Blogs from Warsaw, Masovia, Poland, Europe - page 13

well its almost half 5 here and Ive just finished my first proper day sight seeing in poland. Firstly I went to get a Warsaw card from the tourist information. Its about the size of a credit card and allows you discounted entry into museum etc and covers all your public transport. I was going to get a 3 day one to cover all the days I'm here for but the bloke in the tourist information told me that a lot of the museums are shut on a monday so there wasn't much point. So I just got a one day one, but what he also didnt tell me was that the museums are free on a sunday so I havent used it yet. So Im going to activate the transport one when I head to ... read more

well last night fairly early night ended about 2am. I went to the hostel's bar and had a few beers and several shots with a couple of people who worked there. I managed to have a fairly sensible conversation about footie with two americans. I managed to be up and ready to leave about 9ish. couldnt work out what tram to get so ended up walking to the station. next time i go away im getting a bag with wheels. I was a bit hungover, so was not at all a happy bunny. I ended up having to talk to 3 cashiers to get my ticket sorted. the trains over here are so comfy, you get loads of leg room. most of the polish countryside passed me by because I was asleep, but the bits I ... read more

Budapest, Hungria, 2 de noviembre del 2öö8. Saludos (en polaco se pronuncia "yendobre", no me acuerdo como se escribe): Ahi van algunas fotos de Varsovia, Polonia, la cual es una ciudad "moderna", que tendra algo asi como 2 millones de varsovianos (o como se les diga). Lo que existe ahorita es una reconstruccion de las ruinas que quedaron en la 2a guerra mundial, no hay mucho edificio viejo y para rematar le toco reconstruirla a los comunistas. Su centro historico es chico, pero tranquilo y limpio. Su gente es muy ordenada, no tira basura en la calle (aunque no limpian las hojas de las calles), no se ven problemas,todo tranquilo. Una de las peculiaridades de Polonia es que esta prohibido cruzarse la calle cuando el semaforo peatonal esta en rojo o cruzarse la calle por en ... read more

Good afternoon! Everything in Poland is going well and I have great news - according to the infamous USOS I now have classes! Therefore, I am now officially a student here...about frickin time, it only took about a month and a half :) Soon I will also have my student ID, which, in Poland is actually useful as opposed to having a student ID at UWM. In Poland, students get discounts in many, many places. The main discount I'm looking forward to is a 50% discount on public transportation in Warsaw. Yesterday my friend Ana (Slovenia) and I decided to take a trip to Łódź - a city that's about an hour and a half away from Warsaw by train. We actually wanted to go to Gdańsk (northern city of Poland located right on the Baltic ... read more

I have loft aspirations of posting the rest of my Berlin photos today (all backdated, of course), but before anything, so pictures of what I awoke to this morning... ... read more