I have very close family in a small town called Kaczory (in English it’s something like “Kachorhy”). It’s very easy to get to Toruń from there by train, with only one stopover in Bydgoszcz (in English: “Bidgoshch”), which usually doesn’t last more than 5 min [...]
[hana-flv-player video="http://gobart.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/10.21.09-How-not-to-miss-your-train-stop.flv" splashimage="http://gobart.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/How-not-to-miss-your-train-stop-intro.jpg" player="2" more_2="showStopButton: true, controlsOverVideo: 'ease'" /] The passenger trains that travel short distances (no more than a couple of hours) between regional Polish cities are probably the most primitive of the bunch. Not much in terms of information inside besides a regional [...]
[hana-flv-player video="http://gobart.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/10.20.09-Taking-the-Train-part-1.flv" splashimage="http://gobart.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Train-Station.JPG" player="2" more_2="showStopButton: true, controlsOverVideo: 'ease'" /] Train travel is pretty cheap in Poland. It better be to make up for the inconveniences. I took trains travelling between Wroclaw and the Baltic Sea many times. That’s a lot of train travel, especially since [...]
First, how the hell do you pronounce Sztolnie Walimskie? Well, in English it’s kind of like “Shtolnyeah Valeemskyeah”. Anyways, it’s a museum of a cave complex where the Nazis used slave laborers to excavate the caves as well as to produce weapons, or so it’s [...]
Poland is full of castle ruins. Some are in better shape than others, some charge a fee to get in, while others are so close to complete ruin that they’re free to visit. I visited the ruins of Castle Grodno near the town of Walim (Zamek [...]
[hana-flv-player video="http://gobart.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Eating_in_Poland_bars.flv" player="2" more_2="showStopButton: true, controlsOverVideo: 'ease'" /] There is no shortage of places to eat in Poland, especially in larger cities. You can find a large variety of restaurants in the town/city squares, as well as small eateries called “bars”, even though no alcohol is served [...]
[hana-flv-player video="http://gobart.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/09.30.09_Outdoor_Markets_21.flv" player="2" more_2="showStopButton: true, controlsOverVideo: 'ease'" /] Outdoor markets are ubiquitous in Poland. They can be found in almost any town and city, although usually only on specific days of the week. You can buy almost anything at the market: produce, clothing, electronics, shoes, [...]
