Hotel Albis Vrchlabi

... If he had worked in an English speaking country, he surely wouldn't be living in Poland now. Fair point.

He took us out to visit Anita's babcia. We went to a tiny little village out of town that looked like it'd seen better days. In fact, most of Poland had seen better days. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, and more recently, the induction into the E.U, all of Poland's wealth and labour force had moved west across the border ...

Jelenia Góra ('deer mountain') is about couple of hours south from Wroclaw (trains or buses). It is close to the Karkonosze mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border. Only 10-15 km of the town there are few ski resorts such as Karpacz, Szklarska Poreba.
Nice, colorful Market Square, Cyprian Kamil Norwid Theatre, Saint Cross Church, the Old Town are just few places worth of seeing.
Jelenia Gora, Western Poland, Poland ulka

... br>Its obviously a bit poorer in these former eastern block countries so you do get to see Europe from a completely different perspective, there was lots of heavy industry mixed in with the countryside, but generally it seems like a country trying to improve the best way it can. Its always a bit nervy crossing into a new country seeing if you are safe enough to free camp, but we did find a spot next to a lake on the first night and felt pretty safe.

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al the former eastern bloc countries make for good travel,, but the one that i return to is the czech republic,, mainly to the north [north bohemia],liberec,harrochov,cesky raj, but a trip or two to moravia is also worth taking,,. during the communist times it was an eye opener, now also as the people wish for the return of those times,they knew where their bread was coming from, and the upgrades fron old skoda to super fast motorcars,, ah they stilll are crazy on the roads

... takze sme vybrali nase jesenne vertovky, ktore s nami precestovali pol sveta za posledny tyzden a mohli sme objavovat mesto pred nami. Liberec ma krasny architekturu z cias ked to bolo druhe najvyznamnejsie mesto v Cechach. Jeho odevnicky a tkacsky priemysel je preslaveny v celom byvalom Ceskoslovensku.

... of pleasure, prayer, and balance in life. Hornet Flight by Ken Follet An espionage-action novel set in WWII Denmark by the author of Pillars of the Earth. A pretty eclectic mix, which is how I like it. I actually NEED to re-read the Chesterton because it was such a paradoxical page turner that I am still trying to wrap my head around it. Still, I look forward to Krakow in a few days and the promise of some new reading material.

... pokazali, ze nie szata zdobi czlowieka (grecki mnich, bosniacka rodzinka), ujrzelismy miejsca cudne, ale rowniez takie wywolujace refleksje, przejechalismy 10 krajow i chyba z 6 stolic. Spedzilismy ze soba tyle czasu, ze to prawdziwy cud, ze sie nie pozabijalismy. Chwilami miewalismy siebie dosc, ale to chyba normalne, gdy przebywasz z kims 24h na dobe. Zadne z nas nie ma latwego charakteru. Marcin to ten typ, co ...

... church in the Sudetes, situated at 886m, and was well worth the visit. We left Karpacz around 2pm, and after snaking our way through the scenic winding roads of the former Sudetenland, we decided to have a break at Ksiaz castle, near Walbrzych. This is the largest castle in Silesia, and I imagined we'd find a nice quiet place in the gardens to rest for a while and take in the view. I couldn't have been more wrong, as we stumbled upon some kind of festival once we passed through the gate ...

... no one home I presume. Tomorrow we are going to visit the town as its apparently a great example of Czech centres so we will see. 10/10/07 Day 72 Rob - washing day today, but the German woman wont relinquish control of the dryer so Jenn is fuming, staring out of the window and scowling). (JENN- in my defence we are totally out of clothes, Rob has no knickers (day 2 for today's garments) and is down to his last shirt so its make or break time. Rob is ...

Aby nastup do pracovniho rezimu nebyl tak kruty, tak jsem si hned udelala maly vylet. Nebojte se, ted se predevsi a rada zamerim na ceske "luhy a haje". Pokud se divate, na fotky a rikate si, ze jste jeste nic takoveho nevideli, nejste sami. Pohledu udivnych a obdivnych jsme dostavali velmi casto. Pokud se ptate ci to byl napad, tak hlavnim akter a ...