PolandWhile in Krakow we knew we had to take some time to reflect on the history of the Holocaust which has deep roots in Poland. Krakow is home to the infamous Schindler's Factory which is also now a museum dedicated to the history of the Third Reich invading Krakow during WWI in 1939 until 1945. The Germans wanted to make Krakow a German city so they displaced the Polish people and particularly JewishRead more
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After a lunch of potato pancakes what do you do?
Walk it off.
Large church nearby so it was an obvious destination.
Very nice place with usual Black Madonna.
A set of deepest cellars that halfway down seemed less of a good idea as we would never be found if a leg was broken.
Then noticed the helpful/suspicious local fellow who had followed into the church following a cigarette.
Smiling until weRead more
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What do you have for lunch in rural Polish town?
Anything you can buy and understand.
On our way to the Wolf’s Lair (Hitler’s headquarters in what was then East Prussia now Poland) about 4hrs drive from Warsaw.
What was supposed to be a couple of potato pancakes with a side of goulash ended up as below.
Will not be returning to Oz any lighter.
Graham BrittSame meal as Czech but with what looks like coleslaw. There it’s cabbage
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Not much to say about Torun. Ha.
City of 200,000 on Vistula River founded by Teutonic Knights in Middle Ages and birthplace of Nicholas Copernicus.
Hasn’t got a lot: city walls , ruined castles, gothic houses and streets, Renaissance town hall, another church the size of a small mountain, biggest gothic bell in Europe, couple of squares surrounded by more gothic architecture. Everything brickRead more
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Lovely city. Old capital of Poland. Unusual for Poland wasn’t destroyed during the war so has quite a different feel. Four hour walking tour and then a couple of hours wandering, church, market, cemetery. The usual.
Biggest market square east of the Pennines and a few of the biggest buskers.
Why aren’t we losing weight?
The answer, Polish cuisine.
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They have been mining salt here since the 12th century and it is enormous.
The source of one third of mediaeval Poland's total revenue it still produces 8,000 kilos a year but that's just to sell to the tourists.
Only 2 of the 20kms of tunnels are a open to tourists. That’s the 2 million that visit each year.
To get to the first level at 64 metres you walk down 380 stairs. There are 800 by theRead more
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What do you do in a mountain resort in the rain and sleet.
Look in H&M where it’s dry.
Zakapone is about a hundred kms from Krakow and is the “Winter Capital “ of Poland.
It’s in a valley with sky resorts around and the usual sort of mountain things. Funicular, mountain lookout, rain, sleet, sun, repeat.
Has a great wooden church and an excellent cemetery . Also had market that sold cheapRead more
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I always thought of Gdańsk as Solidarity and shipyards, as industrial and a bit run down.
It’s all of those things and restored and lively and lovely.
90% of the city was destroyed during the war, the old town gone, the medieval and gothic obliterated. The Poles do like a project and although still not complete the Old Town has been largely reconstructed.
Fantastic waterfront by the river andRead more
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Auch im Norden Polens gab es nirgends Kapsel-Kaffee, nur in Breslau und Warschau in den Nespresso-Shops.
Spät am Abend fanden wir in Augustów eine Bleibe und übernachteten dort zwischen hohen Bäumen und schönen Seen. Weiter gings nach Elblag. Auf dem Weg dorthin mussten wir auf der Autobahn umdrehen, wegen eines Autounfalls. Trotzdem erreichten wir am Nachmittag den Camping Nr 61. (KreativeRead more
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Nun sind wir in Polen, dem letzten Land unserer Reise. Die Nacht haben wir in der Nähe von Danzig direkt an der Ostsee verbracht. Am Morgen war es am Strand sehr stürmisch, aber es war auch eine tolle Stimmung.
Danzig überrascht durch eine große imposante Altstadt und das obwohl nach dem 2. Weltkrieg 90% der Gebäude beschädigt waren.
Wir haben auch eine weitere Challange bewältigt.Read more
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