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I first went to Poland in April 2005 by way of a ferry from Karlskrona in Sweden. My first impression of the country was quite positive and I still rather like it. In April 2006 I went to Poland again. This time from France with my friend Geraldine. It was a wonderful trip and we stayed a week in Poland with our friend Karolina. This time we stayed mostly in Lodz, but also visited Warsaw and Krakow. In June 2006 as I started my summer travels I visited my friends in Lodz once again for a few days. Then in March 2009 I met a couple friends in Krakow for a couple days. I was next in and out of eastern Poland on my way to and from Ukraine in July and August 2009.

Arms of Poland

Arms of Poland

Map of Poland The port of Gdynia. April 2005. The old city in Danzig. April 2005. The train station in Danzig. April 2005. Detail at the station. April 2005. Polish train. April 2005. Inside a Polish train. April 2005. Fields. April 2005. Outside Lodz. April 2005. Another train. April 2005. The train station at Katowice. April 2005. One of my favorite things about Poland, pierogi! April 2006. Me drinking a disgusting beer with cinnimon in Krakow. April 2006. Me with a blue light. April 2006. Many people have told me how horrible Polish roads are, they aren't very bad in my experience, here for example is a brand new Polish freeway. Yes there are bad roads too, but it is still very much Europe. April 2006. Me driving Geraldines car. April 2006. We got lost a bit trying to find Lodz. April 2006. Karolina pointing out something on her street. April 2006. A church in Lodz. April 2006. A statue in Warsaw. April 2006. View of Warsaw. April 2006. Geraldine and Karolina. April 2006. Old sticker in the room where we stayed. April 2006. Tram in Warsaw. April 2006. Interesting statue in Warsaw. April 2006. This building in Warsaw was a gift from the Soviet Union, Poles seem to all think it is ugly. I really like it though, I think it is one of the nicest buildings in Warsaw. April 2006. A pretty swan. April 2006. A nice building by the water. April 2006. The others didn't believe at first there was a duck in the tree. April 2006. A nice building in a park in Warsaw. April 2006. Another building in the same park. April 2006. A peacock in Warsaw, I wonder where they go in the winter. April 2006. The political science building at the University of Lodz. April 2006. A tram in Lodz. April 2006. My friend Karolina. April 2006. Another picture of Karolina. April 2006. The main street in Lodz. April 2006. Some of the graveyards in Lodz were very nice. April 2006. More of a graveyard. April 2006. My friend Agata in her room. April 2006. My friend Stan and Me. April 2006. Karolina's neice Amelka. April 2006. We spent a few hours at Auschwitz. It was rather a quaint place. April 2006. More Auschwitz. April 2006. More Auschwitz. April 2006. More Auschwitz. April 2006. More Auschwitz. April 2006. Unfortunately we only had a few minutes at Birkenau, it is a shame really because it felt more serious to me. April 2006. More Birkenau. April 2006. We parked Geraldines car in Krakow for the night and in the morning thought we had found it, but it was another car, of the same model, from the same region of France. Perhaps not so fantastic but it felt quite amazing. April 2006. Here is her real car, you can see the other one in the background. April 2006. Krakow. April 2006. The Vistula river. April 2006. Karolina and Geraldine under the Krakow dragon. April 2006. An actor playing a statue. April 2006. Geraldine making me a coin(well medal really). April 2006. An alcohol shop in Lodz. April 2006. One of the train stations in Lodz. April 2006. This is the bus I took from Warsaw to Ternopil. April 2006. Here is the border with Ukraine. April 2006. Cute children crossing sign. June 2006. My friend Agata working at a travel agency. June 2006. Pretty church in Lodz. June 2006. This building was a gift from the Soviet Union to Poland, it is unpopular but I think it looks nice. June 2006. In the Warsaw train station. June 2006. Sunset at the airport in Katowice. March 2009. Main train station in Krakow. March 2009. Old Fiat in Krakow. March 2009. Tram in Krakow. March 2009. Church in Krakow. March 2009. Church in the central square in Krakow. March 2009. Nice lecture hall at the old university. March 2009. Statue of Pope John Paul II. March 2009. Courtyard at Wawel Castle in Krakow. I had a memory of this place for years and wondered where I'd seen it. I was also here in 2006. March 2009. Inside the walls of Wawel. March 2009. Inside a church in Wawel. March 2009. View of Krakow from Wawel. March 2009. Sculpture in the central square in Krakow. March 2009. Central square in Krakow. March 2009. Auschwitz-Birkenau. March 2009. Auschwitz-Birkenau. March 2009. Auschwitz-Birkenau. March 2009. Auschwitz-Birkenau. March 2009. Auschwitz-Birkenau. March 2009. Sign for hitching to Berlin from Krakow. March 2009. My friend Olya I was in Krakow and Berlin with. This is the morning we tried to hitch. It was snowing and cold and we didn't get rides. So we gave up and took the bus instead. March 2009. I went with Oxana to Poland and Ukraine. Here she is at the Krakow train station. July 2009. Przemyśl train station. July 2009. Przemyśl train station. July 2009. At the border with Ukraine. July 2009. Train I took from Przemyśl to Krakow. August 2009. Przemyśl train station. August 2009. Interesting crosswalk lights in Przemyśl. August 2009. Church in Przemyśl. August 2009. Inside a Polish train. August 2009. View from the train. August 2009. Tram in Krakow. August 2009. Krakow. March 2009. Nowa Huta, Krakow. August 2009. Passport Stamps |back to travels |