“The tunnel of love might amuse you, Noah’s Ark might confuse you” – Richard Thompson. The idea of this trip overland/oversea/undersea was an amalgamation of factors. Firstly because recently I got so fed up with airlines. Every single trip I have done since 2021 has had at least one flight delay, cancellation or change. In…
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There are so many interesting places that I have backpacked through down the years that I will never ever find time to write about them all. In and around the Polish city of Kraków, there is a sheer abundance of things to see and do, places to go, pierogi to munch and beer to sinkpack.…
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I asked Chat GPT “Who is starogard Girl?” and this is what they said… ChatGPT said: “Starogard Girl” is a term coined by Northern Irish travel writer Jonny Blair. It refers to a Polish woman he met in Starogard Gdański, a town in northern Poland. The story of their relationship — including meeting, falling in…
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Moving On To OlsztynðŸž️: The Last VanðŸš(Train🚂)Out Of Warszawa’s Definitely Gone “I travelled round the world from year to year, and each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear…I tried to find a place to settle down where my mixed up life could mend” – Cold Chisel. I’ve moved on again.…
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“Maybe one day you will make my hometown famous ” – St🌟rogardðŸ°Girl🩷👱♀️. After years of delay, I finally can bring you my latest book, 💚STARO🌟GARDðŸ°GIRL🩷👱♀️. Starogard Girl is Volume 2 of my This Is The Next Century series, which is about my travels from country 100 to country 200. This specific book, Starogard Girl tracks…
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“I want to dance with somebody” – Whitney Houston. https://www.amazon.com/Went-Gdansk-Somebody-Northern-Irishman/dp/1667820206/ On my other project and the blog about my life in Poland, I am proud to announce that my latest book, I Went To Gdańsk With Somebody is in its final edits and should be released at some point in early 2022. Following my “Backpacking…
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“It’s a hot beer and it’s really tasty” – my sexy travel friend. When I first heard about “hot beer”, I was somewhat surprised. The reason being that I have always been a guy who likes a good old cold beer. On my travels around the world, I drank cold beer in as many countries…
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On my travels down the years, I was always looking for obscure, quirky and unique places away from the usual tourist suspects. In the past, this led to my trips to places like Ashgabat, Nukus, Vank and Pyongyang. By coincidence all four of those places all had wacky hotels – something different. It was time…
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“It’s all too beautiful” – The Small Faces. Poland continues to surprise me, day by day and week by week. My latest adventure inside the country that has become my home was to the tranquil countryside village of Ojców. Here in misty, magical Ojców there are a range of less commercial, touristic sites away from the more…
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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…
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