Destination: Poland

Why just stop at one bodily fluid?

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [2158] | 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

Death Camps, Salt Mines and Other Adventures

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 | By twoflower | Views [1505] | 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

Like sardines, lightly smoked

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [781]

Catching a bus during peak hour is always in interesting experience.  The people in Warsaw could really teach the Japanese a thing or two about cramming people into confined spaces.   Yesterday, I had to go to a training session on something that was ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

By the time you've lost all feeling in your face ...

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [684] | Comments [3]

... you know it's probably getting a bit cold. I think I've acclimatized nicely to the weather in Poland.  Mum would probably be ready to fall on her sword but I don't find the cold too bad. Let me rephrase that, I don't find the cold too bad when ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

First Entry (second time around)

Fri, 9 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [950] | 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

Gallery: Beskid Niski - klimkowka

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 | By beskidniski | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Poland 2006

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By travelingone | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Wrocław

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Wrocław

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [1390] | 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 >

Gallery: Zakopane

Thu, 5 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Krakow

Mon, 2 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Warsaw

Sun, 1 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Zakopane

Sun, 1 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [4055] | 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 >

Krakow

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [1178]

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 >

Warsaw

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [1428] | 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 >