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Random Acts of Kindness in Krakow

Sun, 5 Sep 2010 | By lauren_watson | Views [2316] | Comments [3]

I still am in awe over what happened a few days ago as I flew from Tallinn, Estonia, to Krakow, Poland. I had to take two flights that day. The first flight to Warsaw left me cranky. It was one of those flights where we circled the airport for awhile ... Read more >

Krakow, Poland

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [1055] | 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

First Entry (second time around)

Fri, 9 Feb 2007 | By twoflower | Views [975] | 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

Oswiecim: Words?

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By beaker | Views [752] | Comments [1]

Oswiecim is a small place about an hour and a half from Krakow, in the Southwest of Poland. It is quiet, a bit dusty, bathed in yellow leaves falling from trees. Rows of tour buses sit in a parking lot, people depart from them and walk solemnly towards ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

So far so very good.

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 | By mettesv | Views [684]

Finally some time to write a bit about my adventure, and can't really figure out where to start. An apology for the broken, danglified english, sometimes homemade words and the lack of proofreading! Hitchhiking is the easiest and most entertaining ... Read more >

Poland

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By jmmal2 | Views [547] | Comments [1]

just got back from Poland, Krakow. Went with 5 other girls from work and we had a blast. ended up sharing a room with two other girls who had a very similar idea of a holiday to me. eat, drink, sleep, read, shop, wander around, relax and see the sights.... Read more >

Abandoned hospital in Lido

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [482] | Scholarship Entry

Venice is beautiful. Everyone knows that. It's also full of tourists, which makes me want to go somewhere else. But where? I would have never thought about Lido – the small island where Venetians usually go to lay down on the beach. That's not my type ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Krakow

Sat, 20 Dec 2014 | By halfpintharrier | Views [409]

Thu 18th - left the hostel in Berlin very early and caught the subway to the bus station. Here we caught the 7am Polski bus to Krakow. The bus was very busy and also very crampt. Hardly any space and only really stopped once for us to get off and get ... Read more >

Catching a Moment - How to Catch a Bus

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 | By | Views [297] | Scholarship Entry

I was on my train back from Wroclaw to Brno. My thoughts were still recollecting what was an interesting and warm experience: the traditional catholic polish Christmas. It was my first Christmas not just spent away from home, but also in a different country, ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry - Responsible Travel

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry

As I stand at the top of the dimly lit stairs I find myself thinking twice before heading down. I stare at the dingy tiled walls and I think to myself that there is no way this can be accurate. But I have no choice. Nature calls. I walk down one flight, ... Read more >

Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011