The tram today is very crowded. I guess my age is starting to show as someone quickly offers their seat to me. Such behavior is common here as Poles are very polite. Cars here will readily stop for people to cross the street – we see as well in northern Maine, but Szczecin is a city with a population of 400,000. Poles when they see a colleague for the first time that day shake hands. The Polish Dziękuję (thank you) and Prosę (please, or you are welcome) are perhaps the most spoken words in Poland.