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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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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