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Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw September 1st 2010

Today Des and I went to the opening ceremonies at the Sycow school we'll be teaching at. Everyone was dressed sooo nicely and alllll of the show was in Polish. The headmistress announces us as the new native speaker teachers and we stood, everyone clapped. I don't know what she was saying about us but it went on for like 5 minutes. Met some of the teachers, everyone was really nice, walked around the town a little, saw the bus stops and schedules, ate a dessert at a cafe, got a bunch of groceries (super cheap), came home, lesson planned for our first day teaching tomorrow, ate polish kielbasa and potatoes (yum), saw the most incredible rainbow and sunset after a rain shower passed (once again).... read more

Polish houses

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw August 31st 2010

countryside

ncsualyson

It is really beautiful here. The town Sycow is very small, lots of farmland, green, trees, Polish style houses. I took some pictures from outside our kitchen window in our apartment before a storm came through. Also, the pictures from mine and Jess's last night in Athens and the Parthenon all lit up.... read more

Poland

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw August 31st 2010

ncsualyson

Finally made it to Poland. Left the hotel yesterday morning at 7:30am (cheaper to split a cab with Jess because her flight left at 10:30 yesterday morning. So I slept on the seats in the airport until my 1:10 flight (also got all my luggage on the plane for free some how. It should have been over 100$!). 3 hours to Munich, 2 hour layover there, 1 hour flight to Wroclaw. Mr. Sawicki was there waiting for me with Desiree. They are both verrrry nice and I think we'll be fine working/living together. He helped me with my bags (which is saying something cause they were over 100lbs total). Drove through the city of Wroclaw (which is where we'll take a bus into on the weekends to shop/sightsee/wander.) Its a pretty big city, kind of like ... read more

Catch Up

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw April 16th 2010

On Base

ChelseaRayAbroad

Some pictures over the last few months. Visiting Sandy, Matt and Alison in Germany; Kasia's wedding; memorials for Lech Kaczynski.... read more

First night/day in Poland! Wroclaw

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw September 29th 2009

Wroclaw Town Square

torence777

So I am sure most of you know that for the past two summers I've worked in the Outer Banks, NC at the beach.. A lot of Eastern and Central Europeans go there for work during the touristy season to make money, go to the States, and travel.. So I met a lot of Russians and Polish kids which has been a lot of fun! We take turns having parties, they cook polish/russian food for us, they make us drink their vodka, etc.. So now I am lucky to have friends in Poland and Russia! So, Tomek picked me up at the bus station in Wroclaw at 2:00am (I felt bad). At first I didn't recognize him because I hadn't seen him in two years.. he had dread locks then, but now they are pretty long! ... read more

Siema Polska :) !!

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw September 9th 2009

Photo 1

misiumisiu

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 :) ... read more

Wroclaw - laid back and on a SWING!

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw August 22nd 2009

Passers by in Wroclaw

Darahera

It was early morning, but the traffic was already rushing. Me and Edita met at the hitchhiking point in one end of Warsaw. She said she hasn't slept all night - Erasmus party. - Have you hitchhiked before? - I asked her. - No. - Have you couchsurfed before? - No, - she smiled. So it was going to be a double adventure for her. It was not my first time hitchhiking, nor couchsurfing, but still I had an up mood for traveling and adventures. A mood for the road. So I raised a sign and Edita raised a thumb. People around, as usual, looked at us as aliens (and there were quite a lot of people as this was bus stop). Were were not very lucky, as around an hour had to pass until a ... read more

Wrocław, Polska

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw July 31st 2009

Czestochowa

The Journey

Częstochowa, Wrocław, Karpacz, Kamiena Góra - Poland, July 20th-30th, 2009 After leaving Krakow, we began our journey to my hometown of Wroclaw. We stopped along the way in the pilgrimage town of Czestochowa for a brief two night stay. Czestochowa is one of many major pilgrimage sites for Christians around the world. This particular place is a pilgrimage site because of the painting of the Black Madonna which resides there. The painting is believed to have started bleeding when it was cut by invading Hussites in 1430, who after seeing the bleeding retreated in fear. This was percieved as a miracle of God, so to this day, hundreds of people from all over Europe gather for mass in the chapel that holds the painting. Two days later we were finally in Wroclaw... or more specifically ... read more

Writing from Wroclaw

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian » Wroclaw July 14th 2009

Sue70

Woke up before the alarm this morning, mostly because I didn't really sleep. I kept checking the time every hour or so until just before 4am when I decided to give up and just get up. Got my stuff, left the hostel and took a cab in the pouring rain to the night bus to Prestwick airport. The cab driver had me a little worried when he asked if I'd already gotten my bus ticket, and I'd said no. He said I might not get a seat on the bus, as he'd seen people being turned away on other occasions. Fortunately, Tues. morning is not a particularly popular bus time, as the bus left the terminal half-empty. Made it to the airport in plenty of time, checked in, and then went to eat my breakfast. I'd ... read more

Szklarska Poreba

Europe » Poland » Lower Silesian July 8th 2009

Fearless Group

ChelseaRayAbroad

I spent America's birthday in Szklarska Poremba, hiking in the Sudeten Mountains. Good weather, sore legs and an Australian made for a nice 4th of July.... read more

Chelsea in the mandatory waterfall helmet

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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