One thing you can say for sure about the Poles, is that they love their icecream, or 'lody'. The only people who love it more perhaps are the tourists that flock to Warsaw's Old Town, in search of it. So of course I made it my mission to try out as many different icecreams as [...]
For those who don't know, Motorcycle Speedway consists of generally 4 but up to 6 riders completing four anti-clock wise laps of an oval circuit. On bikes with one gear...and no brakes. Yep, no brakes. The riders use all their strength to powerslide their bikes into the bends trying to complete all four laps without [...]
In the blink of an eye, my time in Vilnius is over and I'm boarding the airport train from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Warszawa Centralna. Costing 4.40zl (around AUD$2), these red and white airport trains are a cheap and relatively easy option to get to central Warsaw, the only difficulty was in finding my way [...]
How is it that Krzysztof became a victim of the NKVD? Looking at his photo, I find it impossible to think that this mild looking man could ever do something to come under the eye of these secret police, but he did. And he was living here in Wilno, now known as Vilnius, when it [...]
If I'm only supposed to be in one country during this trip, why am I now going to Lithuania? Find out why here.
Magda Szubanksi writes in her novel 'Reckoning', My family were proud Warszawians. Warsaw. War-(sore). In Polish it is pronounced Var-SHA-var. Lovely. Like the rustle of petticoats in a Viennese waltz. But the English pronunciation, sadly, is more apt. What she says is true. The battle scars of war are written across Warsaw's face. And perhaps [...]
Leaving beautiful Błędowo behind, Paula and I head back to Warsaw to drop in on the Pierogi Festival, which was happening down along the banks of the Vistula. Hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to try pierogi and dumplings from around the world and enjoy the beautiful summer's day. Munchie madness It was hard [...]
I arrived back in Warsaw with just enough time to repack my overnight bag, because I was heading to my cousins summer house. Road trip! Błędowo is located about 45km north east of Warsaw, along the beautiful Wkra River. It's the perfect spot to hire a kayak and that's just what most people do here. [...]
Warsaw Rising Museum I would have no hesitation to call this Warsaw's Number 1 Museum. Hands down. Located in the suburb of Wola, it tells you the story of the Warsaw Uprising which took place in 1944. Full of interesting artefacts and information (there's a plane hanging from the ceiling in one place), I could [...]
I've been catching a fair few trains over the past few weeks, so I thought it would be a good idea to share my tips with you. First up, are some of the Polish words you will find in and around train stations: Główny - main (ie. main station) Bilet - ticket Peron - platform [...]