things
there and if you do get to meet some
Polish people and they invite you to
your home when you go there if you see
they're wearing slippers or they're not
wearing shoes you don't wear your shoes
in the house either it's kind of rude
that way so just three quick little ones
to start off with just to give you some
ideas of hospitality here in Poland
so our next don't for you has to do with
the language look don't underestimate
how helpful a few words of Polish will
be for you and your visit here whether
you're up in Gdansk you're down at
Cracow or Lublin or wherever because we
all know that no one watching this video
price speaks polish unless you're polish
by ancestry and the thing is is the
poles know that and so they learned that
you know theologically speaking English
or German or Russian and stuff like that
to help out the tourists but the thing
is if you know a free words and polish
it really opens the door like people are
really happy even if it's just like Jin
Korea which is like thank you our pro
scene which is pleased our Pivo which is
beer I remember I was like people put a
seemed like hey you know there is so
happy with it and it really goes a long
way to open up to people because seals
the old note some people seem kind of
dour and quiet and Stern sometimes and
that's one way to open them up
okay now our next don't for you is don't
worry about busting your the bank when
you come here to Poland pulling is
extremely affordable country to visit
hotels eating drinking all kinds of
stuff making merry it is really cheap
here also going to museums is really
affordable as well so it's a nice place
to check out that's why when you go to
Krakow they get ten million tourists
from you know high-end tourist alone
low-end and low-income not well income
but people are spending a lot of money
on tourism because it's not a expensive
place to be so that's the kind of a cool
thing now my fifth don't for you kind of
goes along with that cheap eating and
drinking don't drink in public in Poland
look you can get arrested or fined for
drinking in public now you see this guys
square here yes you can eat and drink at
the restaurants and the bars like that
no problem but if you're gonna like take
up some wine or a beer some the local
beer which are pretty good here and go
take that to a park and drink there with
your friends you can get in trouble with
the cops so make sure you do not drink
in public to go along with that don't
don't forget you need to have an ID with
you all the time if you don't want to
carry your passport with you what I do
is I actually have my driver's license
from home and a photocopy of my passport
with my passport locked up back at the
hotel so you do have that because the
cops could ask you for it if they really
wanted to they usually don't bother the
tourists so it's not that big of a deal
but just in case so you know now our
next stunt for you is don't try to pay
with big Bill's now big Bill's are like
fifty swati's or 100 Sporty's like 100
or 50 it was like under 20 because
people ask you all do you have anything
smaller they're always gonna ask for a
smaller bill the thing is when you go to
the ATMs it gives you 50 s and a
hundreds when you go get a beer or
something like that it's you know seven
or eight and like odd you have some
smaller bills you have some smaller
bills so when you go to museums you go
to like big stores and stuff like that
use the bigger bills there the hundreds
and stuff like that to break them into
tens and 20s so then you can go get your
little snacks maybe you want your little
you know Polish donut or you want to go
get a hot dog or something like that
when you're here or just grab a beer you
need that change ok so don't use the big
Bill's here right another don't I half
you don't forget to tip when you are
here usually a tip ten to fifteen
percent ten percent normal fifteen
percent of its good but you can look on
the men
when some restaurants already put that
10% on there I know the place I waited
here on the square and I remember don't
but you're not gonna bust the bank so it
wasn't I hope didn't feel group table
because it was so cheap the 10% was
already included she was very nice and
helpful I gave her a little bit extra on
there no big deal okay and going along
with that when you pay your bill the
Louis asks you don't play with credit
card or cash if you're gonna pay with
cash if you put the money in the little
thing and give it to them don't say
thank you unless you want them to keep
all the money okay so let's say you know
you got a hundred 110 bill and you give
them 150 you say thank you or genku you
know they go a 40 40 40 tip for me and
they'll just walk away with it
you need to tell them here is this then
they'll bring your change back and then
you leave your tip like that so you have
those things there what I try to do is
just have the tip already there now you
might tell them look I want to pay 140
and so they'll just have the tip from
there and give your ten back if you have
a hundred and a 50 no big deal they're
my tenth don't feel is don't be late the
polls are actually pretty much an on
time kind of people like their German
neighbors if you're going to be late to
somebody's house you're gonna visit make
sure you call or text them or whatsapp
them before so they know you're coming
behind because it's kind of rude to be
late when you are here I mean we were at
the muse I was at the Museum this
morning and it's supposed to open up at
10:00 the guy unlocked it like in 1001
if you were like come on it says 10
o'clock let's go you know so you do have
that there so make sure you are on time
and my last don't for you is don't fall
for the nature tourism propaganda in
Poland look you'll see lots and lots and
lots and lots and lots of tourism videos
about the nature of Poland and there are
some beautiful nature's here the Tatras
mountains in the south bicycle pay me
goes you know skiing in the summer or
summer in the winter you can go to the
Missourian lakes the north it's just
beautiful there's Castle there there's
all kinds of great nature here but look
it was your first time to Pullen focus
on the cool cities that are here Krakow
is amazing with the with the Town Square
and the cloth hall and the churches in
the vaudeville Hill and you can go out
to see Auschwitz and Birkenau the
concentration cancers are very moving
you go up to Gdansk in the very north
and see that city it's beautiful
Lublin come here and check out Warsaw
and you can get around pretty easy don't
worry about getting around I guess
there'll be another one don't worry
about getting around and Poland there's
lots of buses and trains that go all
over the place it is a big country so it
does take time but don't be too worried
about it anyway do some of the don'ts we
have about Poland I actually have
another don't video just for Krakow that
don'ts of Krakow which I hope you'll
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Warsaw