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 | Poland and Czech(Brno)
2009-08-19, Krakov, Poland. By: joneses | | It was mid-afternoon, on a very hot day, when we finally left Kutna Hora in Czech Republic to head for Wroclaw (pronounced Vrots varv) in Poland. Crossing the border was weird, all the buildings are s... |
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 | More train joy
2009-04-17, Krakow, Poland. By: Sammich | | After the 10 hour train trek from Vilnius to Warsaw, I've now decided to get a sleeper for Krakow-Vienna, so I at least get to lie down rather than be crammed in knee-knee, elbow-elbow... instead I gu... |
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| Warsaw
2009-04-17, Warsaw, Poland. By: Sammich | | Not sure why so many folk said not to bother with Warsaw - I really liked it. Not grey and ugly like I was led to believe, just not littered with cobbled streets and art deco.
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 | The Polish Wedding
2009-04-14, Kwidzyn, Poland. By: mala | | So Radek and I have returned to Poland, this time to provide our Polish friends and family with what they have, for six long months, been denied: a big drunken wedding party. It's a universal right, i... |
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 | Welcome to the Cultural Capital of Poland
2000-01-14, Krakow, Poland. By: jlavinas | | Well my trip to Kracow Started from Warszawa With a couple of friends, we rented a Car and took a slow drive down South lol. We stopped everywhere and anywhere that we thought would be interesting and... |
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 | school trip
2005-10-06, Krakow, Poland. By: aliciap | | with our history, psychology and sociolgy classes to visit polands history although the trip was mosting visiting the pubs.
while on a lunch break from visiting the mosques we found the most amazin... |
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 | Poland - Zakopane
2008-06-28, Zakopane, Poland. By: kevingindy | | I forget what day I am on now, I was doing do good for a while there trying to chronicle the whole trip.
Day XX, Zakopane, the Tatra Mountains
On Friday Ania and I took a bus from Krakow to Zako... |
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 | Back in Poland
2008-06-27, Gliwice, Poland. By: kevingindy | | Hello, I am back in Poland now and finally with Ania. We have been enjoying ourselves and have so far been spending time with her dad. Ania went to the Consolate yesterday and her Visa was approved.... |
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 | Days 26-27 Krakow
2008-06-03, Krakow, Poland. By: kevingindy | | Day 26 Driving through Poland and Auschwitz-Birkenau
We left Teplice in the morning after a little breakfast by way of two charter vans driven by two very nice Polish guys. The one guy was hilario... |
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| In Poland
2008-06-03, Krakow, Poland. By: kevingindy | | Just a quick note to let everyone know that I am in Krakow, Poland now and I am feeling much better. We left Prague a few days ago and went to the small town of Teplice to do a little hiking in some ... |
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 | Fall exam break '07-08
2008-02-10, Zakopane, Poland. By: slaveofihs | | *** All ads surrounding my journals are automatically generated by Google, not me! I have no choice since I don’t run this website, only use it to post journals and pictures.
Usually we can schedu... |
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 | Visiting Friends and Teutonic Knights
2007-11-24, Warsaw, Poland. By: mala | | The month of November finds me back in Poland, having scrapped the plan of staying in Westford. Without a job or schoolwork to occupy our time I often wonder: How can two people with nothing to do pos... |
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 | Other Adventures
2007-04-01, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland. By: mala | | Living in Poland provided ample opportunity for day trips and long weekends. Perhaps it was more the fact that I was unemployable that provided the ample opportunity, but in any case there are plenty ... |
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 | Tj; One Foot On Land
2007-06-08, Gdansk, Poland. By: tjtunes | | Well here we are after two very long sea days and our port of call is in Poland. My hangover is finally gone (although I tried my best to give myself another one last night) and I'm ready to "Get Out... |
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 | Kocham Polska
2007-05-27, Wroclaw, Poland. By: bergerru | | I made it to Poland safetly after a long train ride through the countryside. I was afraid that I would miss my stop so I drank some coffee and stayed awake the whole 6 hours staring out the window at... |
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 | Hello from Poland
2007-04-30, Lodz, Poland. By: demeter | | Hello Friends and Family. This is the first opportunity I’ve had to write since I left New Zealand on April 1st. Our team just finished up three weeks ministering in Tachachai, Thailand with a lady na... |
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 | Easter in Poland
2007-04-02, Krakow, Poland. By: slaveofihs | | I feel like I should start my journal with a Polak joke but it wouldn’t be fitting since Poland and her people treated me so well for Holy Week and the Easter Octave. David from Kansas City and mysel... |
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 | Where Was Prussia?
2007-03-19, Wroclaw, Poland. By: mala | | Prussia has always been a confusing concept for me. The name sounds suspiciously like Russia, however Prussians were German in origin. The last stronghold of the Teutonic Knights, Eastern Prussia went... |
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 | A Visit to Auschwitz
2000-04-17, Oswiecim, Poland. By: markos | | There are some events in life that, once you’ve seen them, you will never forget. They become burned into your memory, unable to be removed. Scenes of sadness, of pain and suffering, of death or of ac... |
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 | Chilly Poland
2007-02-21, Cracow, Poland. By: allisonb | | It is very cold in Cracow right now, well it is only about minus 5 -10 but to me it is freezing! I am hiding out in the hostel tonight from the cold. Cracow is a really pretty city, I like it a lot. T... |
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| Bagels and shopping
2007-02-21, Krakow, Poland. By: allisonb | | I have safely arrived in Krakow, Poland. I haven't seen much yet but from what I have seen it is beautiful. It feels very central european to me like Budapest; however, it definately different. The ... |
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 | Off The Road
2006-12-03, Warsaw, Poland. By: mala | | You know you've stopped being a tourist and started being a resident when you leave the camera at home. We're going for a stroll through Nowe Miasto, through Łazienki, through Praga and we know w... |
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 | The Moldy Streets of Gdansk
2006-11-03, Gdansk, Poland. By: mala | | Our second adventure takes us to the historic and cultural smorgesboord of Gdańsk. Germans, Poles, Prussians, Teutonic Knights...you name it they've wanted it and taken it. It even did a stint as... |
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 | Life in Poland: Just Speak Slowly
2006-10-31, Warsaw, Poland. By: mala | | Here I am, an American living in Poland. I just arrived a week ago. To me, it seems reasonable to have somewhat less than mastered that language in that time frame. To the grannies, it's not a matter ... |
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 | Krak-off
2006-09-03, Krakow, Poland. By: thenomads | | Escape from Bratislava was not as easy as we first thought, the train was 30 mins late, not good news as we only had 5 mins to change trains in Breclav. As luck would have it our connecting train had... |
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 | Birkenau (Auschwitz II)
2005-07-21, Oswiecim, Poland. By: leahjet | | The 75km road route from Kraków to Oświęcim (Auschwitz) is a winding, narrow dual carriageway, often choked with lines of slow-moving traffic and few opportunities to overtake; however, a sl... |
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| Auschwitz - Never Again
2005-07-14, Oswiecim, Poland. By: leahjet | | Auschwitz I is located about 60km west of Kraków in Poland, near the village of Oświęcim (Auschwitz). Oddly, for such an infamous place, minimal signage exists along the narrow, winding rou... |
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| Never Again - The Legacy Of Treblinka
2005-07-17, Treblinka, Poland. By: leahjet | | Beneath leaden skies, a chill breeze ghosts through the surrounding trees, the sole disturbance in an atmosphere of serenity and silence. A shimmering Polish summer beckons just beyond its environs, ... |
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 | starting out-easter europe
2005-07-01, Warsaw, Poland. By: aaronk | | In July of 2005, I took the first big leap in my life and left a small place I called "home" for four years. This sailor-breeding, travel inspiring place was Kings Point, the home of the United State... |
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 | Visit to Auchwitz
2006-08-11, Krakow, Poland. By: smithy2006 | | Today was taken up by a visit to Auchwitz, advice everyone to do it, it is crazywhat went on there! around 1.5 million people died there, they still have a lot of documentation that was not destroyed ... |
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 | Soaking up the Sun... finally!
2006-08-10, Krakow, Poland. By: smithy2006 | | Happy Days... First day without rain, i am in love with Krakow already, was going to go the Auchwitz today but sacked it off as had a quiet a hefty hangover from being out with the Spanish Crew (Susan... |
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 | See-Saw Day!
2006-08-09, Warsaw, Poland. By: smithy2006 | | Day 9 on Smithys Tour and yep it is raining again! Massive mission today to see Warsaw in a day, started off well with Palace on the lake and Theatre on the Lake in Lazienkowski Park but apart from th... |
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