Lublin, Poland Travel Blogs

Polska
Jul 14, 2008 (12 photos)

... can say goodbye to the uniform of sandles n shorts that we have so got used to the last few weeks. We are now in Lublin and we are off for another delicous cake n coffee ( this has replaced our daily diet of ice-cream for now) . Banksy ...

First Extermination Camp
Jan 8, 2007

... destroyed compare to all other Polish cities I had seen so far who were more 'new' or completely rebuilt after the war. Lublin still had a fully charming historic downtown. The lighting in the city in this dark winter day was giving quite a feeling on the ...

Week 11. A nation of tragic stories, lovely people
Nov 16, 2005 (36 photos)

... catching the numbers and the hours he was saying...  Now I'm back in Prague.... since the connections to Barcelona from Poland were terrible. I'll be going to Brussels and then flying, all because I got myself 15 euro flights!!! But... here's ...

A Night in the Cloister.
Aug 13, 2009 (9 photos)

... me by being quite nice. It has a pedestrianised old town, leading up to a castle. I had mislaid my guide to Poland and I'd expected Lublin to be like Białystock i.e. a mixture of factories, run-down apartment blocks and sex shops. I hadn't dared to ...

Trip to Lublin and sleeping half the day
Jun 12, 2006

I didn't get a chance to write anything yesterday because we were in Lublin and I had a problem with getting the ADSL modem to work with the laptop. The trip from Warsaw to Lublin took us about two and a half hours and wasn't too bad compared with today's ...

Night train, death camp
Aug 12, 2005

... update...for once A rather bad night train...no bed and a rather full train took us to the eastern edge of poland to lublin to visit a lesser known but more well preserved concentration camp. I'll save the details as I'm sure everyone is well aware of ...

Lublin
Sep 2, 2006

Saturday 2 September

Majdanek Camp
Aug 5, 2008 (7 photos)

  We got up early and ate our first breakfast in Poland. This consisted of watery eggs and rolls with butter and jam. The coffee was Nescafe. Have you ever had Nescafe before? Well, there is nothing that you could do to make Nescafe taste good.  ...

The Storm/ The New Kids Are Here
Jul 31, 2005 (4 photos)

THE STORM: Man oh man it was a storming on Sunday night. It has been really hot here lately so we have been getting a lot of storms at night. But Sunday's was by far the worst. We couldn't see very far out from our balcony because of how hard it ...

Life Lessons
Jul 18, 2005

... here, and USB ports are even harder to find. Well today I'm going to split my writing between ourless fortunate experiences here in Poland, and the my first success story. First story comes right after we got off the bus and into the dorm. My roommate ...

Our Last Class...(tear tear)
Aug 12, 2005

Well summer vacation can now resume. I am officially done with classes, and almost suprisingly sad about it. Our last class consisted of our test (which was not as short, nor as easy as Agnieszka promised it would be). Annnnnnnd we decided to nix the ...

Is it the weekend yet?/
Jul 21, 2005 (12 photos)

So now I'm beginning to wonder how often my friends and I have made it as the topic of some Polish person's dinner table. Today, for example, we were trying to find a yarn store. (I'm teaching someone how to crochet!) So we looked about the word for yarn ...

School time
Jul 13, 2005

I keep on forgetting my USB cable, so pictures from this beautiful city will have to be coming later. So, what to start with? Everyday when we go into our dorms, we have to ask the nuns (in full habit) for our key, in Polish mind you, no English. Every ...

Weather Forecast
Jul 27, 2005 (2 photos)

The weather forecast for Poland in the summer: Mostly sunny with a chance of rain; temparatures ranging from 50-70 degrees Farenheit. Yeah, that's right, it is exactly the same every day. So everyday wear a tank top, bring a jacket, pack your umbrella, ...

Lublin, Poland
Mar 21, 2007 (5 photos)

... you know your way aroung, and it was nice to have comfortable room to myself after a hostel... On the outkirts of Lublin, lies the concentration camp Majdenek, which although on a smaller scale to Aushwitz was equally traumatic, the Red Army encirled ...

ohhh the Polish Language
Jul 29, 2005

Well the main part of my trip consists of learning the Polish language. So how is this going you may be wondering?? Well, here is my conclusion: the easiest way to understand Polish langauge would be to have a child, make them learn it, and then have ...

Pictures Are HERE!!
Jul 14, 2005 (8 photos)

Well i'm finally able to put some pictures online. I'm at an internet cafe, speaking French because that's how I can understand the guy in charge. The Polish is slooowly but surely coming around. Hehe. We went out last night to a cafe/bar. The cheap ...

i just cant wait!
Mar 1, 2006

... to Rome. Once in Rome i'm going to meet my mom and then tour all of Italy. Ok so right now I'm here back in poland hanging out with jenny all day, playing volleyball with my polish school, going to the movies, trying to go running everyday, going to ...

Lublin
Jul 30, 2008 (5 photos)

On Monday, I get to a city called Lublin doing some hitchhiking (I wanted so much, that I did it for this small distance), not so touristic but it will be because the city centre is really nice and getting restaured. Getting out of the car which took me ...

Majdanek
Aug 13, 2008

We really felt the need to learn more about the war, the camps and the Nazis regime so we decided to visit another camp, that was less well know.  Again, this is not for everyone but we found it totally compelling, educational  and emotional.

The Mother Country at Last
Jul 11, 2005

Well, I finally got here!! After a waaayy long flight, and waaay long bus ride we were dropped off at our dorms. The dorms are pretty nice. But the computer lab is closing. More later!

Music- Polish style
Aug 3, 2005

... the all time best motivational pick me up song of all time-- "Chariots of Fire". That's right my friends, since I have been in Poland I have heard Chariots of Fire on the radio, and in various public venus eight times...and counting. I find it hard to ...

From Germany to Poland
May 18, 2000

... name so she could order it. So far I've managed to avoid getting tripe. We have been to many wonderful concerts in Poland, beginning in Torun, where there was a Pro Baltica Festival based (in honour of Copernicus). Musicians from several Baltic countries ...

Lublin
Jan 22, 2009

... Jewish but the principal knows they actually are. I'm not sure why they're so ashamed to admit their Jewishness even today, where Poland has surprisingly low levels of anti-Semitism. The principal told us that he only found out he was Jewish when he was 15 ...

Public Transportation
Jul 20, 2005

... lines that stop at that bus stop posted in the shelter. Simplicity is often genious. Public transportation is worse in Poland because it is definately stinkier. No air conditioning my friends, combined with a people who still doesn't consider deodarant ...

So much to do , so little time to do it...
Aug 10, 2005 (5 photos)

Well I can't believe we are in our last week....the time here has absolutely flown. So, how am I spending my last week in Poland? Why doing arts and crafts of course! See it is custom to give teachers flowers at the end of a course. But only normal ...

May 04, 2009
May 4, 2009 (27 photos)

Spic 'N Span
Aug 5, 2005

... say that Polish restrooms average out as a 9.7 (and this is including pub restrooms!) Yet one more reason to be loving Poland!! PS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM AND NETANIA!! (sorry if I didn't spell that right) WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!!!!! PPS Have fun ...

Umm, Rachel, why can't I get out of here?
Jul 26, 2005

So I was sitting in my room last night when all of a sudden I here, "Um Rachel, why can't I get out of the bathroom??" I walked over to the bathroom door (mind you it is only the toilet room, the sink is in a different room) and said, "I don't know Emily, ...