#534 Travels That Change You: From Spain to Thailand
Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast, Episode 534 with Roy and Ania. They chat about vacations, first trips, spontaneous versus organized travel, and memorable experiences in Spain, Thailand, and Brazil. The episode explores how travel can challenge stereotypes, shape personal growth, and offer surprising cultural lessons.
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00:05 - Introduction to the Episode
01:18 - Traveling Experiences and Memories
05:45 - Exploring Thailand and Brazil
06:37 - Cultural Insights from Traveling
09:01 - Stereotypes and Perceptions of People
13:06 - Tips for Travelers
14:58 - Packing Essentials for a Trip
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Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast. You can find all our episodes on learnpolishpodcast.com.
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Episode number 534, Pince TrzydziÅ Cztery.
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You can get lessons from Anya in Polish or in Spanish, and the links will be
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in both the audio and the video.
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You'll find everything about me, Skype the QR code, or go to rycon.com.
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I also have a school community, so if you're looking to start a podcast, I've got a group on that.
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If you're looking for a virtual assistant, go to va.world. Hello, Tania. Hey!
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Hey! I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm so happy today, but okay.
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Tell me Roy, because I have a good humor, although I don't have a way to go.
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And I think that, after all, I always have a good humor, I'm like,
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I'm going to do it. I think it's good to me.
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When did you last time go to vacation? When did you last time?
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OdpoczywaÅeÅ Last year it was probably a year ago.
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I think you have a I don't leave for a vacation.
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I don't know why. Why do you travel? If you had to tell me, what is the motive?
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I don't know. of time.
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So, I just like to go, I just like to go, I just like to go,
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When was your first trip in life? Because we are traveling on vacation.
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When was your first trip in life?
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I think it was to be in Great Britain. Because I'm a little girl.
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First time I was... Oh, I was young. I was about 6-8 years old.
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Well, you were very young.
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Okay. We have a relationship. So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
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so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
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so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
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so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
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so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
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so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
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so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
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so, so, so, so, so,
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so I think that's a lot. That's a lot. Okay.
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Tell me in the case, what style do you want to travel?
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For example. Do you want to travel spontaneously or organize everything? What is best for you?
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Well, sometimes, like for example.
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When I worked in Irlandia, a colleague said we have apartment in Hispania,
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one person will not be, you have to buy only the same thing. It was two days before.
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I said, okay, it was a fantastic holiday.
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And my last one, my son, we went to Hispania, but in Alicante,
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Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid, Cabrillo,
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so to byÅo, nie wiem, osio miasto, ale bardzo dobrze, ten szybko pociÄ g też
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organizuje, so i domaÄ na Barcelona, so mamy,
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musi byÄ organizuje, kiedy robisz typ samo, ale czasami, na przykÅad,
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kiedy jest podrzut firma,
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Maybe we'll go tomorrow? Okay.
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So, so, last minute. Yeah, exactly.
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Kusek! Roy, how did you speak in hispanic language in which way? A little bit.
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Always... Thank you.
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You know, if you like traveling to hispanic, to ja nie chcÄ ci nic mówiÄ,
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ale tutaj powinieneÅ siÄ poduczyÄ jÄzyka, żeby rozum... Nie,
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ja nażartujÄ. Możesz bez jÄzyka.
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Dobra, czyli tak, to zależy, no spontanicznie, wszystko ma plusy i minusy,
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tak? Nasze ulubione sÅowo zależy.
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Dobra, a powiedz mi w ciÄ gu twojego życia, czy miaÅaÅ jakÄ Å takÄ podróż,
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która jakoÅ ciÄ zaskoczyÅa?
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Nie wiem, może to byÅo jakieÅ miejsce, w jakim byÅeÅ i nie wiem,
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byÅo takie, wow, zaskoczyÅo ciÄ.
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Nie wiem, byÅo tam coÅ takiego, and you liked it?
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Was it like a place? Did you like this place? Or a trip?
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Or a typical tourist? In Hispania?
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Valencia? Hello!
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I don't know. I was in the future. I was in Thailand.
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It was a good place. I was in Thailand.
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Yes, it's true. Many people see that they like to travel to Thailand.
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You've been in Thailand, right? What can you tell about Thailand?
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I was on a swan, elephant, right?
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One day, no? Yes, but elephant can go up.
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And I'm going to get a good grip on the ground, on the ground.
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But when you're there, I'm going to get a good grip on the ground.
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No, don't worry. I probably wouldn't drive on the ground.
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Maybe I'll try.
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It's very interesting. And the temple was also very beautiful.
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I was in Bangkok, and for me it was smoke, it was not a nice place for me.
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But then I was in Chiang Mai in Koh Samui, and it was a nice and a beautiful beach.
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Yes, it was a good place. I was also on Brazil.
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And Brazil, because I don't like dogs. I love dogs, right?
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I love you, I don't like them. Totally, totally.
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So I remember, the first moment was dogs, like, a lot of dogs.
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You're just dogs, right? Yes, I was like Matrix.
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Look at the dogs. We were on Amazon. Mm-hmm.
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I don't know. Come back to me.
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But there were a few places in Brazil, because there was a lot of space.
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Like São Paulo, very white and beautiful.
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Rio, for me, you have to always look at it.
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I don't like it when I can't relax. sovach, tak, ale byl ischmy na fugasu chyba, to jest waterfall.
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To byÅo piÄkne energy, tak, to byÅo bardzo dobra.
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To, no, nie dziwi siÄ, wodospad to musi byÄ na pewno bardzo fajna rzecz do zobaczenia,
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na pewno impresjonujÄ ce.
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No dobrze, a powiedz mi, w takim razie, no wÅaÅnie, mówimy, że wodospad,
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mówimy, że impresjonujÄ ce, robi wrażenie,
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no to powiedz mi w takim razie, w jaki sposób takie podróże wÅaÅnie na inny
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kontynent, do innego kraju, where culture and everything is different.
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They can influence us in the way.
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What can change in us is that they are in the way.
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For example, I go to Amazon and I see anaconda.
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I see something, which I never saw in the way.
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I see it only in books, in the film, in the phone, and suddenly I see it myself.
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And also the feeling that you are alone, far away, right?
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With crazy animals, with some kind of cats, and anaconda.
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Well, how can it impact us on our character? Or what do you think?
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How do you think? Do you think the trips can educate us?
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I don't know if the trips are... Maybe so, but when a person lives for example
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in another country, when I work here,
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when a person works in Irlandia, na Niemetskie Norwej,
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I think it's different, because sometimes people, who live in one country,
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think that everything is like mother and dad say, or the teacher says,
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because it's not a problem.
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And when you're in another country, you see how the system is,
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how people are, and when you come back, you change your mind.
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Yes, it's very interesting.
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Once you don't know, you don't see, you don't see, you don't believe,
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you don't believe. You don't believe in stereotypes.
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Like for example, here I just hate you in Hispania.
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No, because of the time I live with stereotypes, that all are in Hispania,
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that they are very friendly, that they want to be your friends.
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I think that you also have a stereotype in mind. So I can say probably everyone.
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And I can say that I'm not a bad person. So I think everybody has a personal
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impression, a positive or negative.
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I think that's when it's about people's relationship, I'm better with the Spanish
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people, and tourists, because I'm a tourist, unfortunately,
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but it's not at all that everyone has to be good for you.
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I don't know, Roy, what are your thoughts on this topic? For example,
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what is the stereotype about the Poles?
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I said about the Hispanics, that they are kind of nice, although it's not a
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lot. Water, water, water.
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And water. And water, right. But the question is, is everyone drinking water?
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Yeah, I też, bo ja pamiÄtam, dużo ludzi mówi niemieckich ludzi niemiÅo,
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niemiÅo, niemiÅo. Tutaj dużo Polaków.
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I don't like German. I was in Berlin and it was very nice.
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Everything was very nice, cultural.
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It was a beautiful place, Berlin and Munich. But when you listen to people, it was all nice.
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Let's say that we have a foundation to say.
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The history is what it is. But sometimes you can't do history,
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because when you win, you write history.
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No, it's true.
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No, Niemcy, you know, they won't play it. No, it's just a bit of history.
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It's the next podcast, next time. So we'll talk about it.
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Okay, so now a quick question. Do you have to go to the same group or in the group?
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Ty, if you could now say quickly, you have to go to the group?
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To what you choose? Szybka decision.
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ByÅem na event na Estonia za miesiÄ c samo,
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ale kiedy byÅem, to jest ludzi, kto może teraz jest w sieci, to byÅo, co ja mogÄ samo,
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ale niech mam ochotÄ na samo i robiÄ wszystko samo, bo to nie jest.
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But now I'm with my son or my mother,
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because I love my family close to my family and time is good for me.
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I tell you that at my last vacation, a year ago, in Hispanii,
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I was alone and I played great.
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So it depends.
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What is it? I would have been doing it. I would have been doing it.
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I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. Okay.
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Now tell me...
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What would you like to do three things for people who want to travel?
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But, I don't know, let's say, don't do this. I don't know why,
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just don't. What would you like to do three things for them?
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I don't know, listen, I'm like, traveling is nice because... No, right. And why?
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Because there is another culture, another culture.
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Maybe, for example, for me, when I was in Hispanii, I don't know,
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ten times, this is a very nice place, and it's very warm,
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so it's one time.
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It's like It's Everything is in And Your head will teach.
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I don't know, when you look at the mountain, the beach,
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everything, but you also have to pay attention, because maybe there is a safe
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place in home and you don't know where you are, because sometimes it may be
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pickpocket, it may be something,
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so you have to know what will happen.
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There is no way to be. Everything is okay.
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Syf can be even in Poland. It is also a syf. It depends on where.
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You know, to be able to unify syfu.
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Remember, from far away from syfu. Not that, but that's true.
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It's not matter, the country can have a very good renom and reputation and can
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be super safe, but always find a place that is not safe.
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So, even in Poland, which is considered a country that is very very dangerous.
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It also may be a very dangerous place. No, it's not. You never know.
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Well, Roy, now we have a last question.
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Imagine if you are going to take a trip and you can take a trip to yourself only three things.
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What are you going to take a trip to?
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Passport. PieniÄ dze. PieniÄ dze. I co? I...
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Ubrania. I ubrania. A telefonu nie zawierasz?
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No. Czasami, kiedy jest bez telefonu, mam any experience, tak?
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Z czego? Tak. Ja jak nie wezmÄ telefonu, to moi uczniowie siÄ ze mnÄ nie skontaktujÄ .
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No tak. No dobrze. Czyli tak. Ty byÅ wziÄ Å takie rzeczy. No to co?
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I would like to read the comments, which is a lot.
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What would have been listening to us on the trip? I would like to read the comments. Three things, right?
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I would like to read the comments.
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Which I have always a lot. I mean, I would like to say that. Okay, so we're done.
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Thank you. And to all of you who are listening to me very much.
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And we'll see you in the next one. so thank you about so you can get lessons
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from anya or if you want to learn spanish or go to spain she also can help you
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And you'll find everything about me scan the qr code or both the roycalling.com
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and if you're looking to start a podcast i've got a school group and also we've
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got another one on brain fitness so school.com,
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