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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Bar-Hopping Along the Cobbled Streets of Krakow

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 18 July 2011

    As I prepared my suitcase for my trip to Krakow in Poland, I was looking forward to a weekend filled to the brim with sight-seeing, cultural abundance and the opportunity to walk along the cobbled streets of the historic Old Town.

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  5. Nightlife and Dining in Krakow, Poland

    Blog: Pommie Travels - 8 July 2011

    Poland’s second largest city, Krakow is one of Eastern Europe’s historical and cultural gems.  Wawel Hill is the site of earliest settlement in the region and now hosts the imposing castle of the Polish royal family, as well as a stunningly ornate Catholic Cathedral where generations of rulers are buried alongside Poland’s most prized national [...]

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  6. Escape of the Week: Krakow Sunset

    Blog: The Adventures of D - 7 July 2011

    Krakow is an easy city to fall in love with, and one of the most underrated. The old portion isn’t too large, so it’s easy to navigate. There’s tons of kebap shops. Clubs and bars make the nightlife one of the best in the region. And, well, it is just plain gorgeous. I spent a [...]

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  7. Poland 1: Signs of Kraków

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 20 May 2011

    It's the end of my first week in Kraków, Poland. As always at this point in these trips, I'm missing home a little, but also being pleasantly reminded of how beautiful this city is.I don't take many photos on these trips, especially when in a city I've visited before, but I do have a few from this week that I'd like to share with you. They're of signs - more or less - which have caught me eye over the past few days...

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  8. Shakespeare Untranslated: To See, or Not to See?

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 12 November 2010

    To be, or not to be? To see, or not see a Shakespeare play in a foreign language? Now, that really is the question. When travelling in a country with a different language from your own, a lot of its culture is still open to you.

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  9. Snapshots: 東歐 East Europe

    Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 September 2010

    A violinist charming a young lady with a song in romantic Budapest Budapest skyline at sunset Tram #47 crossing the Danube on Liberty Bridge, Budapest Locals starting their day with a morning soak in Gellert Baths Artists gathered in Krakow's main square, Poland Krakow old town, Poland Charming Sibiu, Romania Spooky Transylvania, Romania Young boy watches the photographer

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  10. Companions on the Polish Road 1: Kraków to Gdańsk

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 6 August 2010

    When I travelled around Poland in 2008, I made a point of talking with people I encountered along the way. As I was researching a possible travelogue book about Poland, I wanted to get the most out of encounters with locals on my journeys.

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  11. Day 153: An Important Lesson in History

    Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 12 July 2010

    Krakow, Poland - the first of our Euro destinations that has made travel in this continent worth it for me. We pulled into Warsaw yesterday at 5am and didn't feel like messing with a big city so decided on a whim to continue our journey here. A much needed "wow" just when we were beginning to feel constipated of our travels, stuck and somewhat disinterested in Europe, wondering why we exchanged

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  12. Krakow Poland's PhotoMonth Event is Better with Pirogies (and Oscypki)

    Blog: MuseumChick - 21 June 2010

    This was my first time visiting Poland. It was an impromptu decision. I was going to Germany and Poland happens to be their neighbor. I love pirogies, wanted to visit Auschwitz and wanted to learn more about Poland than pirogies and Auschwitz. I arrived just in time for the final week of Krakow's PhotoMonth Event. Being one of Poland's oldest cities and a UNESCO world heritage site, Krakow is a dynamic setting to display contemporary artists photographs at various locations around the city.

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  13. Poland 1: Cinematic Exit

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 3 June 2010

    You expect change when you visit a city regularly. However, it’s still jarring when seemingly permanent elements of that city disappear. That’s what I discovered in Kraków, my first stop on this year’s Lonely Planet assignment.

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  14. Being Jewish in the Krakow Jewish District

    Blog: The Adventures of D - 27 May 2010

    On my second full day in Krakow, I decided to do my walkabout. I knew there were places I wanted to go — mostly the locations on the map marked with a Jewish star, also known as the Jewish District. I know Poland is seeped with a terrible history as it relates to Jews (and [...]

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  15. A Polish funeral and Krakow

    Blog: The Adventures of D - 26 May 2010

    When someone questioned me as to why Poland, my answer back was “why not?” When I first decided to go to Krakow, it was because of the city’s close proximity to Auschwitz, as someone who identifies myself as Jewish it was a place I felt necessary to visit. I had heard mixed reviews about Poland. [...]

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  16. Romanian sunsets, Hungarian mornings and Polish afternoons

    Blog: The Adventures of D - 25 May 2010

    I stood outside at 22h 40 (I know, very European of me), backpack strapped tight to me, messenger bag slung across my front and purse on my arm. Whew. It was time to depart Cluj and head to Krakow. Via bus. Back to Budapest. When Arpad first told me I had to take a bus [...]

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  17. A BRIEF intermission: Chasing spring … two months in

    Blog: The Adventures of D - 7 May 2010

    A year ago, when I lived in Atlanta, I remember marveling at the city's sheer gorgeousness with the changing of the season. The pink flowers that would sprout from the winding trees. The bright green grass that would pop up overnight.

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  18. Photo Friday: Poland with Kids

    Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 5 March 2010

    Probably not your first thought for this year’s summer vacation, right? Well – Krakow, Poland is a wonderful place for families, and being just on the edge of Eastern Europe, the value can’t be beat! The city holds a unique place, both geographically and historically, bridging Eastern and Western Europe with delightful results. Krakow, like any European city, has its challenges for the American visitor. Our family found Polish a hard language to crack, and while most younger people, and practically everyone ...

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  19. Signs and Portents: Poland 4

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 21 January 2010

    Did Sherlock Holmes ever visit Poland? How many wheels do you really need to sell chocolate? And would you rather stand beneath a tiger or a pear? It's been a few months since I posted my most recent example of curious signs encountered on my Lonely Planet assignment in Poland in winter 2006... so here's another serve.

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  20. Krakow, Poland

    Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 8 January 2010

    Our Cape Town-Krakow transfer was by no means a direct route.

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  21. Trouble in Paradise

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 7 January 2010

    No journey is perfect. Travellers go abroad knowing that, sometimes, flights will be delayed, baggage misplaced, hotel rooms disappointing and meals underwhelming.

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  22. Bigos Blog

    Blog: No Borders - 29 November 2009

    Somerville, Mass - My faithful readers will remember the story of the cabbage, and my brilliant idea to turn it into sauerkraut. Well, here's where the story ends...Don't get me wrong. I absolutely loved being a member of the Food Project CSA this summer. It was a joy to receive all of those fresh organic veggies every week. Sometimes it was a challenge to figure out what to do with them, but it led to the discovery of many new kinds of soups, salads and other veggie delights.

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  23. 20 Years

    Blog: No Borders - 21 November 2009

    Somerville, Mass - Twenty years ago this month, I sat through Professor Dick's Russian class, as he made jokes about the Russian tendancy to use the negative when making requests (something like "You're not getting off the metro here, are you?" instead of "Excuse me, I'm getting off". Or "You wouldn't be able to help me?" instead of "Help!"). "The Russians are so polite," Professor Dick said mockingly, and everyone laughed.I'm sure Professor Dick was a good teacher, but I didn't think he was funny. Nobody is funny at 8:15 in the morning.

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  24. Country number 7

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 23 August 2009

    I can safely say that the hostel in Krakov is in the top 2 or 3 hostels I’ve ever stayed at. The staff are so much fun. There’s one gay (I presume) guy from near Gdansk who is hilarious, he wouldn’t ever serve me until I pronounced the beer name correctly (something I’m incapable of [...]

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  25. Grandstand

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 22 August 2009

    I’m feeling somewhat tender this morning as I was up to 5 in the morning drinking in the hostel and talking to randoms from many nations while supping cheap beer. Was okay. This hostel is ace actually but my rant on the key (as in Yale, not crucial) situation yesterday was well justified as vindicated [...]

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