Blogs from Tarnów, Lesser Poland, Poland, Europe

Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Tarnów December 5th 2014

Tarnow - the new Krakow. Tarnow - twinned with Blackburn. It could get a little controversial if a side was taken in this observation, so make your own mind up after reading and looking at the photographs. I sold it to the Man in the Middle as the new Krakow. He might have stayed in bed a bit longer had he known the other fact. As it was, we were camped in the rail station at Rzeszow ready for the 8.57 train westwards. It was the princely sum of 17.80 Zloty one way, which is a lot of money if you equate it to beer terms. It better live up to expectations. The weather was miserable. Low clouds and fog. Drizzle. In truth, there wasn't a great deal to see en route. The distance was roughly ... read more

Tarnow, Poland 2009

Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Tarnów May 30th 2009

The drive from Germany

Luwee

These are pictures from our trip from Garmisch, Germany to Tarnow, Poland. WOW!!!! What a day of travel this turned out to be. We had a nice breakfast in Garmisch at the Army resort...and what a nice place that was!!!!! We took off for Poland..... We figured the GPS would take us through the Czech Republic since it looked like a direct route. But we were not surprised when it took us North around the country...Okay..we thought the next turn would be in Germany...great!!!! Well, we just kept going further and further north. Finally, we decided the GPS was taking us to some other "Tarnow" It was!!!! Crapola!! We probably drove 5 hours out of the way that day. I guess it could have been worse. About fifty miles from Berlin, we finally figured it out ... read more

Brief history of Poland

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 ...more history

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