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Sound advice on local hotels – from the girl in McDonalds
Blog: 501 Places - 23 May 2012
“Do you really want to stay there? It’s horrible!” It was 9.30pm and I’d been in Bialystok for a little over half an hour. The bed I had arranged was not available and having been given a couple of phone numbers by the apologetic hostel receptionist I thought I’d got lucky. There was a bed, [...]Sound advice on local hotels – from the girl in McDonalds is a post from: 501 Places
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Sights to See in Krakow, Poland
Blog: Pommie Travels - 10 May 2012
Krakow, or Cracow, is Poland’s most popular city for tourists. It was the royal seat and capital of Poland for [...]
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The Ghosts of the Beautiful Game
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 2 May 2012
You don't need me to tell you that football's popular around the world. But as Poland gears up for Euro 2012, here's why I'm laying my ghosts to rest...The Ghosts of the Beautiful Game first appeared on
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Zakopane: Poland’s Winter Capital in the Tatra Mountains
Blog: Pommie Travels - 1 May 2012
For a totally different experience on your trip to Poland, head up into the Tatra Mountains to the country’s Winter [...]
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Wieliczka Salt Mine: Poland’s Salt Cathedral
Blog: Pommie Travels - 26 April 2012
Wieliczka Salt Mine, which can be found 10km from Krakow, is one of Poland’s most popular tourist attractions, yet funnily [...]
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Inside Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Blog: Pommie Travels - 24 April 2012
There were piles and piles of shoes- each shoe representing a human being, another senseless killing. They had been treated [...]
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Pierogi – A Plateful of Polish Perfection
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 18 April 2012
Alright, there’s a chance I’ve gone overboard with the Ps in that headline. Yet ever since I wrote P-p-p-p-p-p-pick up a pepper all those years ago, I’ve been itching to let my little finger get another chance at glory on the keyboard. Pierogi. Poland. I’m afraid it got carried away.
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Light Packing Revisited
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 5 April 2012
Way back in May 2008 I wrote a blog post on light packing, listing the items I take with me on Lonely Planet assignments to Poland.
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What every schoolgirl should know about Auschwitz – video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 3 April 2012
This is my daughter Sophie-Anne’s account of her trip to Auschwitz as part of the Lessons from Auschwitz project. The visit was arranged by the Holocaust Educational Trust who work to educate young people about the Holocaust so they can see for themselves the terrible consequences of prejudice and racial hatred and bring these lessons [...]
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Daily Wanderlust: Krakow, Poland
Blog: The Adventures of D - 15 March 2012
Daily Wanderlust: Krakow, PolandI thought I’d never make it to Krakow. Under the cover of night, I boarded a van which took me across the border into Hungary, dropping me off back in [...]d travels 'round
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The Warsaw Gazette – Part 2
Blog: Chickstravelflicks - 11 March 2012
Tweet Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit Praga and Zoliborz (pronounced “Jolly–Bosch”), two suburbs of Warsaw, with my colleague Maria. Maria and I are kindred-souls, particularly in our approach to food (“life is good on a full stomach” and “quality beats quantity”) and when she offered to show me around Warsaw I didn’t … Continue reading »
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Hidden Warsaw: stories behind the courtyard shrines
Blog: 501 Places - 8 March 2012
Wander around any city for long enough and you’ll discover surprises in the most unexpected places. This is certainly true of Warsaw, where much of the city’s history, often tragic, often bloody but always fascinating, is hidden behind the brick and concrete of the main streets. While much of Warsaw was rebuilt after 1945 by [...]Hidden Warsaw: stories behind the courtyard shrines is a post from: 501 Places
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Warsaw Palace of Culture: Stalin’s unwanted gift to Poland
Blog: 501 Places - 5 March 2012
At some point in our lives we have all received an unwanted present. We usually hide it away and hope that no-one will notice. When Stalin decided in 1951 that he wanted to make a ‘gift’ to the people of Poland, he chose to erect a colossal tower in the heart of Warsaw that would [...]Warsaw Palace of Culture: Stalin’s unwanted gift to Poland is a post from: 501 Places
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The Warsaw Gazette – Part 1
Blog: Chickstravelflicks - 2 March 2012
Tweet The streets surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science were teaming with life this Friday evening and Poland’s tallest building looked beautiful illuminated. It was strange to walk around a shopping mall after 8:00pm and to have the time to browse through the grocery store aisles. As supermarkets don’t stay open late in Switzerland, … Continue reading »
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Not the Ugly Sister: Warsaw in Photos
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 28 February 2012
Warsaw. I've always thought it's a shame about the name. Krakow, the first city in Poland I visited, sounds intriguing and edgy, a cracking place to be. Warsaw, on the other hand, conjures up a protracted conflict involving various weapons from carpentry. Or perhaps that's just me. Not the Ugly Sister: Warsaw in Photos first appeared on . Head over there to read more about the world or follow @insidetravellab on Twitter.
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Goodbye Kangaroo, Hello Bison
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 26 February 2012
As I come to the end of my time in Sydney, I'm thinking about my next stop: Warsaw in Poland. And I'm just wondering whether I'll find Bison Vodka there, as I did in Krakow. That's vodka served with a blade of grass. Goodbye Kangaroo, Hello Bison first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there to read more about the world or follow @insidetravellab on Twitter.
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Secrets in Salt: The Wieliczka Salt Mines
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 24 February 2012
“Are you ready?” asks Christopher, a guide from the nearby village of Wieliczka. He’s cloaked in a long charcoal jacket and blowing on his hands to keep warm. For a giant-sized man, he uses a soft voice. “Because once we start, I will not be able to talk to you. And you will not be able to turn back.”
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Poles apart: growing up with Warsaw
Blog: 501 Places - 23 February 2012
Our long term memory is a funny beast. I look on many of my childhood events and they appear to be not only distant but also dim; quite literally so. Our holidays seem to have took place if not in black and white then in a washed-out hue while memories of people and places are [...]Poles apart: growing up with Warsaw is a post from: 501 Places
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Pictures of Przemyśl
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 7 February 2012
One attractive Polish city I've never written a travel article about is Przemyśl. It lies in the southeast of the country in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and has a mighty river (the San) running through it.
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Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery: a memorial to a cruel past
Blog: Sophie's World - 25 January 2012
I’m mysteriously drawn to cemeteries, especially old ones. Wandering along the rows, looking at grave stones, I try to imagine the lives of those long since departed. One particularly evocative graveyard is the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw. — Our way there is fraught with difficulty. Warsaw’s tram drivers point us in the wrong direction time [...]Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery: a memorial to a cruel past is a post from Sophie's World
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The Saturday City: Overrated Krakow
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 7 January 2012
I’m just going to say it: Krakow, Poland is an overrated destination. Whenever I travel through Europe, people always ask me if I’m going to visit Krakow. “No,” I usually respond. “Ohh, you’re really missing out. It’s one of the best cities in the world,“ they reply. This year, as I finally made my way [...]
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The Weekly Photo: Fall in Warsaw
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 13 November 2011
Fall in Warsaw, Poland Heading here? Book your travel using the links below and help support this website and keep it running: Cheap Flights | Travel insurance | Hotels | Hostels |Guidebooks | 50 Adventure Tours under $995 ©Nomadic Matt's Travel Site.
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Auschwitz & Birkenau Extermination Camps
Blog: London Cosmopolitan - 4 October 2011
Grey, un-textured patterns painted the flat skies above the longhorizon.
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Tour of Krakow and the High Tatras
Blog: London Cosmopolitan - 28 September 2011
Werecently had an opportunity to travel to Krakow, the former imperial capitaland Poland’s second city, for four days of exploring historic old towns,majestic mountains, and world-class museums.
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The Unicycle Diaries 7: The Bison That Time Forgot
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 31 August 2011
After my first Lonely Planet assignment in Poland in winter 2006, I pitched this bison-related story idea to a number of publications. Nothing came of it, but I thought it'd make a good backbone for a picture story here...I’ve never felt much like Little Red Riding Hood... until this very moment.
