Backpacking in Poland: My Wonderful Stay at the Green House Hostel in Gdynia

I first backpacked to the port city of Gdynia in July 2016 for a food tour with Eat Polska and I was based in nearby Gdansk at the Hostel Cycle On. My reason for staying in Gdańsk was to meet some friends, tour the city and visit the Pomorskie region. That day, I had no idea Read more about Backpacking in Poland: My Wonderful Stay at the Green House Hostel in Gdynia[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: A Hat-Trick of Years Since My Hat-Trick City Arrival in Gdańsk

“Time flies” – Anon. On this exact Sunday evening, 156 weeks ago (3 years ago), I arrived by flight into Gdańsk in Poland. It was just another city on my journey, surely. Nothing special, nothing was about to change. Sunday 3rd July 2016. I had never been to Gdańsk before but it was my fourth time in Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: A Hat-Trick of Years Since My Hat-Trick City Arrival in Gdańsk[…]

Backpacking in Poland: Touring Sand Dunes and Cycling Through the Forest at Słowiński National Park

Backpacking in Poland: Touring Sand Dunes and Cycling Through the Forest at Słowiński National Park

Poland continues to excite, entice and inspire me. Into my third week in the country on this trip (cumulatively I’ve now spent about 14 months of my life in Poland) and we toured an area by the Baltic Sea in Pomerania. It was all another spontaneous trip and I’ll share the story of how myself, Read more about Backpacking in Poland: Touring Sand Dunes and Cycling Through the Forest at Słowiński National Park[…]

Backpacking in Poland: Cycling in Gdańsk with Mika on the Road and Hostel Cycle On

Backpacking in Poland: Cycling in Gdańsk with Mika on the Road and Hostel Cycle On

When I arrived in Gdańsk in Poland, I booked into the hostel Cycle On. Immediately from the title you get the idea that the guys that run the hostel, Piotr and Pawel are big cyclists. In my dorm room, by chance I met the lovely Mika. Mika is a Taiwanese traveller and runs the page Read more about Backpacking in Poland: Cycling in Gdańsk with Mika on the Road and Hostel Cycle On[…]

My Polish Food Tour in Gdynia, Poland with Eat Polska

My fourth visit to Poland took me on an exciting new adventure that I concocted in my mind during a history lesson at Ards Tech in Northern Ireland. You see, I remembered the old moniker of the “Free city of Danzig” (once an autonomous region protected by the League of Nations). Back then, the place Read more about My Polish Food Tour in Gdynia, Poland with Eat Polska[…]