Destination: Poland

Wrocław

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [1244] | 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 [3241] | 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 [1048]

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 [1275] | 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 >

Gallery: Belarus and Poland

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 | By jenko7 | Photo Gallery

Rain has finally caught me.

Fri, 4 Aug 2006 | By jenko7 | Views [414]

In Warsaw right now and the rain has followed me from Russia. Have copped a few days of it now but can't really complain as I have had less than a weeks rain in nearly two months while in Europe. After my last blog I went out that night with the rest ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Krakow in Summer

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 | By warrenr | Views [789]

Krakow in southern Poland is possibly best known internationally due to the movie "Schindler's List" which highlighted the plight of European Jews during World War II. The international airport is named John Paul II. Work that one out for yourself ... Read more >

Tags: auschwitz, birkenau, kazimierz, krakow, poland, schindlers list, travel, warren rodwell, wieliczka, wroclaw

Gallery: Auschwitz

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By smartin1978 | Photo Gallery

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By smartin1978 | Views [6385] | Comments [7]

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

Gallery: Krakow, Poland

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By smartin1978 | Photo Gallery