Blogs from Malbork, Pomerania, Poland, Europe - page 2

Close to Katy, 05-07-2001. It is close to 04.00 O'clock in the morning before I see divine light, before I see the hopelessness of being lazy, too lazy to leave the cozy comfort of my muffty old sleeping bag that has followed me on so many trips but seems to be unable to help me out, to protect me against that determined clan of mozzies so keen on my Dutch blood. Olds age and many trips have left their tracks on my nighttime partner, small worn-out patches and down right small holes big enough for small mozzie bodies. I will have to get up and pitch my tent instead of spending the night under this star lit heaven that feels somehow comfortable if it wasn't for the bloodsuck clan outside. Not that I can blame my ... read more

Geo: 54.04, 19.04Off to Malbork castle - but only after taking another load of laundry out of the machine. We've been doing laundry like crazy - almost all of the dishwashing liquid in the apartment is gone! We stopped at a pastry shack on the way from the train station to Malbork castle. I had a donut that can only be described as a very bad Boston cream donut. The Polish simply don't know how to make a good dough - the texture was like that of bad bread. I also had some kind of glazed almond/poppyseed Danish - the same problem with the dough, but the filling was very tasty. Malbork castle is pretty cool - it's the largest brick castle in the world. There was quite a bit to see - it's best to ... read more

One moment Rich and I were standing in the train station at Iwava in central Poland feeling lost, and only hours later we were sitting down to a three course dinner cooked by a polish Grandma, full of garden-grown ingredients: potatoes with chives, dill and cucumber salad, and homegrown cherry juice to name just a few. We are currently being lovingly hosted by the family of Ursula, Carolina, and Natalia, with Grandmother and Grandfather Wienska, the unparalleled chef and gardener respectively. We are in a village just west of Iwava, halfway between the Baltic coast and Warsaw, where Ursula and Carolina invited us to come and pitch our tent, when Ursula overheard Rich asking in the train station for directions to a camping site. The train station attendant was being outright rude, ignoring Richard in order ... read more

Today I was supposed to go with a boy from Monar to see his school and meet his class. was looking forward to it but unfortunately the school has exams going on and the visit was not possible. so as there was no other work I decided to make the trip to Malbork Castle. This i situated in Malbork near Gadansk. I won't dwell into the history of the castle. The link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbork. In short the castle is supposedly the largest Gothic style fortress in Europe. Built in 1274 by the knights of the Teutonic Order. The castle is built of red brick and the architecture and sixe of the castle is quite magnificant. I saw the ineterieors of the castle which has nice frescos and the colection of amber artifacts which is beautiful. as ... read more