Poland
Travel Blogs from Poland
Salt mines and hair cuts and layers - oh my!
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. I wonder if Morrison ever got his haircut in Poland? Today finally ended the quest to get our hair cut. It had begun to grow into something of a saga and the finale certainly didn't ...
We're In Poland Where The Roads Are Smooth
Hi Everyone, We had another good day covering 84 miles. The border crossing from the Ukraine into Poland did not disappoint - it was certainly interesting although we didn't have the 10 hour wait that we'd heard others have had to endure. We are also ...
allemagne et premier jour en Pologne
Nous avons enfin trouve un cafe internet apres plusieurs jours en pleine campagne. On s'est fait des amis velocyclistes aux campings. Ils sont tres nombreux par ici et tous aussi mignons les uns que les autres. Ah! Beaucoup de pistes cyclables et des ...
Kazimierz
Kazimierz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz Kazimierz (Latin: Casimiria; Yiddish Kuzmir) is a historical district of Kraków (Poland), best known for being home to a Jewish community from the 14th century until the Second World ...
After Day One in Wroclaw, Poland
... Wroclaw yesterday arriving at about 1:30pm. I got the Fiesta up to 170km/hr on the Autobahn! We immediately noticed that Poland is a lesser-developed country. Many of the buildings along this drive were very run down. There were large apartment buildings, ...
Wieliczka Salt Mines are a MUST SEE
... mines are a must see if you are in Krakow. Went on a walking tour of the old city. Saw the oldest Synagogue in Poland. It is near 'Ariels' a famous Jewish restaurant. Visited the castle and cathedral on Wawel Hill and saw the fire-breathing dragon statue ...
Krakow
So my time in Krakow has been a blast, went out to a club last night with some people from the hostel and danced until the early monring hours. I've learned a few things about Krakow; cherry vodka tastes like cough medicine, and people smoke ...
The most storks in Europe are in Poland
By the time we arrived at the Czestichowa Monastery, the sun was shining. We were assigned a very pleasant priest to be our guide and he seemed anxious to show us all the beautiful artifacts in their possession. He described the Black ...
diplomacy in Warsaw
... some drink. Then we went to sleep somehow later, of course for me its been forgetting we had changed time between Poland and Lithuania! -------------------------- August 31 My alarm rang really early as it was still on Baltics hours, so I was awake ...
Le jour J
Ce matin tout notre petit groupe est en effervescence et on se demande bien pourquoi... En fait non, l'explication est assez évidente : nous sommes ŕ quelques heure de l'accomplissement de notre mission car avant 17h nos deux tourtereaux devraient ...
Warsaw Rising
... ;town, you've seen them all though. One of my old clients had lived through all of this; she'd been living in rural Poland and had spent time in camps. She'd survived but as her dementia progressed the damage became more and more evident and if you ...
Nearly full moon
December 2 I woke up in the morning to prepare to leave, which was pretty hard as I spent long time on the net in the late night and finally had a short night. Anyhow I took my time and was fully ready by mid-morning. It took me a while though to ...
Doughnuts, Waffles, and Bread, Oh My!
... ; Gofry (pronounced Gofree, I think) are waffles in Poland. We had seen several restaurants yesterday serving them in the early evening. Mistakenly I wanted some for ...
the Mazurian Lakes
Captains Frank and Ingrid on the Mazurian Lakes Sorry if you haven't received any messages for a few days...first we were stuck on an isolated piece of land without electricity, and then we were so busy that it was impossible to find a computer with ...
Dr Storm to the rescue
Yesterday started off wonderful ( out of classes at 2pm and got a nice run in) however tragedy struck around 8pm. After eating, i was being a good little noodle and brushing and flossing my teeth. Some how i managed to get a piece ( less than a cm in ...
Arrival in Warsaw
Arrived today at Warsaw airport, which was little more than a small shack with a runway. Waited around and got my bags, then got picked up by Iza's grandad and saw Iza and Nick for the first time. It took us about an hour and a half to get from the ...
Plan B, Bye Bye Berlin
... the tracks as I left my beloved home on Friedrichstrasse in my past. The countryside of Germany passed away and the farmlands of Poland gave rise to industrial and chemical plants near Warsaw. It was not much to look at in the blanket white fields of ...
BorderHell into the Ukraine
The next morning after Auschwitz we were finally on our way to the Ukraine. We woke up and took care of a couple of things at our hotel/campsite and we were off. I estimated it would take the majority of the day to get to L'viv because it is about a 4-5 ...
Algo de esperanza: Polonia.
1 junio 2010: Berlin-Serock (Polonia) (610 kms): Salí de Berlín jarreando agua. Hoy un poco más tarde pq sólo de pensar que tenía que cargar el equipaje lloviendo una vez más me quitaba las ganas de ser ágil en mi cometido. Agua y más agua. Con ...
OMG Ona Finally Discovers Wireless Internet
... ...I had forgotten to turn Airport off, and lo and behold, I am currently on another free network! Now let's make this clear, Poland is not the most technologically advanced nation at the best of times, and Lipno is a tiny little country town of 10,000 ...
Quite the Experience
... of Poland that influenced me, but I always thought of Poland as a desolate place. Glad to say that was completely wrong. Poland is extremely alive and absolutely beautiful. And while it has come a long way from it's decades of oppression, it ...
Not the happiest of days
... a while since my last entry. All I can say is that my last day in Krakow was not the best of days and since I left Poland I have been constantly surrounded by amazing people. So I will do my best to make up for lost time. I will warn you ...
The Road to Krakow
... rest so at one point we just got out at a park and slept for a few hours. I've no idea if it was in Lithuania or Poland as it all became kind of blurred. Needless to say the next morning we could see the signs for Krakow and knew we were close. We ...
Krakow, Poland
... the city after much hand waving and blank looks with the bus driver. It would appear that we were spoiled in Amsterdam and in Poland not everyone speaks English and we haven't quite mastered the Polish language. Once off the bus we decided to take our ...
The Evil Kebob ?
... nbsp; As the afternoon progressed, Katrina & her mom both became ill. We later found out that all of her family from Poland got sick also. It seems like there was a GI bug going around rather than traveler's sickess (didn't I just get ...
The polish onslaught streching out our ...
... mines were our first stop on our visit to Krakow. ---------------------------------------------------- The salty side of Poland. ---------------------------------------------------- "How is salt mined anyhow?" was our first question to Edita, our ...

