Opole, Poland Travel Blogs

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Aug 5, 2008

POLSKI: "Nim dokonasz wyboru wolnosci, dokonaj wolnosci wyboru (...)" ENGLISH: "Before you make a choice of  freedom, make a liberty of choosing (...)"

Cottbus - Opole
Jul 26, 2007

Drove into Poland early next morning, got stopped at the border and had to wait to the side for our passports to get checked and Cy and Ants van got checked by sniffer dog, they must of thought they looked dodgy as we got left alone. Had our first ...

A cross border smuggling operation
Nov 13, 2006 (1 photos)

... to indicate 'no problem'. We'd been at the border for approximately three hours, and had helped some Ukrainian women smuggle cigarettes into Poland. Where or who they were going to sell them to we didn't know, as with the fate of the women lined up in ...

My new home
Sep 23, 2006 (17 photos)

... Sunday following the teacher induction a group of us visited the village to get a taste of what it was like in Poland in the sixteenth century. The small houses were quite attractive, however I found the 16th century wooden church the most fascinating of ...

Winter arrives at last.
Jan 26, 2007 (9 photos)

... , instead of a white one. Our two week winter break began in late January, and to commemmorate it the skies froze over and Opole was once again blessed with some snowfall. This continued for two days, after which the clouds parted allowing me to get a ...

The Alderton boys, tearing it up in Poland
May 26, 2007 (12 photos)

... on the Saturday morning as I boarded a train to Wroclaw to meet them at the small airport. However, given their short time in Poland I wanted to show them a little of the city, so we put their luggage in a locker at the train station and made for the ...

OMG I am leaving SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 14, 2007

... . I`ll decide in a moment whether I`m going to put just dots on the map or leave it as a draft until I come back to Poland in October. Yes, I`m going to stay in America for almost 3,5 months! Madness... Anyway, I`ve got a few things to do before I go, so ...

Where do I begin?
Jan 20, 2008

... family house during the fifth year of your studies is a definite failure",  and I totally agree with her. Except for that, Opole [my hometown] had become too small for me. I`d had that impression for a while already, that living in this city makes ...

The adventure begins...
Oct 25, 2008 (32 photos)

POLSKI: Dzis jest dzien, w ktorym rozpoczynam moja przygode. Jeszcze siedze w pizamie na lozku, jeszcze mam kilka rzeczy do zrobienia, ale za kilka godzin wyruszam. Ile ja przeszlam, zeby dostac ta prace! Proces rekrutacyjny nie nalezal do lekkich, ...

Brothers reunited in... Opole?
May 27, 2007 (20 photos)

... a few of Will's local hang outs in Opole. We caught up with a few of his work buddies, and had a few Zywiecs (one of Poland's local beers). It was a good night and I had no sign of my previous days tiredness. I couldn't get enough of the 'Nelishnike means ...

I`m doing it again!!!
Jul 20, 2009

This entry is an actual email I wrote to somebody, but it came out so well that I decided to edit it a little bit put it here as an entry. I hope you won`t get mad, darling. I am home at the moment, have had the busiest time ever lately. It`s been soo ...

losing the voice
Jan 2, 2006 (7 photos)

We arrived to Opole and it started snowing - finally! I already lost my voice in Milan because of laugh, literally I couldn`t speak. Zuzka arrived with me so we enjoyed together her stay in Poland.

time had flown by!
Aug 26, 1999

xxx

over the hills, so far away...
Dec 27, 2006

We left Opole a bit delayed, but in good moods. I was courious what to expect from Croatia and how would be my 5th Youth meeting with brothers from Taize.

goodbye Ania. see you in May!
Feb 10, 2007

So tired, but so happy! Time had just flown by!

time for another reunion
Feb 4, 2007

... from camp Anne - Ania Smirnova. I hadn`t seen her since end of the camp, August 2005! She had to get visa to get to Poland, spent 12 hours or so in coach etc, etc. Fair enough. I arrived to Elas` appartment around 11 p.m. and went to bed almost straight ...

leaving day
Aug 11, 1999

xxx

Kinga Freespirit
Jun 9, 2007 (7 photos)

It has been a year since Kinga Choszcz aka Freespirit has gone on the white camel to another world... She has been hitchhiking with her partner Chopin for 5 years, literally all around the world. The last continent - Africa - Kinga decided to visit with ...

reggae concert+theatre+zoo+museum=fun
Apr 27, 2006 (5 photos)

... grew up in South Arabia and Middle East but has been living in London for 9 years where`s lots of Asian people. In Opole though everyone was looking at her like someone totally different, becase she was different. I hope she didn`t feel too unconfortable ...

19 hours of journey done, ish!
Mar 6, 2007

xxx

home, sweet home
Jan 2, 2007

finally at home!

They speak English! What would you like to drink?
Feb 8, 2007 (18 photos)

... our curiosity, thee was a bunch f guys that eve in the club, I would say there were more guys than girls! As it`s usually in Poland, there were also a few drunk thugs, but I`m kinda used to it, despite the fact I hate them. We had a nice night though, and ...

crazy times in my home town
Jan 17, 2006 (4 photos)

After day, night and day spent in Krakow, exploring the Wawel castle, Kazimierz, main market square etc., we went to Opole. My mum was trying to make feel my friends very welcome and I think they liked her. We were so tired that nigt tho, that we wnet to ...

Opole by night
Nov 22, 2009 (9 photos)

excitement up to Zenith
Mar 2, 2007

... `t seen my babyczka since September of 2005 and couln`t wait to meet her. Because it is pain in the arse to get to Lodz from Opole, and it takes minimum 4 hours, I had to get up early. I didn`t complain though and at 8:04 was already in my train going to ...

getting more and more excited
Jan 15, 2006

I barely couldn`t sleep last night. I knew I had to wake up about 6 a.m. and go to the railway station. I was sitting in the train for 3 hours and smiling from ear to ear all the time:). First person that I was supposed to meet was my cousin Jacek. I hadn ...