Getting a driving license in Poland

I'm sorry that I didn't post from a long time - that's because I was focused on my driving exam. Passing a driving exam is not a simply thing in Poland, especially since 2012 (it's a year of new regulations). For example, a friend of my father wanted to have a driving license. He tried several times, but he can't pass it. Then he got angry and went to Belgium (where he lives from time to time) and passed his exam immediately :D

In my opinion, a theoretical exam is very difficult. You have to know a lot of information, such as maximum width of a car (2,55m), a minimum width of a pavement, where you can park (1,5m) or what is the distance between a traffic sign and what it signs (150-300m in a road, where you can drive more than 60km/h... if less, then <100m... But! it doesn't include a sign "give way" - the distance is 50m in a road where you can drive fast, or 25m in a normal road)... It's only a few facts you must to know if you want to pass ;)

Okay, you want to pass it anyway - what do you have to do? Firstly, you must to fill a computer exam and gain at lasts 68 to 74 points (there are 32 questions), and then you must to drive properly in a curve route. If you do it, you'll go to the city roads with your examiner. And then you pass your exam :)

How does Poland look like? ;)

Some artists imagine countries as people, animals etc. It is called "anthropomorphism". I've found a few examples how people imagine Poland.

Himaruya Hidekazu is an author of manga (a Japanese comic) - "Hetalia Axis Powers". Characters are personifications of countries; the story tells about cultural stereotypes and historical events.

In this comic Poland is a young blonde man named Feliks Łukasiewicz. His name references to the history - Poland is like phoenix, who will never give up, no matter how many wars and partitions it'll experience. Even if the country disappeared, it would rebirth from ash again.
I think it's a beautiful comparison...

Feliks Łukasiewicz. He is also in right side of my blog ;)

There is also a comicweb "Countryballs". It is a group of short, funny stories mainly about nowadays events, sometimes historical. As the name suggests, the characters are "country, who are balls" :P They have colors like their flags. But no one knows, why the colors of Poland are upside down...^^'

For example, one of these comic (about Poland and Ukraine) - CLICK! ;)

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The most known Polish painter, Jan Matejko, painted a work "Polonia - Rok 1863" during the January Uprising. The canvas shows Russian soldiers who are cramming in handcuffs a woman with black hairs - she represents Poland, and blonde woman next to her represents Lithuania.

Jacek Kaczmarski, a famous Polish bard and poet, created an amazing song. He is singing about a young girl, but it's a metaphor of Poland. The title can be translated as "Maiden" or "Lady". 

I love this song - it's sad, but also it is filled with lots of hope. 

If there exists something

That feeds the nightmares with uplift -

Then, in spite of, though and therefore

Such hope can be found in you.