I just got back from Warsaw -- all that flying on a weekend is pretty rough, but I had a good time and EVEN SCORED AN OP-UP on the YUL-AMS leg on KLM! Great success!

I could not find the green bus for $1 -- I looked around both inside and outside the terminal, and didn't see anything... so I sucked it up, channeled my inner New Yorker, and grabbed the 175.

Get your tickets inside the terminal from the little sundries store. In Polish, you can say "pop-roh-shey bee-let otto-boos". You will get two small 1,80 tickets (3,60 is just a little more than $1 USD). The bus station is right across the street (exit the door, cross the street to the island (but not over to the parking garage), turn left... you'll see a bus stop). The 175 wasn't nearly as scary as it was made out to be -- but I live in NYC. I validated my tickets (giganticly important... you'll be fined if you don't... the validator can't be missed inside the bus) sat down, minded my business, didn't look lost... and was fine.

On the 175, you're probably headed to the centrum (zehn troom) station. It's like 21 stops or something ridiculous.

I had a very early morning flight out, so I took a cab from the hotel.
To the cab driver: ee-leh kosh-TOO-yeh do lotnitzko (how much to the airport). Polish numbers are *stupid difficult* to pronounce though, compared to most phrases you learn. The driver estimated 40 PLN... It was about 35 pln from the marriott (the meter was on, it was a legit cab) to the airport in the early morning (12 USD). The Polish travel security had some *incredibly hot female agents* carrying guns. The Air France checkin is only two kiosks or the queue for the agents and the queue for the kiosks was ridiculous! Sky Priority for the win!

I'll echo the thing about the tricky ATMs -- don't use the fixed rate. Use the variable rate... I think it was the option on the left. It will prompt "are you sure? we can guarantee you a fixed rate!" I think the fixed rate was 2.8 or something ridiculous.

The airport in Poland has free wifi -- find the "ING INTERNET GATE". It's a strange Orange seating area that serves up free wi-fi.

This site was *super helpful* and the pronunciations are spot on. http://www.europe-cities.com/en/667/...seful-phrases/
I spoke to several people who told me I was very clear and easy to understand. I spent a few weeks learning a bunch of phrases, and tried to conduct all of my business in Polish. Everyone in the hotel spoke English and tried to help me out of a jam... they seemed very pleased that I was trying. A few simple phrases (good day, good evening, thank you,etc) go a long way and aren't terribly difficult. Bonus!

If anyone has any questions, please let me know here in the public forum so we can share the knowledge with others!