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Re: Bicycle touring Poland

by Gasconhobbit 24 April 2012

If you want to see either Silesia and Pommerania then you can go by Poznan, beautiful city with many attractions. First region of Zakopane,…
Bicycle touring Poland

by Frida1 22 April 2012

My husband and I plan a 3 week cycling trip in Poland in September. We've just started planning. We're interested in the area of Zakopane,…
RE: Buy ticket to Krakow from Slovakia while in Slovakia or Prague?

by ig0r 29 February 2012

It will be possible both in Poprad and in Prague. Since Prague is a larger station and since you'll be buying a ticket from Czech border…
September in Poland

by Frida1 16 February 2012

I know this is an annoying kind of question, because not really answerable. Weather can vary. We are planning a bicycle trip in Poland…
Re: What's Poland like at Christmas?

by flopax 20 December 2011

I'll be in the Silesia region of southwest Poland, in the brewery/mining town of [Tychy|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tychy] and other…
RE: Skiing Eastern Europe Like A Boss

by ig0r 12 December 2011

You'll fall into either Warsaw holidays (last two weeks of January) or Silesia (first 2 weeks of February) - basically the richest and…
RE: 1st time travel

by pabloduvias 27 November 2011

Yes definitely visit Poland It is beautiful I visited Silesia last summer
RE: Czech nationality?

by tonieja 26 October 2011

>The only word is Česky. +It is indubitable that the word čech is also present in modern Czech, and is used in modern Czech as the adje…
RE: Czech nationality?

by iviehoff 25 October 2011

>Moravia, Bohemia, Silesia were never independent states Bohemia and Moravia have both been independent states (I even mentioned Great…
RE: Czech nationality?

by tonieja 25 October 2011

From what I've witnessed (as a Pole) from the time when it was Czechoslovakia, they only cared about being either Czech or Slovak, even…
RE: Czech nationality?

by iviehoff 24 October 2011

>When speaking in Czech, Jsem Čech, means I'm Bohemian. If you want to say "I am Czech", you say "Jsem český". Moreover a Bohemian or…
Czech nationality?

by JeremyintheCzechRep 24 October 2011

The Czech Republic is made up of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. When speaking in Czech, Jsem Čech, means I'm Bohemian. Jsem Moravák, means…
RE: Yiddish? Polish? A couple of words

by iviehoff 06 October 2011

>'Jo' is indeed used instead of 'tak' in Silesia and Pomerania "Jo" is also informal for "yes" in Czech. The formal Czech word for "yes"…
RE: Yiddish? Polish? A couple of words

by ig0r 06 October 2011

I have never heard 'na' used in Polish in the context mentioned. I'm a native speaker from Warsaw. Actually the pornounciantion of German…
RE: Sept-Oct in Poland - where to go?

by shelemm 15 April 2011

I would go to the national park in Silesia with the stone outcroppings., Stolowe Mountain National Park. Especially the areas with the…
RE: Advice for 1st-time backpacker? (budget, itinerary)

by george5 13 February 2011

As I often say on this forum.. you are planning way too much in too little time. 8 days in Italy is not nearly enough time. You really…
RE: Poland Itinerary

by shelemm 30 November 2010

It's a good idea to go to Poland (or anywhere you don't speak the language) with one of those slim language travel books and a Polish-Englis…
Prague to Krakow !

by kakasing 22 May 2010

Hi everyone I will be travel in Prague in July with my friends and then we will go to Krakow I find that there is a train R 401 Silesia…
RE: UK

by Firehazard Jack 14 March 2010

Well I suppose the big difference is that Scotland's union with England and Wales is constitutionally consensual...Northern Ireland is…
RE: Olomouc day trips, and Brno/Pernstejn

by flachlandtiroler 21 August 2009

One of my favourite castles in the whole Czech Republic is Sovinec. If you get the North Moravia and Silesia map(no. 8) from the series…
Re: Fares from Krakow to Prague

by kups 14 August 2009

guitoudebuch, do you really think that bus, walk over the border during night in unfamiliar town and waiting until 3am for the train to…
RE: Wroclaw, Katowice and Auschwitz

by darrenashford 19 June 2009

Trains generally are slower than buses (surprisingly). I stayed in Katowice and visted Auschwitz last year. I stayed in the Hotel Silesia…
RE: Poland?

by scythian 05 June 2009

I'm not sure is OP is interested in this at all, but I feel like I shouldn't leave this without response. #7 I know that very well and…
RE: Train schedules and destinations... help!

by limitededition 05 June 2009

Your best overnight connection to Krakow leaves Prague Central station (Hlavni nadrazi) at 21.09, arriving in Krakow at 6.33 in the morning…
RE: Krakow to Ketrzyn (RASTENBURG)

by ig0r 19 January 2009

Take a train to Warsaw, if you want it cheap, use the slower pospieszny via Kielce (5 hrs, 50 zł) instead of express/intercity (3 hrs,…