http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Poland , Podlachian en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 00:59:31 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:59:31 +0000 Nielegalne wysypiska mieci i gruzu s prawdziwym utrapieniem nie tylko Warszawy ale i chyba wszystkich gmin na terenie caego kraju. Powstaj one wszdzie w lasach parkach gruz jest znajdowany rwnie w zakolach Wisy. Problem nars przez lata kiedy nie mona byo wyegzekwowa przestrzegania przepisw regulujcych wywz gruzu a take wywozu mieci komunalnych. Do tej pory http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialystok/blog-767989.html Posiadanie i kierowanie samochodem to nie tylko jest przyjemno ale rwnie obowizek. Kady kierowca a take waciciel pojazdu jest zobowizany do sprawdzenia stanu technicznego pojazdu jeszcze przed wyjazdem w tras a jeli samochd nie jest sprawny to w miar moliwoci usterki usun. Do takiego sprawdzenia zalicza si rwnie sprawdzenie stanu ogumienia w posiadanym http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialystok/blog-767632.html Jaguar pywajcy w wodzie w parku Woodland ltiframe srchttpwww.youtube.comembedsQRemkGhYZU frameborder0 width560 height315gtltiframegt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Suwalki/blog-701028.html Puszcza Biaowieska Biaowiea Forest is an ancient woodland straddling the border between the two countries located 70 km 43 mi north of Brest Belarus and 62 km 39 mi southeast of Biaystok Poland. It is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest which once spread across the European Plain.This UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve lies http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialowieza/blog-667665.html We were kayaking on the Sokoda river on an upper part of the river that was not normally navigable it being too shallow. Recent heavy rain had raised the level of the river allowing us to kayak on this quiet upper section. However the other side of the coin was it was pretty narrow with constant tight bends. It was when we got stuck in a diagonal fashion by the powerful current wedging the end http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Knyszyn-Forest/blog-661035.html The train a little railcar bumped steadily along the worn tracks in deepest Podlasie in a stultifying heat. The sky was a threatening grey with the air heavy and we were heading deliberately to the edge of Poland the frontier land of the east. We had no exact idea of our final destination that day just that it was an invitation to a place far away from the noise and bustle of the city and wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/blog-658364.html BC Belarussian Comfort After our few days in Freiburg all too soon we were to set off for Poland. It was my birthday but sunny solar Freiburg wasnt so sunny and we didnt go on the planned trip into the mountains of the Black Forest lying just behind the city. Instead we had a stroll up the Schloberg before a meal at the veggie restaurant in the city centre. There you pile up your pla http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/blog-608667.html Back in Poland againthis time for work We are over for a week having spent the weekend doing lessons in Legal English at Biaystok University Kasia being the expert on this I have experience in teaching English editing and doing seminars. We gave the students some interesting material a real case of deceptionfraud and got them to do a court session in English they seemed to really http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialystok/blog-468740.html Burley Hull Zeebrugge BelgiumWe were on the slow way to Poland taking the overnight ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge. It was good to chill out on the boat. Next day we got the bus link to Bruges and had breakfast at the station. Our train was signed on the platform so we hurried on the train and then I noticed the train went seemingly two minutes early. My suspicions gave way to dismay when a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/blog-437426.html Suprasl is a town near capital of vvoivodeship Bialystok. There you can see Museum of Holy Orthodox Icons Monastery and river Suprasl. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/blog-295558.html I live in Podlachian so one day i decided to see a part of my voivodeship. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/blog-295534.html To escape the urban world we went as far east as we could to the Belarussian border and beyond convenient commuter time. Jawka tells a different story EU cash has been spent on doing up the roads and pavements and the village green. The green had been a market place in more prosperous times. The shops look like they have had some money spent on them too and the church was sporting a spankin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Knyszyn-Forest/blog-277294.html En daar was een huisje zonder elektriciteit gas of stromend water.We vertrokken met 25 erasmussers en 6 Poolse begeleidende studenten vrijdagavond met de trein in Warschau. Vervolgens dropte een busje ons aan de rand van een bos rond middernacht. Kregen we allen een kompas en kaart toegestopt en in twee groepen hebben we nog een tweetal uren door dat bos gewandeld. Nogal scoutsig. Wanneer we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialystok/blog-219663.html Wanneer Adam vrijdag om 5 uur thuiskwam zijn we Lisa Adam Jannie Katrine en ik samen inkopen gaan doen voor ons tripje. Om 6 uur zijn we vertrokken met Adams auto en het heeft ons een uur gekost om uit Warschau te geraken om tenslotte om half 11 in Biaowiea aan te komen. Een groot deel van de reis leidde ons over de grote baan naar Moskou. Als we deze voor 1800 km zouden volgen ware http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialowieza/blog-215498.html For the first time in over a week we get rain. And of course it has to happen in the middle of the night. Quickly get out of the tent pull the rain cover over the tent and retreat back into the dry inside. Fortunately the rain doesn't last and is gone by the time we get up in the morning.A coffee and some bread later we're back on the road towards Lithuania. If everything goes according to p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Suwalki/blog-204935.html 3 June Supral We decided to visit the Folk and Food Fair being held in Supral a pleasant little town in the Knyszyn Forest near Biaystok. Seeing as it was a nice day we got the bus as far as Orgrdnicki and walked the rest of the way to Supral. Ogrdnicki is changing many new large houses have been built their recently. We passed a small lake and sunned ourselves there before navigat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialystok/blog-65869.html Augustw Augustow is on the eastern side of the Lake District about 60 miles north of Biaystok. Close to the vast Augustw forest the lakes and rivers are all connected you could even paddle to Belarus in theory Actually a tour organisation called PTTK in Augustw do organise trips in Belarus but I guess it is up to you to get the visas sorted. Large injections of EU cash have sma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Augustow/blog-65867.html 26 May BiaystokToday we got drenched as went along the main shopping street Lipowa. Within about 10 minutes the downpour had soaked us to the skin and we abandoned our search for music shops in Biaystok. The music scene is pretty good in Poland incidentally. I came back with plenty of CDs to keep me occupied. Just dont expect a vast range of CDs on offer in the shops it is likely that i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Bialystok/blog-65862.html Poland May 2006 Warsaw Back in Poland then though less of a tour and more of a family visit. Taking advantage of lower fares we flew from Liverpool to Warsaw. The flight is 2.5 hours and it is a jolt when you arrive suddenly everything is in Polish the weather's warmer and the street environment is very different to Britain. Cleaner for a start.Because our flight landed with only an hour http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Knyszyn-Forest/blog-63442.html We met our friends Radek and Dorota at Biaystok station and caught the next local train up to Czarna Biaostocka 25 minutes away. We walked around Czarna in search of the narrow gauge line reportedly to be opening but there was no evidence of operation. There was aslight disadvantage that the line into the Knyszyn Forest was severed by a major road.We followed the yellow trail along forest tr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Podlachian/Knyszyn-Forest/blog-9094.html