Disco Polo

Here’s another Major Meander installment of a series on Google Maps translations of establishment reviews from foreign languages. Here, the source is a set of Google Maps reviews (translated from Polish) for a convenience store in Wrocław.

• “Spraying service”
• “Disgusting frog with disco polo. They should forbid it.”
• “The service is not nice, it serves people with a great chick.”
• “Hammocks 2 lady.”
• “Thank you so much for the kiss on the door of the shop owner who didn’t teach the staff a good job!”
• “Now I will have rabaciki and free hot dogs that slow the Lady at the helmet.”
• “Frog like a frog”
• This final one works surprisingly well in English after the translation from the original Polish: “There are two hot chicks in Żabka in Świdnicka. They bustle like bees between customers. But even if you beg them on your knees. Alko after 10 p.m. they won’t sell you.”

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Bonus Notes

Donuts and pretzels are both very popular here in Wrocław. There’s a nearby pretzel shop that always has a line of several people, and they offer big, tasty pretzels with various toppings, each for less than $1. I haven’t tried one of these filled donuts yet:

Every day and night, I’ve wandered in different directions, and every time I find a cool area full of restaurants, shops, bars, breweries, cafes, and lots of people. Below are a couple of photos of this rather hidden nook where 30 neon signs from Communist Poland times were gathered and now hang above various bars and restaurants, giving a cool retro future vibe.

Sorry to generalize, but whenever I’ve noticed a car parked poorly or apparently illegally around the city, it invariably has a Ukrainian license plate. Here’s one that was towed for parking somewhere prohibited:

I’ve noticed many young people in military garb jogging together around town. Recently there were many gathered on the main square – I wasn’t around long enough to determine what they were up to. It was some sort of peaceful show, I guess.

There’s a unique public sculpture collection at a major street intersection. It’s difficult to currently get the full impression due to roadwork, but it’s powerful nonetheless. It’s several people sinking into the sidewalk on one side of the street, each emerging again through the sidewalk on the other side. The work is called Przejście (Passage), and it’s said to represent martial law during a period of Communist Poland, where people had to take their anti-communist sentiment underground.

Some Wrocław photos:

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Today’s travel quote:

When overseas you learn more about your own country than you do the place you’re visiting.

Clint Borgen