Oh-ho-tah. It means "willingness" or... "desire" ("Streetcar named Desire" ;) ) - name of this district was taken from the tavern of the same name, built there in 19th century.
Seller was probably not Ukrainian. This habit of making business in the street is Turkish, Gypsy, Arabic, sometimes Italian, most likely blend of Moldovan with MiddleEast immigrants.
@@TravelwithMrJon He's right. After the moscovian invasion many of these street dodgers selling counterfeit parfumes became "Ukrainian refugees" overnight .
@@TravelwithMrJon haha no it was actually the Michelin Guide :D. Funny though if it would be mentioned in the Michelin Catalogue :). They got Michelin Bib Gourmand award of excellence. It's not a star it's something different.
@@jadwigapomaska3158 It must be you are really good but not quite there yet. Right next to that Michelin man is the steakhouse. Every staff is dressed up. I can see that.
If you like cartoon graffiti you need to visit Poznań. There is a street artist named KAWU that is painting polish and international cartoon characters all over the city. He is also a fan od KKS Lech Poznań and is painting Koziołek Matołek whereever he goes with the football team. Stockholm, Florence etc.
Don't worry, we Varsovians also find West Bus Station very sketchy. The guy that tried to sell you fake perfumes was 100% a Gypsy and not a Ukrainian like he was telling you. They are there everyday, harassing us and tourists alike. On the other hand, inside the building it is filled with Ukrainians and ads in Ukrainian. For us going inside is like visiting another country and I am not even joking it is so surreal. Also the building is one of the ugliest in Warsaw and everyone here hates it but the national bus carrier (Polonus) which owns the building has zero money to renovate it since it is constantly declining and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Couple of years ago they were forced by health and safety inspectors to remove old rusty roofs from over the platforms because it posed a severe risk to people, but they had no money for new roofing so still to this day there is no cover from rain if you are waiting for a bus on a platform. 😂😂 Anyways, welcome to Warsaw! 🧜♀
@batmangaming9770 thanks for sharing all of this. I thought he might be a Gypsy. Seems a likely story. Funnier about the building being ugliest in Warsaw. Too bad I didn't film there :)
He should go to see his embassy and compare it to the adjacent buildings …and share his impression with us -) and go to eat the polish food - mokotowska 22 street “bar mleczny”. I recommend him to order - “kotlet schabowy z ziemniakami and kompot and soup - grochówka”.
@betelgezaa I did an older vlog on that part of Warsaw. Sorry it's gone now. Yes the US Embassy and the Reagan statue are different compared to the other buildings and that section of Warsaw. I've lived in Poland the last year so eaten plenty of Polish food.
@@TravelwithMrJonduring the communist times in 1950s the friendship between the USA and Russia was so strong that the USA was allowed to demolish a stylish palace and build its glass embassy - which looks horrible and doesn’t fit to the other historic buildings…..
Don't believe that "kotlet schabowy" is traditional polish dish. Only people born after the war think so. It's just a soviet-era ersatz of wiener schnitzel - made with pork instead of veal and with too much breadcrumbs because polish gastronomic tradition was to cheat on weight. Back than the only factor that mattered was "grammage" - the dish was supposed to have a certain weight as whole :) Especially in late communism when shortages of meat from temporary became permanent :)
I lived in one of those drab looking communist apartment buildings in the 80's but in another city called Rzeszow and elevator shafts were the same i lived on the 8th floor and you could look all the way down the shaft.
@pawel115 I have been to Rzeszow, well through it many times. Did looking down that elevator shaft ever scare you? The image of my hotel one still does for me. :)
I have just recantly read insightfull summary of your 1 year stay in P. Yes, you are right. In every aspect. Its about 30 % of population. And its getting worst and worst. I am very sad. It wasnt like that a few years before.
Hey, instead of showing more than half of the video(not half but about 92% of time) your face, you could show Warsaw and talk at the same time! Even showing the bathroom for a few seconds you entered the frame :D ;P
@petersharps3923 There are more than enough YT channels out there to go watch. I set this up for a reason. If you don't like how it is, no worries on moving along to other walking vlogs, Warsaw related material. Enjoy and happy watching whatever you find.
@@TravelwithMrJon See, I tell you what's not OK in these movies and you react with meanness, anger, I know what people like because I've been using YT since practically the beginning of TH-cam. Tell me what is the meaning of such frames / shots as those from the above video. ? What is the reason you are talking about? This is a travel vlog, not about taking a selfie. So these films would benefit much more if you showed more cities, surroundings! Warsaw especially deserves it
@petersharps3923 you are entitled to your perspective just as I can vlog how I want. It is simply waking around and talking. Thanks for watching but if it’s not your cup of tea it’s all good.
Speaking of Ukrainian men. Yes, since last year they cannot freely leave Ukraine, but it does not change the fact that several hundred thousand of them lived in Poland before the start of the "three-day special operation". So it's not like you can meet only Ukrainian women in Poland. And by the way. I appreciate that someone finally showed the worst and ugliest possible way to get to "Stalin's Gift" After such a trip, everything in the center of Warsaw must seem beautiful ;)
@drex44 good point on the Ukrainian front. I should know better as I met many long time residents during my time in Poland, lol too funny about my walk to Stalin’s gift 😏. Yes rest of city was a dream as you will see in part two on Thursday.
Lots of young Ukrainian men live in Poland. Ukraine is a theoretical country. Corruption in Ukraine is rampant. Law is only for poor and not influential ones.
@@TravelwithMrJon You forgot that I'm Polish and I don't talk to strangers 😉 I suppose if you used that perfume and you smelled good, he might follow you home. Nice smelling men always attract people 😅🤭🤗
@nonperson22 you don't talk to strangers...what about the bus driver? Or waiters? I don't think I want him following me home...on that trip I went to Ukraine so I don't think he was up for a road trip.
This is beautiful. This boy cannot speak English, left alone Polish. Try to ask him to create a sentence without ... kinda, sorta and like... He does not realize that Warsaw is some 500 years old
Thanks for watching although I will ignore the rest of your comment. As someone who has language issues my entire life I do the best I can. You go out there walk around a city, film, and talk, in one take. Not as easy as you think. I would add that constructive comments are always appreciated. Perhaps you should watch other channels and not waste my time with petty comments.
He is just a normal American tourist. His language isn’t countrified. I don’t like the USA as a country but I hold no reservations to Americans. No citizen is accountable for his politicians.
Risen from the ashes...
Welcome to Poland😉🌷💐
A beautiful city and country :)
Oh-ho-tah. It means "willingness" or... "desire" ("Streetcar named Desire" ;) ) - name of this district was taken from the tavern of the same name, built there in 19th century.
@mkozlinski cool fact :) Thanks for sharing.
Great
Thanks for watching.
Seller was probably not Ukrainian. This habit of making business in the street is Turkish, Gypsy, Arabic, sometimes Italian, most likely blend of Moldovan with MiddleEast immigrants.
@peterswiecki7441 I can only base it on what the man said.
@@TravelwithMrJon He's right. After the moscovian invasion many of these street dodgers selling counterfeit parfumes became "Ukrainian refugees" overnight .
Nice vid! Lived in Krakow for 2 years and still not been to Warsaw 😅 def make it this summer though
You should! It's worth exploring both sides of the river.
That smiley face on the sign show that you have entered my territory 😉
@nonperson22 it was only a matter of time till I found you. Wow, so your face is everywhere in Warsaw. Impressive.
@@TravelwithMrJon In Warsaw ? I operate all over Poland and the world 🤗
@nonperson22 the world? That's great...will look for you back in the USA
The Michelin dude is there because the restaurant had a Michelin catalogue recommendation one year :)
@jadwigapomaska3158 the catalogue as opposed to a star 😂
@@TravelwithMrJon haha no it was actually the Michelin Guide :D. Funny though if it would be mentioned in the Michelin Catalogue :). They got Michelin Bib Gourmand award of excellence. It's not a star it's something different.
@@jadwigapomaska3158 It must be you are really good but not quite there yet. Right next to that Michelin man is the steakhouse. Every staff is dressed up. I can see that.
Ochota is pronounced O'Hotha. The second O is a round semi long, like in the word Cottage, if you pronounce it with an O.
@333klaxon thanks for the help on how to say the word.
Plain donut or donut with rose jam you can try fresh in places like that😉🌷
I know. I should have stopped but was focused on getting to the bed and breakfast.
Didn't you have more videos from Poland, ones from the north? Are they gone?
Usunął je, FBI go zastraszyło ;)
@vanirose yes, I had previous ones. Stupid me deleted all of them. Starting over.
If you like cartoon graffiti you need to visit Poznań. There is a street artist named KAWU that is painting polish and international cartoon characters all over the city. He is also a fan od KKS Lech Poznań and is painting Koziołek Matołek whereever he goes with the football team. Stockholm, Florence etc.
@qbadzi928 I have to visit then. I enjoy cartoon graffiti for sure. As long as it's in good taste :)
Hotel Sobieski already in white
Where are you from Jonathan? nice video's
@syncro1987 Boston USA originally. Was based in Krakow the past year.
you have only 246 subs? you make videos on very high level
@YYPAPRYKA short story - I used to have 684...then deleted the channel. Started over one month ago. Thanks for watching :)
Don't worry, we Varsovians also find West Bus Station very sketchy. The guy that tried to sell you fake perfumes was 100% a Gypsy and not a Ukrainian like he was telling you. They are there everyday, harassing us and tourists alike. On the other hand, inside the building it is filled with Ukrainians and ads in Ukrainian. For us going inside is like visiting another country and I am not even joking it is so surreal. Also the building is one of the ugliest in Warsaw and everyone here hates it but the national bus carrier (Polonus) which owns the building has zero money to renovate it since it is constantly declining and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Couple of years ago they were forced by health and safety inspectors to remove old rusty roofs from over the platforms because it posed a severe risk to people, but they had no money for new roofing so still to this day there is no cover from rain if you are waiting for a bus on a platform. 😂😂
Anyways, welcome to Warsaw! 🧜♀
@batmangaming9770 thanks for sharing all of this. I thought he might be a Gypsy. Seems a likely story. Funnier about the building being ugliest in Warsaw. Too bad I didn't film there :)
He should go to see his embassy and compare it to the adjacent buildings …and share his impression with us -) and go to eat the polish food - mokotowska 22 street “bar mleczny”. I recommend him to order - “kotlet schabowy z ziemniakami and kompot and soup - grochówka”.
@betelgezaa I did an older vlog on that part of Warsaw. Sorry it's gone now. Yes the US Embassy and the Reagan statue are different compared to the other buildings and that section of Warsaw. I've lived in Poland the last year so eaten plenty of Polish food.
@@TravelwithMrJonduring the communist times in 1950s the friendship between the USA and Russia was so strong that the USA was allowed to demolish a stylish palace and build its glass embassy - which looks horrible and doesn’t fit to the other historic buildings…..
@betelgezaa I didn't know this fact. It certainly looks out of place to some of the palaces on that street. Good information. Thanks.
Don't believe that "kotlet schabowy" is traditional polish dish. Only people born after the war think so. It's just a soviet-era ersatz of wiener schnitzel - made with pork instead of veal and with too much breadcrumbs because polish gastronomic tradition was to cheat on weight. Back than the only factor that mattered was "grammage" - the dish was supposed to have a certain weight as whole :) Especially in late communism when shortages of meat from temporary became permanent :)
@@mkozlinski Didn't know this at all. What great information :) Thanks.
I lived in one of those drab looking communist apartment buildings in the 80's but in another city called Rzeszow and elevator shafts were the same i lived on the 8th floor and you could look all the way down the shaft.
@pawel115 I have been to Rzeszow, well through it many times. Did looking down that elevator shaft ever scare you? The image of my hotel one still does for me. :)
I have just recantly read insightfull summary of your 1 year stay in P. Yes, you are right. In every aspect. Its about 30 % of population. And its getting worst and worst. I am very sad. It wasnt like that a few years before.
@nawgra8455 thanks for reading the summary. I have only been away ten days but miss Poland quite a bit even with what I wrote. :)
Hey, instead of showing more than half of the video(not half but about 92% of time) your face, you could show Warsaw and talk at the same time! Even showing the bathroom for a few seconds you entered the frame :D ;P
@petersharps3923 There are more than enough YT channels out there to go watch. I set this up for a reason. If you don't like how it is, no worries on moving along to other walking vlogs, Warsaw related material. Enjoy and happy watching whatever you find.
@@TravelwithMrJon See, I tell you what's not OK in these movies and you react with meanness, anger,
I know what people like because I've been using YT since practically the beginning of TH-cam. Tell me what is the meaning of such frames / shots as those from the above video. ? What is the reason you are talking about?
This is a travel vlog, not about taking a selfie. So these films would benefit much more if you showed more cities, surroundings! Warsaw especially deserves it
@petersharps3923 you are entitled to your perspective just as I can vlog how I want. It is simply waking around and talking. Thanks for watching but if it’s not your cup of tea it’s all good.
Speaking of Ukrainian men. Yes, since last year they cannot freely leave Ukraine, but it does not change the fact that several hundred thousand of them lived in Poland before the start of the "three-day special operation". So it's not like you can meet only Ukrainian women in Poland.
And by the way. I appreciate that someone finally showed the worst and ugliest possible way to get to "Stalin's Gift" After such a trip, everything in the center of Warsaw must seem beautiful ;)
@drex44 good point on the Ukrainian front. I should know better as I met many long time residents during my time in Poland, lol too funny about my walk to Stalin’s gift 😏. Yes rest of city was a dream as you will see in part two on Thursday.
Lots of young Ukrainian men live in Poland. Ukraine is a theoretical country. Corruption in Ukraine is rampant. Law is only for poor and not influential ones.
This Ukrainian didn't want to sell you anything. It's a kind of Ukrainian small talk, he wanted to make friend with you 😉
@nonperson22 I should have had him talk to you...what if I had kept the perfume in my hand, would he have followed me home?
@@TravelwithMrJon You forgot that I'm Polish and I don't talk to strangers 😉
I suppose if you used that perfume and you smelled good, he might follow you home. Nice smelling men always attract people 😅🤭🤗
@nonperson22 you don't talk to strangers...what about the bus driver? Or waiters? I don't think I want him following me home...on that trip I went to Ukraine so I don't think he was up for a road trip.
@@TravelwithMrJon Bus ? The boss of the smiley face gang doesn't go the bus 😉
@@nonperson22 Noted :)
This is beautiful. This boy cannot speak English, left alone Polish. Try to ask him to create a sentence without ... kinda, sorta and like... He does not realize that Warsaw is some 500 years old
Thanks for watching although I will ignore the rest of your comment. As someone who has language issues my entire life I do the best I can. You go out there walk around a city, film, and talk, in one take. Not as easy as you think. I would add that constructive comments are always appreciated. Perhaps you should watch other channels and not waste my time with petty comments.
He is just a normal American tourist. His language isn’t countrified. I don’t like the USA as a country but I hold no reservations to Americans. No citizen is accountable for his politicians.
country if mine and i are happy
is that a jojo reference hol horse
not intended no 😂