Poland is in the unique position of being in the geographical centre of Europe. So what does this mean for the weather? Well, it means you could experience totally different weather on the same day depending on whereabouts in Poland you are. All of the different air masses collide exactly above where Poland lies; the [...]
Our last day in Albany arrived way too quickly. I could easily spend a whole week here because there was so much we didn't get to see. With only a few hours til check out, we decided to enjoy a walk along the beach. I was amazed at shoreline, awash with all sorts of shells, [...]
Today is ANZAC Day, and where better to share the event, than in Albany. Celebrated on the 25th of April each year, it is a day where Aussies and Kiwis (hence the name ANZAC) remember the sacrifice of those who courageously fought for their countries in World War I. Over 400,000 Aussies went to war, [...]
It had been snowing in the Porongorup National Park, about 40km from Albany, in the last day or so, so I had been expecting cold, windy weather for this trip. It wasn't cold yesterday and this morning dawned another bright blue sky, so maybe we were in luck with the weather gods. After a simple [...]
I was ready to go early this morning. Who am I kidding - I was ready to go last night! Which meant that when I woke at stupid-o'clock this morning, I had a long wait ahead of me til my bestie Erin got here. I paced the house, tried reading and made copious cups of [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, Westerplatte is the site where World War 2 began. The Westerplatte is a peninsula opening out to the Baltic Sea. Originally a local swimming spot, in the early 1800's a health resort sprang up with close to 140,000 visitors a year. The resort included many medicinal baths used in the treatment [...]
Did you know that Gdańsk is where World War II started? Well it did, and it seemed all too fitting for this trip to finish off where the story began to unfold for my family. Known at the time as the free port of Danzig, having been wrestled out of German hands after World War [...]
Gdańsk is one of three cities along Poland's Baltic Coast, that forms what is known as the Tricity. Along with Gdynia and Sopot, the three cities are so close together that you can explore them all in a single day, so that's exactly what I'm going to do. After a quick orientation of the metro [...]
Gathering the last of my things and closing the door to my apartment for the final time, I pull my suitcase towards the steps and drag it down the flights to the front of the apartment building. My last glimpses of Warsaw are through the tinted windows of my transfer van. Where did those weeks [...]
With only a few days left in Warsaw, I wandered randomly around the city, filling in the hours with all sorts of things I'd yet to see and just doing what most travellers don't get the time to do - enjoying the city at a relaxing pace. At Słoik, which had became a favourite venue [...]