Category: Poland
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Warsaw, Poland Part 1: Sight-seeing and The Gift of Communism
I found Warsaw to be an amazing city full of life. After taking over over the privilege of being a capital city from Krakow some four hundred years ago, Warsaw has made great strides in politics, economics and culture. Just take a look at the range of arts in Poland and you’ll soon realize that…
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A Farewell to Poland
Poland. I came to this country with one particular image in mind: a sinister Rob Zombie paying homage to A Clockwork Orange and it’s Milk Bar sequence in his music video, Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy). Moreover, I’d recently read a book by George Friedman (the head honcho of the STRATFOR intelligence company),…
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Poland: Third Impressions
I’ve made my way through a good portion of Northern Poland, doing some sight-seeing, a home-stay, and meeting plenty of folks. After all this wandering I’ve come up with my third set of impressions of Poland. You can read my first impressions here, the second here. -Who is the Polish guy who overdubs English…
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Poland: Second Impressions
Since the last post about Poland I’ve been to a few places and talked to a few people. After some of the conversations I’ve had, and with some further inspection and reflection, I offer you my second impressions of this fascinating country. A few new observations: -The arts. I’d like to express my admiration for…
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Poland: First Impressions
I never thought I’d go to Poland, but so far I like what I see. Among the things I’ve seen: -Gorgeous women. Most of them smoke. -Decorative buildings, but they’ve all been restored. (Hitler bombed the fuck out of Poland when he realized he was going to lose the war.) -Kebab stands all over the…