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    Polish winter: by polka, Views[624]
         		 by po-polsku, Views[272]
         		 Shopping center Easter egg: by po-polsku, Views[372]
         		 Twin praying in a street shrine: by po-polsku, Views[351]
         		 Religious Street art. Graffiti with candles.: by po-polsku, Views[461]
     
    Flowers, folklore and kid Easter: by po-polsku, Views[371]
         		 It's over. The village is quiet again. The life goes on.: by amused, Views[402]
         		 Observing - an important element of villagers' lives. As a kid I took my first black and white photos in this very village. The Corpus Christi holiday presented here was the last big event I participated in before my mum moved out of the village - when I changed the photos into B&W I realised that some things haven't really changed over the years.: by amused, Views[369]
         		 Stopping on the way - moments to think and pray.: by amused, Views[383]
         		 Walking, participating, praying, talking, living, experiencing.: by amused, Views[397]
     
    Waiting... the Corpus Cristi procession is about to begin. For every small Polish village, a religious holiday is an important event.: by amused, Views[402]
         		 Rooftops of the main square in Old Town. If you raise your gaze from the cobblestones, you might just find yourself feeling more high-spirited. : by kateness, Views[307]
         		 Not even a tourist would most likely find the Old Town's cobblestones quite as interesting. A child stops to examine the shapes in the street as those older and more experienced rush on past. A woman appears to stop and watch--the mother? A bystander? The question is if she will find beauty now that she's begun to look. : by kateness, Views[332]
         		 Those who prefer some solitude travel to the outer streets of the Old Town, where a nearby park offers wide open space and streaming sunlight. Some faces beg to be asked their story, but remain as silent as the cobblestones they walked when they were young. : by kateness, Views[353]
         		 Many tourists explore the main square of the Old Town, but scattered amongst them are unassuming, yet unmistakeable faces who have seen these buildings many times.: by kateness, Views[311]
     
    Warsaw's Stare Miasto (
         		 Between the buildings that used to house Nazi administrators and soldiers, a security guard is hit by a stroke of sunlight. He stands on the alley all of the prisoners had to pass before they were counted every day. Many of them for the last time before they were shot.: by auschwitz, Views[654]
         		 On entering the barracks where the prisoners were put, you realize how huddled and inhumane the living conditions really were. This bunk of just over two square meters was once the home of entire families, if they were lucky enough to stay together.: by auschwitz, Views[668]
         		 Inside, tourists wander around the gigantic open space, unsure how to behave on the ground that stood witness to history’s biggest genocide.: by auschwitz, Views[605]
         		 The famous gate threatens to swallow whatever approaches on the train tracks leading up to it. These were specifically built to bring deportees directly into the gated site.: by auschwitz, Views[562]
     
    In Oświęcim, Poland, barbed wire separates arriving visitors from the vast area of the former concentration camp.: by auschwitz, Views[571]
         		 A beautiful scenery at Kasprowy Wierch mountain during winter.: by dinowski, Views[469]
         		 Morskie Oko is the best place to visit in Zakopane.: by dinowski, Views[773]
         		 A man walking on a snowy road to Morskie Oko.: by dinowski, Views[472]
         		 Two mothers teaches her children skiing at Nosal Ski Area.: by dinowski, Views[417]
     
    A worker at Nosal Ski Area watches the people while the sun is setting.: by dinowski, Views[412]
         		 Changes are on the way. Praga attracts artists and tourist. Some of the old buil: by florae, Views[326]
         		 Religious motive has been transformed in this peculiar modern sculpture.: by florae, Views[564]
         		 Colorful shrines can be found in many courts and on the corners of the street.: by florae, Views[291]
         		 In Praga World War II damages weren’t as severe as in other parts of the city, : by florae, Views[397]
     
    Praga used to be a working class area of Warsaw, known for its unique ambience. : by florae, Views[328]
         		 Children can use everything to play, like that small boy, who was completely focused on his old tire in Cat Cat village near Sapa.: by kasiapawluczuk, Views[617]
         		 During noisy market day, when I was overwhelmed by the variety of colors, smells and sounds of everything there , wife of one of bird sellers was playing with child, seemed like she didn’t hear all the buzz around her.: by kasiapawluczuk, Views[440]
         		 In Sapa, there were many local women selling their crafts. They were so determined to convince me to buy something that they surrounded me. I bought beautiful trousers from one of them( after all, those trousers color everything they touch so I can’t wear them) : by kasiapawluczuk, Views[436]
         		 We were on our tiring trekking in the mountains around Sapa, so dirty and sweaty with crowd of others tourists with us when we met them. The group of half-naked children didn’t care about their nudity. At the beginning they willingly were posing for photos, but after that they just said :” one photo- one dollar” and simply turned back.: by kasiapawluczuk, Views[1158]
     
    During one of ours trips near Sapa, we had a break in a small wooden house.. All tourists were very noisy, but the “landlady” sat quietly with dignity, patiently waiting for our leaving.: by kasiapawluczuk, Views[454]
         		 Symphoricarpos albus also known as snowberry. I am very sentimental about the plant- when I was young my friends and I would crush those little white berries underfoot. Just seeing this branches made me smile.: by k_kruk, Views[564]
         		 The reflection of The Officer Cadets School in the frozen pond (located in the eastern section of the park) which survived the Second World War. It is said to be a real pearl since only a few buildings in Warsaw survived the war with no severe damage. Thus this building has been intriguing to me for as long as I can remember. My grandparents would go on walks to the park with me and tell me many interesting facts like that, I learned a lot about the past from them.: by k_kruk, Views[630]
         		 Here I captured a random woman looking at the frozen pond in The Royal Łazienki Park, this photograph reflects the feeling of nostalgia that accompanied me on the visit. I spent many hours in this park as a child and most of my earliest memories are from there. : by k_kruk, Views[484]
         		 I have great memories of feeding bread to ducks at the park with my mother. Actually when I was little I dreamed of having a pet duckling. Here you can see 2 random kids sitting on the rock and 2
     
    Here is an old building in the park's surroundings, as a child I made up ghost stories of this place. : by k_kruk, Views[786]
         		 Lifting helicopter from the arranged landing zone next to the hospital. Many hospitals don't have designed landing places, they have designated spots that are described in the landing book. If the hospital doesn't have this space team cannot conduct transport operation they need to conduct rescue operation in which the pilot is picking the landing spot. Sometimes it's causing coffusion, because there are cases when people cannot be transported from hospital to hospital, just because there is not designated landing space and the operation was classify as transport not the rescue. Landing and take off on designated landing spots need to be assisted by police and fire fighters. : by rescue_12, Views[531]
         		 HEMS teams provide fast rescue support and transport patience from hospital to hospital. Unfortunately many times the system is abused and hospitals call for transport assistance to patience that don't require fast transport. They do this just to cut cost. Due to complicated system of subsidiary helicopter transport is cheaper for hospital that the ambulance one. : by rescue_12, Views[581]
         		 Flying rescue helicopter is very similar to flying military one. Many times you are landing in the spots that are new for you and are not market. You have to look for power line, trees and analyse shape of the ground where you land. At the moment most of rescue pilot are ex-military, there is no school for civil pilots preparing them for requirements of the job, but there are plans to prepare training for pilots interested to do this kind of job. : by rescue_12, Views[425]
         		 Warsaw, Poland: HEMS - Helicopter Emergency Medical Service team is preparing for take off. This time is not rescue mission, just transport. Next to the pilot is sitting paramedic, who is also filling the role of navigator. He is the last to go in to the machine and the first to leave to guide the safe landing in not marking land spots. : by rescue_12, Views[775]
     
    The statue of political activist Roman Dmowski, one of Poland's national heroes. Together with General Pilsudski he helped Poland gain independence from Russia, Prussia and Austria in 1918. Pictured here with a line of Polish flags and the Catholic cross, symbols important to the Polish nation.: by sashastowe, Views[1262]
         		 Within Polish nationalism rests strong Catholic belief, here shown by the crucifix held at the end of a long Polish flag. The symbol on the neighbouring flag stands for ‘Powstanie Warszawskie’ or ‘Warsaw Uprising’. In 1944 the citizens of Warsaw rose up to fight against their Nazi occupiers and so this symbol represents the pride Poland has for keeping their nation independent.: by sashastowe, Views[1091]
         		 A sea of red and white, Poland's national colours, in a march against a perceived decrease in independence within the EU after Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, said he would give more powers to the EU in light of the Eurozone crisis. This, people argued, harboured back to the Communist era when Poland was heavily under the political influence of the Soviet Union that reduced its automony.: by sashastowe, Views[587]
     
         		 A Polish nationalist holds his ground in front of police during the 2011 Independence Day march. As with many nationalist movements, violence often occurs with the presence of the political right wing. In this situation police had blocked a street in Warsaw as well as using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds.: by sashastowe, Views[500]
     
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