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Old 24.10.2011, 12:39
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Polish couple in Zug

Hello everyone,

It's really good to be here on this forum!

We are Polish couple in their late 20's and we moved from Dublin to Zug recently.
My husband works in IT and I am physiotherapist and massage therapist by profession.

I worked with children for last few years in preschools and as Learning Support Assistant in English speaking environment - mostly big international schools and mostly with expats' children. I also provided learn and play therapy and I would like to find something similar in Zug or Zurich but I don't speak any German....

We lived in Ireland where we planned to stay a bit longer as we love the country and the atmosphere there... people are lovely there but things changed suddenly and now we are here trying to assimilate and get to know Switzerland little by little... life can be unpredictable

It is very different from what I know and as I lived in US for a year and then traveled to South Africa, Ireland in 2008 and Germany for short period of time I was sure this experience was enough to prepare me for and so called 'culture shock' but it affects me...

So far as everyone else I hope to make the best of it and this forum is with no doubt excellent source of information and the best place to get support and talk to others in similar situation so Many Thanks for that!

Zug is really quiet, even too quiet but I hope to get used to it with time and hope not to go crazy before
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Old 24.10.2011, 13:00
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Re: Polish couple in Zug

Welcome to the forum and Switzerland.

Get yourself down to Pickwicks and mingle with the people there.

I don't think there are any EF events in Zug so you might have to get the train up to Zuerich which is a little bit more lively
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Re: Polish couple in Zug

A warm welcome to the forum from another Polish couple, living in Zurich.
Hope you get settled in soon.
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Old 24.10.2011, 15:37
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Re: Polish couple in Zug

My wife and I both have Polish ancestry, and until she married me she even had a Polish surname (but only speaks Italian).

But her Polish great-grand father was born in 1843, and came here as a political refugee about 1865 and married a Swiss (from Winterthur), and my Polish great-grandparents were born around 1885 and went to the US!

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Re: Polish couple in Zug

Hi Izabela,,,I am also Polish. Me and my husband moved from UK couple months ago,,,If you want to meet for coffee or chat let me know,,,all the best
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Hello
I am polish too and moving to ruschlikon end of the year

Good luck
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And I thought Sagitta sounds exotic
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A warm welcome to the forum from another Polish couple, living in Zurich.
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I should answer like Borat then: 'Jak się masz???'
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Oh, I'm into the exotic, but I've never hidden my nationality on this forum.
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Re: Polish couple in Zug

hi Izabela,
I am italian and live in Zug since 2008.

There's quite an active expat community there too, please feel free to check it out on www.zug4you.ch website

cheers
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Old 28.10.2011, 11:12
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Re: Polish couple in Zug

Welcome to the Forum!

I live in Baar just next door.

Check out the Zug expat men's and women's clubs.

Activities include Happy Hours, Wine Tasting, Hiking, Bowling, Skiing,
Christmas parties as well as many others.


Men's
http://www.imcz.com/ClubInfo.asp

Women's
http://www.ziwc.ch/
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Re: Polish couple in Zug

I checked ZIWC and this is good place to be. They are lovely Looking forward to host some of them in my flat in March
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