Poland has over a dozen UNESCO World Heritage sites, but only one of them, the Białowieża Forest, is a natural …
Continue reading “Looking for the European Bison in Poland’s Białowieża Forest”
Not all of the sidewalks have yet been cleared of snow. The grainy white piles look like soft sand on …
Trolleybus No 156 runs directly from the city centre to Majdanek on the outskirts of Lublin. We are on a quest …
Continue reading “A visit to the concentration camps of Majdanek and Auschwitz-Birkenau”
We have spent the night in the former SS and RSD officers’ hotel. Our room is looking out into the …
Continue reading “Winter in Poland: In the snowy forests of the East”
From amber to gingerbread, from Torun to Malbork, we discover the riches of the former crusader state around Gdansk. “These …
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