Country Info
- Warsaw
- Capital
- Zloty (PLN)
- Currency
- 38,633,912
- Population
- PL
- Country Code
Poland Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Poland
Ameryka w pigule - Monster Jam
Aby przygotować się na zderzenie z Ameryką wybraliśmy się w sobotę na typowo amerykańskie show - Monster Jam. Amerykanie muszą mieć wszystko największe - więc mają - 4,5 tonowe potwory z 1500km ...
Polish dinner in Gdansk
Had a great dinner. Tried some Polish fare. Had pierogies of all kinds. Was fun. Weather has been awesome. Topped our dinner with some authentic Polish desserts from Cukiernia kaliszczak. It's a bakery that is a throw back from communist days. Looks ...
We came, Warsaw, We conquered.
... looks like our trip plans have changed drastically...again. A quick summary since Krakow: Visited Auschwitz Fluked upon a rural poland county fair/rock concert Hit our 5000 km milestone!! Visiting with Kasia and mom Celebrating Sean's last exam ...
Full Circle - Thoughts Reflections and Aspirations
"Sometimes you have to see for yourself." My new American friend said to me in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The more I think about this, the truer it becomes. He was referring to a five euro hostel in Sarajevo that hadn't gotten good reviews, but the ...
Malbork Castle
Saturday, June 25, 2009 – Gdansk, Poland It is late Saturday night, though it just got dark about 30 minutes ago. We arrived in Gdansk today around 5 pm (again, we are 6 hours ahead of East Coast time). The bus left Warsaw around 7:30 a.m. this ...
I'm tired of beer & pork (our visit to Krakow)
... exhausting after a while and I was ready to go. Not back to the steamy weather of Naples, just somewhere, anywhere out of Poland. Yes, Krakow had a lovely historical center. Me and the 50,000 other tourists hanging out in the main square sat there ...
Arrival in Krakow
... don’t recall. There were a few Americans there, as this was the date we were celebrating Independence Day in Poland, about 800 guests there, mostly Polish. Tomorrow begins our Krakow and southern Poland portion of the Fulbright journey. Should ...
Bison Grass Vodka ... really?
... there was an indescribable experience. The Germans "selected" Poland as the site for the largest camp for 2 main reasons - A) Poland had the largest # of European Jewry as noted above & B) it was extremely central & located along ...
Tearing it up in the Tatras
... snow I still saw an elderly couple and some children who couldn't have been older than eight years! Climbing mountains in Poland was hardly groundbreaking exploration, but the views more than made up for the number of people there. Beneath the huge ...
A rebuilt city
Started the day with a driving tour of Warsaw. Most of this city was bombed during WWII and then later rebuilt to look as it did before the war. First stop was a fountain of Chopin thinking. We drove around the city to help us orientate ourselves. Next ...