Blogs from Masovia, Poland, Europe - page 31

Woke up bright and early the next morning, threw on my Pumas and hit the pavement! I thought it only appropriate that I property acquaint myself with the neighborhood and the surrounding areas. I t’s strange…I can remember coming to this part of the city (the old town) since I was a little kid, yet its all seemed to look and feel more personal some how. Like and old acquaintance you’ve known for years, but only recently taken the time to become friends. Where am I coming up with this stuff? ... read more

Yes, it was a bit sad leaving for the airport without any one at home to say goodbye to. Of course I understand there are circumstances in life that are both unforeseen and unavoidable…but still. So, I zipped up the last of my cherry-red Samsonite luggage, weighed it one final time and headed out for the first leg of my trip. It deserves to be noted; I have never had a smoother journey! All flights were not only on time, but arrived at their given destinations ahead of schedule. My layover was through Amsterdam (Schipol), and the feeling of walking through those familiar terminals was absolutely ere. It has been a year and half since I last roomed those corridors, yet it very well could have been the day before. Isn’t the concept of time just ... read more

Ok.... it's probably cheating to use an actual city name as a title for a post, but it is in keeping with the theme, and it is a Joy Division song title, so I feel I should be excused. Anyway, we have now made it to Poland. It is quite a contrast to Slovakia. It is much more developed for one. And nobody speaks English. And there are less tourists. All of which make it a great country to travel through (if only we'd learned some Polish before we left). We also seem to have left the worst ravages of the American package tourists behind us. I should clarify what I mean here (American bashing has evolved to such a level amongst backpackers here that it is actually blatant racism, which is actually shocking, and quite ... read more

Krakow - Warsaw (Train) 16 August Warsaw is the geographical, political and economical heart of Poland. After Poland and Lithuania was unified in 1569, Warsaw was made the capital of the single state and has remained the capital of Poland ever since. Between 1795 and the early 1900’s Poland did not exist as it was carved up between Russia, Austria and Prussia. The treaty of Versailles changed this and again declared Poland a Sovereign State. Warsaw became a city of great prosperity however with impressive buildings, plenty of parks, monuments palaces and of course churches constructed from the 18th century. Unfortunately WWII changed all of that. Not much of the old Warsaw is left. We visited the Warsaw Historical Museum, which shows a half hour documentary that pieces together footage of the city before, during and ... read more

Hello hello, tis me again! We are still in Warsaw, didn't really get up to much yesterday arvo except book ourselves in to get our tatts! Yay! Im booked in for Wednesday (tomorrow) so i'll let you all know how it goes (!?) Its a public holiday today, who knows what for theres lots of old people wandering about with flowers...?? The bad thing is that nothing much is open today. We are heading over to sophias place after this to do some washing, can you believe that there is not one laundromat in the whole of Warsaw?!? Unless you're staying in some posh hotel that is..which we are not haha Then the plan is to go see if some markets are open, that would be nice. We are going to a place called the Rock ... read more