Category: Countries

  • Rzeszów, Poland: In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spirytus Sancti

    Rzeszów, Poland: In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spirytus Sancti

    Next up on my search to find a cemetery in southeast Poland was Rzeszów (pronounced zhe-shov… that’s Polish for ya). A small city, charming you might say, but I kinda felt like Bill Bryson in Neither Here nor There, you remember, the part where he’s sitting in a pub, drinking, all by his lonesome in…

  • Auschwitz and a Salt Mine, Poland: Tourist Attractions

    Auschwitz and a Salt Mine, Poland: Tourist Attractions

    Kraków is itself a great tourist attraction. Not far from Kraków, however, are two other tourist attractions: the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps from World War 2 an the Wieliczka Salt Mine. I think I paid 100 PLN for the A-B trip (about $30) and the same for the Salt Mines. Both were interesting, although I had…

  • Kraków, Poland: A Shit Head and A Dragon

    Kraków, Poland: A Shit Head and A Dragon

    Some folks mentioned to me that visitors to Poland usually have one of two reactions: they love either Warsaw or Kraków. Although I wasn’t taken by the city when I was there, Kraków, in retrospect, is a great city. I spent a week and a half there debating life, drinking coffee and vodka in the…

  • Happy Canada Day!!

    Happy Canada Day!!

    Happy Canada Day folks! I wanted to make a quick post to wish Canadians and Canada a Happy Canada Day! Travelling has made me appreciate where I was born: Canada. Canada is a great country. Sometimes I forget what Canada stands for, and I hope continues to stand for. Not just gorgeous scenery but FREEDOM.…

  • Wrocław, Poland: Snow White and The 14 Dwarves

    Wrocław, Poland: Snow White and The 14 Dwarves

    I really liked Wrocław. It’s a beautiful city, and I drunkenly stumbled into a pretty girl who offered to be my tour guide. Pretty good combination. My favourite part was probably Rynek, main square. Cobblestones surround the Town Hall, giving the city a medieval look. It was a good place just to walk around, despite…

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