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Archive for June, 2009

22 Jun, 2009

Traces of Poland in New York

Posted by: Michał In: bits and bobs|so very Polish|travel

I had a bit of a break and enjoyed a week in New York. But even while there you can’t escape all things Polish. Every five minutes I saw ads for Sobieski, the Polish vodka, which seems to be getting a big marketing push in New York (and I’m guessing elsewhere in America too): The [...]

05 Jun, 2009

Travel tip – Mazury

Posted by: Michał In: travel|travel tip

My second Polish travel tip for the summer is aimed at those of you who love water – and big lakes in particular: 1. What is it? Mazury is famous for its wild, largely unspoilt nature and numerous lakes. It’s very popular in the summer, many Poles go there for their summer holidays. 2. Where [...]

Today’s anniversary (read more about it here and leave your comments too!) prompted one of the largest Polish portals, Gazeta.pl to launch a couple of unique services. The first one is called ‘A postcard from Poland’ and is a massive collection of photographs depicting what Poles were doing today at midday, twenty day after the [...]

Can’t believe it’s already been twenty years since Communism in Poland collapsed. I was still at school, had just a year or so to go till my matura (final secondary school exams) and couldn’t quite believe it when my literature teacher asked us to start reading  The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. You what?! Solzhenitsyn? [...]



  • Michał: Glad you like it, welcome!
  • Missy: I had been to Poland as a masters student in Warsaw ( 2006-2008), travelled all over Poland. I like it there, i am glad i found your blog. :) niec
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  • Czarny kapturek: It was a good series. While I am critical about what I see as an oversimplification of Poland (i.e. that all life in Poland is in Warsaw) it is good
  • The Londoneer: I don't imagine that they've put a camera inside Warsaw's main museum have they? There's not a lot to see - now the War Museum, that I'd like to revis

Recent Flickr pics tagged Poland

    PosadzkaDSC00857DSC00845Widok na zamek w Janowcu nad Wisłą // View of the castle in Janowiec nad WisłąPanorama Warszawy // Panorama of WarsawPanorama skarpy wiślanej w Janowcu nad Wisłą // Panoram of Vistula's scarp in Janowiec nad WisłąZamek i fara w Kazimierzu Dolnym // Casle and parish church in Kazimierz DolnyDziedziniec domu partii // Courtyard of the former comunist party headquartersKrakow :: zima

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