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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 Layla and Ste
September 14th 2009
Krakow Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków
So off we set on our 19 hour bus journey to Krakow. It actually went surprisingly well. I think we had tired ourselves out after Amsterdam that we slept pretty well through the night and the next morning. We got to Krakow around 4pm, somehow managed to find our way out of the bus station and to the hostel we had booked (didn't have any luck finding couchsurfers for krakow) It was called Oasis Hostel, I had persuaded Ste to book this one as it was only 3 pound a night, whereas all the others were around 5/6 pound. It turned [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 15th 2009 | 120 Views | [diary=436413]

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By NickInPoland
September 13th 2009
Test Europe » Poland » Masovia » Warsaw
THIS IS A TEST - I am still getting used to this website and I would like to send out a test blog to make sure I have added email addresses to the mailing list the correct way. Please comment on this post so I know you have recieved an email notification of a new post. Thanks! [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 13th 2009 | 39 Views | [diary=436256]


Hello everyone! I've decided that the easiest way for me to share with all of you my Polish experiences would be to create a travel blog, like this one, where I can post my stories and pictures. My last trip to Poland I was just sending out huge, massive emails and I was sometimes getting them sent back to me in my inbox. So, I figured this way I can send out the link to my travel blog and you can check in whenever you'd like. The plus side to doing it this way is that I can also attach pictures [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 12th 2009 | 27 Views | [diary=436036]


Warsawa - Stalin's Palace of Culture
Warsawa - Stalin's Palace of Culture
modelled on the Empire State - he never lived to see it complete
in Berlin - but wasting time - almost 4pm (instead of being in museums - or getting lost on ze S undt U-bahn) uploading some snappies - for Warsawa (you can see I was somewhat taken with the war memorial bronze statues) I am starting to get confused as to what country/city I am in already, mostly when I am telling people about places a week ago - where was that again??! I will likely go on a 6 hour guided walking tour tomorrow for the essential Berlin - it is only 10 Euro so sounds a bargain relatively. With my [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 10th 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=435407]

Warsawa - culture palace - detail
Warsawa - Culture Palace
Warsawa - more Kultur Palast

By CalmingContradiction
September 10th 2009
Joie d'vie! Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków
Hello Family and Friends! Sorry about the delay, turns out the times when I have internet I don't have the patience to sit down long enough to do anything productive! Today I write to you from Kracow, Poland after an eight hour drive (which should have been three) from Warsaw, Poland. In the past few days I have been in six different countries, which is simply amazing as I have only really driven the distance from Colorado to say... Tennessee maybe? Don't really know, but the point is, the scale here just seems so... unusual. Having a blast though, plan to [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 10th 2009 | 64 Views | [diary=435547]

Amsterdam, Holland
Amsterdam, Holland
Brugge, Belgium

We went to Legnica, Wrocław and Kraków. 3rd September, 2009. We went to Legnica, part of Dolnoslaskie. This city is my husband home town and it takes about 1hour from Wrocław by car. 5th September, 2009. I tried to make polish traditional food 'Pierogi' with my husband family. Even though I have eaten pierogi quite often in Poland and Englnad but I have never made it myself! It was my fantastic experience :) [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 9th 2009 | 37 Views | [diary=435276]

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When I was writing my couchrequest to Tomasz I was in Krakow and not entirely sober. Just before I had two shots of "good night sleep" vodka with my host. But the request was successful and in few days I was in a minibus Krakow-Lublin. Going there alone gave me time to think and conclude my journey. I had been on road already around 18 days and Lublin was my last stop before coming back to Warsaw. Even though I would not say I had the "happy happy" feeling at the time of traveling, but in conclusion this road gave me [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 14th 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=435064]

Perspectives of Lublin
Perspectives of Lublin
Perspectives of Lublin

18 km. east of Kostrzyn, 27-07-2001. For the last two days I have been back to my solitary life style, sticking as much as posible to the back roads, looking for the green patches on my map that indicate fast tracks of forest. Totally alone to myself, to the dusty corners of my chaotic mind while my lungs heave, my calves protest and the perpiration covering my skin like a fine wed blanket, dripping into my sneakers... Whenever I return from my voluntary retreats to the farther corners of my mind and look around at the here and now surrounded by [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 8th 2009 | 26 Views | [diary=434939]

another inhabitant of the...

Poland - train to Warsawa - MONDAY 7 Sept.09 sitting on a Polish train which is roaring along at a decent clip as we move towards Warsawa where I will spend 2 nights in the rapidly collapsing remaining days. Its going on 7pm - and as we have moved into Poland the clocks have gone back an hour - which explains the rather long journey - we left Vilnius at high noon - will take 9 ˝ hours and end at 8.30pm. Which of course means it will be dark when we arrive - and I (may) have that problem of [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 9th 2009 | 53 Views | [diary=435005]


By heraclio
September 6th 2009
Very serious indeed Europe » Poland » Greater Poland » Poznan
Looking for food
Looking for food
My camping place in the forest overlooking a small lake
In the forest near Poznan, 25-07-2001. With only four hundert kilometers to Belin and five days of holiday left, there is no reason to hurry, no particular moment of doubt about the end of this trip. I can take the back roads through the dark green pine forests so abundant in Northern Poland. Maybe even cycle the remaining six hundert kilometers from Berlin to Amsterdam instead of using my return ticket by train. Would certainly improve my status as a super-wanderer among my alley-cat - bicycle messenger in Amsterdam speak - amigos back home. Not really the way I see it [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 6th 2009 | 23 Views | [diary=434351]

Owl on the hunt