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Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland amongst themselves. Poland regained its independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II. It became a Soviet satellite state following the war, but its government was comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of the independent trade union "Solidarity" that over time became a political force and by 1990 had swept parliamentary elections and the presidency. A "shock therapy" program during the early 1990s enabled the country to transform its economy into one of the most robust in Central Europe, but Poland currently suffers low GDP growth and high unemployment. Solidarity suffered a major defeat in the 2001 parliamentary elections when it failed to elect a single deputy to the lower house of Parliament, and the new leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union subsequently pledged to reduce the Trade Union's political role. Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. To be updated

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By majkel987
September 24th 2009
Witam :-) Europe » Poland » Masovia » Warsaw
Właśnie założyłem ten blog i mam zamiar pisać tu o swoich przyszłych podróżach. Jako, że to pierwszy post i nie wszyscy mnie znają, wypadałoby się przedstawić. A więc mam na imię Michał, od urodzenia, czyli od 22 lat mieszkam w Warszawie, a konkretniej mówiąc w Wawrze. O moim doświadczeniu podróżniczym możecie przeczytać powyżej. Dodam więc, że studiuję w Kolegium Języka Niemieckiego na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim, zaczynam za tydzień 3. rok. Interesuję [View Full Entry]

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By Chris and Shems
September 24th 2009
24th September Europe » Poland » Pomerania » Leba
shems: Went to the Erni school at 8am (slightly sore-headed) for a conversation class with four 18 year old girls. We played Linda's conversation games with them and marvelled at the difference in productivity from yesteray. Mid-morning we wandered around the town and went to our now regular cafe stop - it sells fantastic cakes, ice creams and most importantly good coffee. In the afternoon we met a lovely guy, Rafa who was very into Radiohead and wants to travel. After this we met Pioter, a real gentleman who supervising the technical side of Farm Frites, a french fry factory supplying [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 1st 2009 | 8 Views | [diary=450031]

Amazing what a bit of colour does
More colourful apartments
Class

By Chris and Shems
September 23rd 2009
23rd September Europe » Poland » Pomerania » Leba
Shems: For our first day at ERNI (Adam and Kathryn's language school), we went into Calmat, a family run screw, nuts and bolts suppliers. We were there for conversation practise and met some very nice people. It was a beginners class, and hard work for us ad them. However there were and interesting group and one member in particular, Waldek, an ex sailor had a burning urge to communicate whatever it took. We did several more conversation practise classes before heading home for lunch. We had a lovely carrot soup which Adam had made. In the afternoon we had more conversation [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 1st 2009 | 5 Views | [diary=450028]

Chris in the yard of screws

By Chris and Shems
September 22nd 2009
22nd September Europe » Poland » Pomerania » Lebork
Train travel
Train travel
Plenty of time to read on Polish trains.
Shems: Decision making is becoming a little arbitrary now, with us imposing false and meaningless conditions for taking a particular course of action. For example, this morning we randomly decided that if we were asked to move to yet another room in the hostel we would pack our bags and leave, if not we would stay another night. And so it was we found ourselves hurridly checking out without a plan for what to do next. I did a last-minute email download and found Adam had replied to my message from last night, saying he did not know of anyone else [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 1st 2009 | 7 Views | [diary=450025]

Train station

Enjoying the Polish baked dumplings - perogi
Enjoying the Polish baked dumplings - perogi
I thought they were like small cornish pasties and are delicious. There was a challenge on the menu to eat 50 of these things in 38(very specific) minutes. If you complete the ask you get the meal hal... [more]
Chris: A quiet day today. We Wandered about Torun, without any particular plans in mind. Popped into the British School to see if they had any work, but they had not started term time yet - so no luck there. Two potential hosts replied, unfortunately both wanting us in a week's time. We ended up going to a rock/indie bar called The Lizard King to discuss our options over a few beers. We decided to email our preferred hosts, Adam and Kathryn, to ask if they knew anyone else we could work with in the meantime. [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 24th 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=447724]

Baked perogi
Boiled perogi
Wherever I am I always like to know how far I am from Swindon

By Tias
September 21st 2009
Krakow with speed Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków
Well my journey began when I left Sebdog's apartment at 11:00pm and I knew it was going to be weird for the first few nights not having him to share a bed with. The train journey I was embarking upon was around 20 hours long and I knew my arse was going to feel it. My first connection was in the wee hours of the following day and then again at around 7 am (when I got onto my final train at hamburg). And there I remained for the following 12 plus hours until finally I arrived at Krakow at around [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 2nd 2009 | 27 Views | [diary=448303]


By Delaine
September 20th 2009
09/20/2009 - Gdynia, Poland Europe » Poland » Pomerania » Gdynia
Took a tour recommended by Ola - thank you Ola. The tour was excellent and our guide was wonderful. Konrad, apx. 75, was a child during Nazi occupation and a young man when the Russians occupied Poland so he has seen it all. He had some interesting stories to tell. First stop was Oliwa Cathedral where we got to hear beautiful organ music and look at the incredible wood carvings that surrounded the pipes. Then we drove by Lech Walesa’s house, which is pretty well hidden behind a fence and trees, but I was able to get a few pictures. Next [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 23rd 2009 | 21 Views | [diary=447118]

Oliwa Cathedral
Oliwa Cathedral
Oliwa Cathedral

Chris: We visited the Copernicus Museum today, as the town makes a big thing about being the home town of Nickolas Copernicus. Being a bit of an astronomy nut I found the museum pretty interesting, although I did feel sorry for Shems! Most of the artifacts they had on display were dusty old books, some in glass cabinets, and also rather randomly lots of cannon balls. Shems tried to force herself round the place, but I think she was hit with the same affliction I get when entering M&S (especially the clothes department). The boredom becomes so intense that you physically [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 24th 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=447721]

Copernicus's House
Other historic buildings
Reflection

Platform 2a
Platform 2a
There are quite relaxed rules about being on the tracks over here
Chris: We heeded the advice of the guy on the front-desk in the hostel and took the train to Turon. We had been told that it would be an interesting and historic place to see (birth place of Nickolas Copernicus - inventor of the solar system), so without much more research we set off to the city. One handy tip we read was to ask someone to write down out the train ticket request so that we could show the ticketing staff in the station. We asked the girl on the hostel reception desk and she helped out, and thank goodness [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 22nd 2009 | 19 Views | [diary=447281]

Crossing the Vistula
River cycling tour
Curry heaven

By Chris and Shems
September 18th 2009
18th September Europe » Poland » Greater Poland » Poznan
Chris: Had a bit of a lie in at the Cinnamon Hostel then I went to the Market Square to see the famous (ish) townhall clock strike 12 and the model goats that perform in the old townhall clock tower. It was just about worth the 10 minute walk to see. They basically come out to a fanfare, bow and then jiggle about a bit in mock aggression, butting-heads occaisionally. It reminded me slightly of the fight scenes in Team America, but would have been quite entertaining to your average medieval peasant. Meanwhile Shems had been writing to potential help exchange [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 15th 2009 | 24 Views | [diary=445261]

Townhall... awaiting the goats
US special forces in undercover operation
Future mall