Blogs from Lower Silesian, Poland, Europe - page 11

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw August 6th 2007

Hello Everyone!! I am so sorry that it took me so long to write an entry. I have been busy trying to learn Polish and eating tons of amazing Polish food. I arrived in Europe on Saturday July14th and flew into Wroclaw where Ola, Martin and Ola's aunt met me. I toured around the old city of Wroclaw the next day. I saw the oldest pub in Europe where celebrities like Beethoven and Chopin used to grab a drink! The old town is really pretty, cobblestone everywhere (as in most European cities) and very colourful buildings. We didn't spend much time in Wroclaw because friends of Ola's parents took us to their cottage in the countryside near the border of the Czech Republic. Before heading to the cottage we decided to go see the castle Ksiadz. ... read more

CELTA course

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw July 28th 2007

Me talking to a lamb

Tommy Boy

CELTA 2007 International House Wroclaw I did the CELTA course so I have the opportunity to travel and teach around the globe. Also, so I did something constructive with my summer. I always loathed doing speeches at school/uni and am generally not comfortable speaking in front of many people. So this was a bit a challenge to me, and normally with strangers I’m pretty introverted personality wise. Week 1 I arrived on the Sunday and the course was due to start on the Monday. I got picked up from the airport by a really friendly woman who works at IH, she helped my buy some tram tickets for the week ahead, and showed me where I live. My accommodation was a high rise apartment block, but inside was really nice and was obviously owned by a ... read more

First thing you should do when arriving.

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw June 2nd 2007

RECOVERED

Tantina

So, this morning, packed and left the apartment in Prague! Lend my adapter to a roomate and forgot to get it back before I left, so I was in a hurry to leave and had to ring back to the apartment to get it..haaaa.... Made it to the bus station on time...aiya...this bus company isn't as nice as Eurolines or Student Agency...the bus was really basic. Anyways, travelling resume!!!=) The busline i took was from Praha - Minsk (Belarus)....so I think 90% of the bus were Belarus people. The movie and everything on the bus was in Russian as well. The ride was alright, 6.5 hrs...we had a 30 min bathroom and I think, lunch stop. Then arrived at the border to Poland. Very beautiful border!!!!!! there's this river and a nice park. Lots of people ... read more

Black plates

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw December 4th 2006

What role models?!

Ol_boss

Sometimes you can spend ages psyching yourself up to do something. Then just as you're about to bite the bullet, Fate shows up, says "Scratch that, i've got a better idea" and you find yourself on a completely different path. I had big plans, a grand Slavic loop that would take me through southern Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, and back to Prague in time for New Year - I'd decided to ignore the minimal daylight and even more minimal temperatures and make the most of my freedom. First stop Wroclaw (pronounced Rock-slav), 70% destroyed during WWII and "one of Poland's most attractive cities", then on to Krakow, 4.5h southeast, with the horror of Auschwitz and amazing underground salt mines... I'm on the train to Krakow now (making this a loco-log? - sorry, bad pun), the only ... read more

A Pottery Mission and a Mission After the Pottery

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Boleslawiec October 15th 2006

Building 1

Roaming Rosie

I struggle out of bed after an uneasy two hours of sleep with anticipation on the brain. I never sleep well before a trip. Determined to beat the traffic, our group of eight piled into a nine-seater Ford Transit, and headed out of the Park & Ride lot at 0400. Just a bit earlier than oh-dark-thirty. Luckily, gas station breaks provided me with a Nescafe Choco coffee and a sugar-free Red Bull. Very early in the trip we witnessed first hand how the metal railing along the Autobahn does not collapse like the guardrails in the States, but instead forces one’s car hood to collapse like a condensed accordion. Good to know. We take Autobahn 5 to A7 to A4, and the sun finally showed itself about 0715, presenting us with a foggy and chilly northern ... read more

Wroclaw!

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw August 10th 2006

Big Bugs exist in Wroclaw ahh!

Viajepodroz

Vising the city with cwy ex-participants... read more

This is the equivalent to a parking ticket in Wroclaw!!!

Another belated post. . .

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw August 2nd 2006

Room

Katie Cofield

So, it’s been some time since I have posted anything. And that is because I’ve been in the middle of the woods in Poland for 7 days. Brzezinka was built in the mid 70’s I believe for the Theatre Laboratory’s use in it’s work. It is one building (and a broken water mill) that houses enough space (and more) for the 35 people who are here now, two large work spaces, a kitchen, two dining halls several storage spaces and of course, a three stall, two shower bathroom and washing machine. Oh, and mosquitos the size of my hand. Our schedule has been (loosely) as follows: 8:30 Warm-up session This typically consists of a run through the woods, lots of stretching and yoga like excercises. Also, weight sharing with partners and acrobatic partner work. Lots of ... read more

Belated update One. . .

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw July 26th 2006

Kinder

Katie Cofield

07.26.06 I am currently sitting in the Grotowski Centre. Amazing. I’m in Poland!! I made it, finally. Let me explain- I left Park in Italy on Monday. I took a train to Forli airport. I got on my crowded flight to Frankfurt, during which time my phone alarm clock went off, even thought the phone was off, and rude old Italian men laughed at me and the flight attendants were very mean. I arrived at Frankfurt Hahn a little early, and thought, good, i’ll be asleep in an hour. Nope. Frankfurt HAHN is two hours from Frankfurt Main. Smart, me. So, having a mini melt down, I ate a strange sandwich and got onto a bus into town. I met a nice girl who was interviewing to be an au pere in Frankfurt. She and I ... read more

w Wrocławie

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw July 4th 2006

Town hall

SlavicNerd

Ok so I'm not really in Wroclaw anymore, but since I had two failed attempts at updating yesterday, we're gonna pretend i am.. so our last night in Warsaw we ended going to Galeria (club) along with Kasia's cousins. Kasia was quite the dancing queen if I do say so myself. Jarek and I left to check out Utopia, one of Warsaw's best clubs, while Kasia stayed and got her groove on. Once back (4:30am) we hit up some Kebabs....always delicious.... the next morning I went to meet up with Jarek at 2:00 and we headed to the train station so he could help me buy tickets. Well all the workers there were huge bitches and were of no help whatsoever, so we ended up going to an internet cafe to look up train times. The ... read more

Relies (Aussie for Relatives) in Poland

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw May 13th 2006

natatlarge

The day after the wedding (May 12th) we met AlliGator for a late lunch and then they had a gift opening. After that they were off to Italy for their honeymoon. Sunday, May 13th, my parents, Joel and I drove my dad's cousin's car to Poland (they left it for us after the wedding). We went directly to the village where my dad's cousin Wiesiu and his family Bozena... 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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