Not in, but a hearty +1 to you for paying it forward to your fellow Goglodyes!!!

And the first thing I think of when I hear Poland is Wiedźmin.

Friends!

and i love Tatra

Hey, really? Our embassy reacted on that? Looks quite funny. Didn't know we have such opinion. Sorry! :)
I think in Poland we have similar associations with Arabs :) It looks that stereotypes may vary between nations ;)
Hand-made gearbox blockade was enough to stop them, but I'd not be surprised if someone tried virulent animals during that crazy nineties ;)

Thanks for you post!

Regarding your plans - I think you and your wife should feel safe to visit us! I don't know how it looks in media, they sometimes exaggerate, but in reality racism is really marginal in Poland. I suppose it's also consequence of Poland being still quite homogeneous country, we have very small minorities and (paradoxically perhaps) there is no racial tensions here.

We have ~38 million people and I suppose you can find at least one example of every possible behaviour or crime, of course, but I bet racial crimes rate in Poland is one of the lowest in Europe. Also risky districts are also quite rare in Poland. In most of European countries you should be aware where are you walking after dark. There is no such contrasts in Poland, at least not as sharp.

Greetings for you and your wife. Good luck with financial matters and see you in Poland someday, I hope! ;)

Usually, the first things that comes to my mind when I hear the word Polony are WWII, a Brazilian guy that went there to live with his Polish Catholic girlfriend and the "Witcher" books and games. It is hard for me to put them in a specific order.

By the way, I am in for Deus Ex: GOTY Edition!

I'm in for the age of decadence.

When i think of poland there are 3 things. First, of course, cd project.^^

Second. The very difficult history between germany and poland. i hope that someday we can be friends, not just in the political sense but friends in general. Without hate and without living in the past.

third, the market in poland, lol. so many greedy germans buying in the poland market, driving over the border just for cheap gas.......sry for these kind of germans.

and last but not least. Dying Light. i have this game on the ps4, gog and steam. i also bought it for a friend. so i payed 4 times for it. what a great polish game (sry witcher^^).

Well, yeah, that would be nice! :)

Paradoxically I think that Poland and Germany have very similar understanding of the last part of the history - and it's a nice start for good relations.

Please, note that there is no such common understanding between e.g. Poland and Russia (Russia often refuse to remember Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and what happened 17/09/1939) or Poland and our Western allies (we started to understand we were simply betrayed by them, but not sure if it's part of their version of history).

...which may had something to do with Poland annexing parts of Czechoslovakia.

Wait a sec - could you elaborate a bit more? I'm very interested in differences in different countries' historical perspectives. Do you mean that some Western countries looks at that incident as a reason to not fulfil their obligations as military allies?

By the way - that event is well known in Poland and is a part of education. The history of that region is nicely explained by Wikipedia. In short - from our perspective it was a try to save Polish people from Zaolzie from German occupation. However it was obviously terrible political mistake made by Poland. Wikipedia: The Germans were delighted with this outcome, and were happy to give up the sacrifice of a small provincial rail centre to Poland in exchange for the ensuing propaganda benefits. It spread the blame of the partition of the Republic of Czechoslovakia, made Poland a participant in the process and confused political expectations. Poland was accused of being an accomplice of Nazi Germany – a charge that Warsaw was hard-put to deny.

It will take some time, but someday poland and russia will talk, i am sure about it. History is very difficult and a very sensible subject.

Not in for the giveaway - but thanks for the quality offerings and I hope you had a nice Constitution Day!

The first (and last) thing that comes to my mind when I think about Poland is pierogi, always pierogi. Filled with deer, preferably. Or any of the sweet ones, with berries. Yesterday, I finally watched Ogniem i Mieczem in its entirety so my fantasy now involves charging down a hill with the winged Husaria and skewering tasty giant pierogi with my lance, and Krzesimir Debski's music playing in the background.

Hello ciemnogrodzianin!

If you don't mind I will enter this giveaway for Age of Decadence.

I'm also from Poland and my answer for your question about first thoughts coming to mind about this country is same like your - it's home.

Thank you for your generosity, have a nice day and good luck to everyone :)

Thanks for the giveaway! I would be happy to participate for Age of Decadence.

I visited Warsaw several years ago and was surprised to learn how much of it was rebuilt after World War II, and I appreciated the reconstruction effort when I was walking in the historic centre.

This has nothing to do with a country's perspective since at least that isn't taught in school here. Being interested in history in general (as everyone should be), it is rather common knowledge as often times historians see it as part of the reason as well as contemporaries (Daladier and Churchill as the more important political figures for example) commenting on it.

Ah, the good old "we are just saving our people" excuse which has never anything to do with the gains of (strategic) territory.

I'm in for Age of Decadence, thanks for this giveaway!

The first thing that comes to my mind related to Poland is The Witcher saga and his creator Andrzej Sapkowski. Along with Star Wars is one of my favorite sagas ever. In addition, I must say that in Poland have been created a lot of my favorite video games.