Destination: Poland
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Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By smartin1978 | Views [3044] | Comments [6]
Riding on the train to Oswiecim, Poland (the site of the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camps) was an eerie experience. I couldn’t help but think that these were the very same tracks that innocent people rode to their horrible deaths just a little ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 | By abelaine | Views [2082] | Comments [1]
I should explain, we are currently in a hotel with internet access. Otherwise you would not get a daily update of our travelling! haha lucky you eh! kidding! Today we went to Wieliczka Salt Mines. This is about 1 hour out of Krakow city. Again, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 | By nstarkey77 | Views [2023] | Comments [5]
As soon as I walked into the crematorium I could literally smell death. It permeated my clothing and clung to my hair. Four hours later that smell still lingered. Auschwitz was located nearby the provincial Polish town of Oshwiecim in Galacia, where ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [784] | Comments [1]
I decided to take a bus to Zakopane - it's cheaper and quicker than the train believe it or not and they give you little receipts with the mileage on. I nearly didn't make the 107km for less than 2 quid with Bob. With my amazing Polish vocab i wasn't ... Read more >
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By arollingstone | Views [700]
The long overdue Poland story is delivered at last. Although my darling friend Jagoda had prepared a powerpoint presentation about Poland for me, I didn’t really manage to learn any Polish phrases before I left. It was only as we were waiting for the ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sun, 4 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [604] | Comments [6]
Luckily, my first full week of holidays was followed by the winter holidays. Two weeks of paid vacation, yay! I'm not sure how I would have coped if I didn't get that break. I was invited to go to Krakow with some of the other native teachers for ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By carolow6 | Views [560]
Gdansk is a quaint port city located in
Northern Poland along the Baltic Sea. One of
the things the Baltic region is most famous for (besides British stag parties)
is its amber. The Baltic Sea is brimming with
amber and everyday, local collectors ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [504]
´´Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat ıt.´´ --George Santayana It ıs an odd sentıment to descrıbe one´s feelıngs regardıng a vısıt to the most prolıfıc death camp of the Holocaust. On one hand we are ınterested, perhaps even excıted, ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 8 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [497] | Comments [7]
I've got 9 days holiday in May and I do not want to spend them in Warsaw. The only other place I was considering in Poland was Gdansk but apparently that's where everyone in Warsaw is going (maybe I'll go there over Easter, although it will probably ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By kutnerdaniel | Views [448] | Comments [1]
02/04 : Depois
de uma longa viagem de trem, na qual eu usei a minha mala e a da Regina também
para tentar fazer uma cama mais larga, chegamos ao Flamingo Hostel e tivemos um
maravilhoso café da manhã (entre os incluídos, o melhor de ... Read more >
Mon, 14 May 2007 | By twoflower | Views [420] | Comments [5]
I've been uploading photos into photobucket all day. It takes forever, I'm nowhere near finished. It will take me a while to sort everything out but in the meantime here are a few. Enjoy. Okay, the computer is being stupid ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [394]
I'm on my fourth and final day...i like it here, i think i may be back next week. It was largely untouched by the war and is a pleasing mix of new and old, with an old town and large, that's LARGE square that just comes alive at night. There is something ... Read more >
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 | By abelaine | Views [390]
Today we went to visit Auschwitz. Before I get into how it made us feel. Some facts: Don't take the tour from the hotel or hostels. Go to the main Train station, there is also a bus stop. Catch a bus for 7 PLN direct to the camp. 14 return. Then 26 ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 | By lisy | Views [387]
After enjoying nearly a week in Berlin...both East and West sides...which are so different. Affluent Gucci and Prada compared to Ghetto graffiti. We jumped on a train to Proznan, not knowing wat to expect we were surprised to find a touristy town packed ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [379] | Comments [6]
Hallelujah Krakow!!! My saviour :) I finally got some cash before leaving St Petersburg, and as much as I liked that place, I didn't feel too bad about seeing Russia disappear beneath the clouds from the air, hehe. The flight to Poland was fairly uneventful, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 24 Sep 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [374] | Comments [1]
So I'm in the middle of a biker rally/annoy the cops days - i was just about to say how pleasant Poland was. I'm waiting for a train again - to Krakow, having left my bag (which I've named Bob) at the hotel. Yes hotel - i treated myself as it was near ... Read more >
Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [370] | Comments [1]
That's Vrotz-hauf to everybody here, and here is 4 hours by bus and 5 hours by train from Slavakia - ouch! Is it worth all that time getting too... no. Maybe because it's a Saturday night when i arrived, but straight away i didn't like it. It's ... Read more >
Tue, 9 Oct 2007 | By carolow6 | Views [362] | Comments [1]
The bus ride to Krackow was the most horrid trip by far. I knew that security was going to be tight due to all of the illegal smuggling of cigarettes from Ukraine to Poland. But I was not expecting it to take 5 hours to go a distance of probably 100 ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 | By abelaine | Views [344]
Did I mention we are in the city of Krakow? Well this little city is a jewel of old buildings. We walked today around the old Jewish Quarter mainly. Saw the old cemetry, which even Briel had never seen these styles of graves before. They were tall ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 11 May 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [340] | Comments [4]
today and yesterday have been very busy, with both days including day trips out of poland. Yesterday we spent the morning relaxing and wandering around the town, also spent some time at the hostel talking to others staying here, met some french people ... Read more >
Sat, 10 May 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [338] | Comments [6]
dear all, Yesterday was ur first full day in krakow and it definately was a very very very full day. Began the day with walking toward the town centre, there was a huge student display with thousands of students dressed up in costumes..santa, army, ... Read more >
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [329] | Comments [2]
Well I've been in Poland for about three weeks now and I'm still trying to work out what exactly I've gotten myself into. Everything is so - well to be banal – foreign. The landscape, the architecture, the weather, the food, the language, especially ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | By droberts70 | Views [324]
Here I am again, with another long delay and people wondering where I am and where I've been. It has been a bit more of a challenge than I had hoped to write in my journal, still with trying to find time and available/cheap internet places. And now with ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 14 Jul 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [316] | Comments [1]
It was a rather last minute decision but we decided to add Poland to the itinerary. Unfortunately, we only had a few days to visit Krakow and Zakopane but it was enough for me to know I want to return. We took the overnight bus from Berlin into Krakow, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 4 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [314] | Comments [3]
As some of you will know one thing I truely hate, something that has on several occasions nearly made me throw up, is spitting. Spitting does not seem to bother many Poles. In fact it seems to be a national sport. I didn't think anyone would ever ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
