Eagle

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well what a place ..

absolutely loved it .. definitely needed more time there ...
visited a few different places but the place that really put me in awe was St. Mary's Basilica now im not normally a religious person but it was absolutely stunning just can not express how impressive it is...

the trip that really threw me was the trip to Auschwitz 1 and Birkenau I have seen many pictures and video footage but to actually see and realize the scale of it all really makes you think ..

overall we needed at least a week just to see Krakow properly, the politeness of the Polish people and quality of food was just out of this world . My attempts to speak polish were quite good .. in the fact I got understood

the snow was excellent there was sooooo much of it .. think we stood out like tourists as we kept mucking about in it all the time so light fluffy tho snowed most of the time, infact it really made me wonder how such a supposedly advanced country England is how that much would have crippled the country .. the snow was in places about 2-3 inches higher than the train tracks and we still made it there and back the main roads were clear ..
not everyone speaks English so you will need a phrase book ..
so if you get the chance to go there do it .. its worth it so im planning a re visit didn't want to come back

richm

cool.. sounds like you had a great time Pete!
I'm guessing you have family there? or just fancied it to have a look?

Nath

Well worth the trip then m8

Azrael

I'm glad you liked it. Shame I could make it to Kraków to show you around a bit.


You missed the best wether. This week it's -15 to -21 and snowing

foreigneRS

would like to go somewhere in poland sometime, and i think krakow is as good as anywhere. saw it on a holiday programme years ago and it looked good.

never managed to drive there when i was living in germany, which is something i'm disappointed about.

if you've got any pics, bring em along to the next berks meet, i'd like to see and hear a bit about it

Azrael

Kraków is one of the best places here.

RichardPON

That blows ya mind doesn't it...........

Azrael

Even more hen you realise how many of them there are ....

Rhys

Cool, i deffinatley want to go to Poland some time looks a very cool place

When u say about the snow, most other people just get on with it, not like over here 1cm on the ground and the country grinds to a halt as everyone panics I want to do a full tour of Europe sometime

Would love to do Eastern countries too and would love to pop into Russia to see St Peterspurg, Moscow and Volograd

Eagle

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oh definitly worth going .. im even considering dropping track days this year to go back for a bit longer ...

i have relatives in wasaw probably looking to go there feb, march or april all dependant on my sister really ..
but i am going to go back to Auschwitz, i'm still sat here trying to work out my emotions ... unless you actually visit the place you really have no idea on the size or scale of what happened ..
we were shown round Birkenau by a very nice taxi driver who spoke good english he was born there and lived through the occupation as a child..

Deffo upset i could not get to meet you mate .. we had a look round the town but there is so much to see, a polish guide would have been briliant
hotel was really good as well .. was quite close to the centre had a market very close to it railway station was about 10 mins walk local corner shop .. piwo is very cheap and very good

the weather was a bit on the cold side .. ok bloody freeeeeezzzzzing on the first night we went out .. but nothing that we couldn't get round, had some georgian food then went to pizza dominium... not bad food really i was at the point of being full up (and for me thats rare ) cost Ł13 for the 2 of us and even managed to keep away from the Mc Donalds cheese burger cost 2zl (40 pence).

will get the woman to post up some pics later of the snow ...
god i want to play in the snow again

Azrael

You need to make it weekend at least so I can come and show you around.

Almost as good as Al Bags office which is ...30 seconds from town square

When you come you can have a spin of my Escos in snow if you want

Or I drive you around ...siedeways

Eagle

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i am looking to go from wednesday to wednesday or thursday next time ..
al is soooo lucky would love to have that chance ..

also the milk and bread is sooo much better than the stuff you get here ..
i was eating so much sopocka and weijeska its not cheap over here but obviously in plentyfull supply only thing i really wanted to try was bigos ..as i have been eating my fathers variation for a few years but wanted to se if it differs

so when does the snow vanish then ?? as i know the woman would have loved a drive

Azrael

I wonder if he will like ti afterwards

That's what I thought (food quality). I could get you some bigos when you come Just let me know earlier so maybe I can get some home made done

Really hard to tel. Today it's very cold and snowing big time and 3-4 weeks maybe +5 and grass... Usualybigest snows are early February. Still we can find some in the mountains even in April...

mk2rstaff

i been to aushwitz and the eary feeling of the place is just so immense, used to go to bergen belsen a lot too, nowhere near the size of the others but the same dank feeling whilst in the grounds, and very rarely any sign of nature ie birds and squirrels, they just seem to stay away from the place

Eagle

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i can agree with you on the eerrieeeeee feeling .. was very quiet there .. might have been the fact it was 10 inches of snow ... but very silent ..

boXXer

i went this time last year, and its a beautiful country. LOADS and LOADS of snow. Some of the cars were buried under it, lol.

Azrael

30-40cm snowfall today. About -22 at the moment... (in Warsaw, and big cities are warmer and there is less snow)

Eagle

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ermmmmmmmmmmmmm ... how cold

Azrael

Some pics of weather conditions, sorry for the quality:

lisa10

Hello,

Just putting these pics up of our trip...done with my mobile only though.


The Park


Hotel room View from window


Peter


Lisa

Azrael

The park you know is in place of city walls that were demolished by the Austrians in XIX century. I can see you lived in very good location is city centre proper. I hope you liked it


By the way - was there anything that was particularily bad or disliked by you?

Anonymous

my house mates are polish, must go over for a week them sometime soon

Azrael

Feel invited If I can be of any help contact me.

Anonymous

Thanks mate

I will see when they are coming over next.

Be good to get a passenger ride in your car in some decent snowy conditions, not many people over here can drive that well in the snow as we dont see it very often!

Azrael

I hope I can have it up and running for such occasion Even if I can't I can get a Scoobie for a ride for sure. In Kraków maybe even new STI test-drive car

I am nowhere near "very good" in snow though. I can cope with it, I can go sideways and make it very showy but I'm not fast. Or my car isn't as I got beaten by atmospheric Legacy on last event, and the guy isn't a driving god :-/ Well I suppose it may be fun on hot seat thogh. Al Bags liked it

Keith B

I'm loving those snow pics. More pics please!

Azrael

Maybe something like this one?




...or this one (yes it's an Escos)
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Rick

For the people that don't know, I'm 100% Polish. My Parents are both war chuldren (born whilst their parents were hiding from the Nazi's) I have famiy all over the country, including Krakow. It's a wonderful place, and somewhere i'd recommend anywhere to go on holiday. If anyone would like any info, i'd be happy to help

mk2rstaff

i have a little polish heritage through the army as a lot of them where brought in to drive the tank transporters i drive, every year we have a polish party in comemoration of there bloody hard work we also wear the polish eagle on our suits and mess dress to relate to the same thing, them old boys cant half put the vodka away

Eagle

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few more pics








all from my fone ...

lisa10

I see theres now a pic of me as I posted a pic of Pete..

Apart from flying which I do not like..


I loved everything about it ,cant say there was anything at all that disappointed me, I just miss the snow.



It does help to know a few basic polish words though and im glad we knew some. The hotel was literally 5 min walk from the center and ive recommended this hotel to all of my family as you cant get a better position and we looked at some of the others.





lisa

Tangodeltasierra3

Much prefer Barbados i think