After visiting the Wieliczka Salt Mine, Ela and I took Route 7 south to Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains. Zakopane is the premier Polish vacation destination for both the winter and summer. It is home to the Goral (mountain) culture. The buildings have a unique architectural style that is not found else where in Poland. It was my...
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I have wanted to see the Wieliczka Salt Mine since I saw it featured on a History Channel documentary four or five years ago. The mine is the oldest continually operated mine in the world and is filled with statues craved from salt. It is only about 14 kilometers from Krakow so Ela and I...
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Ela and I drove to Krakow from Lubianka this summer. We took Route 1 basically straight down to Krakow. The traffic wasn’t bad except as we passed through Lodz. My only major complaint about Poland is that they need an efficient highway system that doesn’t stop you at traffic lights in urban centers. It was the...
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Ela and I went into Torun on August 31, 2009 to walk around and see the sights. Not much has changed from last summer. It is remarkable how Torun has been transformed over the 15 years that I have been visiting it. When I first visited the city it still had the communist drabness to...
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Ela and I attended the International Festival of Mouth Basics “Harmonica Bridge” on August 30, 2009. It was located at the Palac w Ostromecku in Ostromecku, Poland. We had a lovely time listening to the music and walking through the park accompanying the Palace.
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