After my time in the beautiful city of Gdańsk, I knew it wasn’t quite off the wall enough in Poland for me. I needed another Polish city with a few less tourists and some new charms. In my first two weeks in Gdańsk, I took two side trips – first to Gdynia for a food tour Read more about Backpacking in Poland: Top 28 Places to Visit in Starogard Gdański[…]
When you travel to the more obscure places, finding budget accommodation can be a problem sometimes and part of my backpacker’s dream is to end up every so often in cities or towns that don’t have a hostel. Once you are in a town without a hostel, you know you are a rare tourist. Starogard Read more about Backpacking in Poland: Staying at Noclegi Rekord in Starogard Gdański[…]
My return to Poland for my fourth visit meant a first time arrival in Gdańsk. This was a city that interested me through the years for many reasons. Firstly, back at Ards Tech. as a student I studied the history of it all, secondly my love for Micronations and Unusual Republics – as this was once Read more about Backpacking in Poland: Staying at Hostel Cycle On in Gdańsk[…]
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[…]
If you are going to be taking a trip to Puerto Rico, you may start looking into just what you will have to do while you are there for your trip. Many people may not realize that there is so much more to do than just go to the beaches or play golf while you Read more about The Top Tourist Attractions in Puerto Rico[…]
“This; a present from Stalin’s Reign, but you have your life again” – Jonny Blair. Most people reading this travel blog will know me as a travel writer, or as someone who writes about a lifestyle of travel. But that’s not really what writing was about for me when it all began. I started life Read more about Songwriting in Poland: (You Have Your Life) Warszawa Skies – “This A Present From Stalin’s Reign”[…]
“Libraries gave us power” – Manic Street Preachers. It’s been ages since I did a Studying Saturdays post and I still believe that we are all perpetual students until the day we die. We are always learning, always studying. We are forever on a learning cycle on this planet. As far as learning languages is Read more about Studying Saturdays: Learning Polish in Gdańsk at Learn Polish in Gdańsk[…]
“Close your eyes. Clear your heart. Cut the cord” – The Killers. Life continues to provide us with ups and downs on the journey. Moments of high elation and happiness and moments that remind us of the bad times that people on this planet had to endure in the horrors of yesteryear. I feel the need to Read more about My Poignant Visit to the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk: Where World War II Began[…]