Poland

Travel — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:09:03 -0400

For English speaking travellers, you will find that a lot of the time you won't be understood. You will have more luck with the younger generation of Poles, but expect some difficulties communicating.

Poznan

Travel — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:08:00 -0400

This isn't much of a tourist destination for sights. The old town is nice to look around. There is a large man made lake called Malta, designed mainly for kayaking. The university also has a nice garden with many varities of plants all carefully labelled.

Warsaw

Travel — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:00:15 -0400

Warsaw felt like a big city. People rushing around with many of them trying to look distinctively fashionable.

I found didn't find much of interest here. Lazienska Park is nice for a stroll. The castles were a bit dull after recently being in Berlin.

Krakow

Travel — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:59:34 -0400

Krakow emerged pretty much unscatched from World War bombing and hence has an abundance of old architecture to lure many travellers. This also means that there are a lot more English speaking people here, as tourism is quite strong.

Leaving Krakow you have limited options. A stop in Zakopane in the mountains is apparently well worth your time. A train to Prague will take about 8 hours, so a sleeper train is a popular option. However, it is cheaper if you get a train near the Polish border, walk over and then catch a train in Czech.