POLAND | Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016 | Views [327]
From the street it still looks like what it was in 1945, a small factory in an out-of-the-way industrial part of South Kraków. Inside Oskar Schlinder's "Factory of Enamelled Vessels" ( Fabryka Schindlera ), it is more than a tribute to the heroic ... Read more >
Tags: jewish life under occupation
POLAND | Wednesday, 6 Jan 2016 | Photo Gallery
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POLAND | Wednesday, 6 Jan 2016 | Views [537]
The road that goes south from St Florian's Gate ( Brama Floriańska ) to the main plaza and then east through Ul. Grodzka to Wawel Palace bisects the historic centre of Kraców. In monarchical times in Poland this was the "Royal Road" ( Via Regia ... Read more >
Tags: cloth hall, old town, palace
POLAND | Friday, 1 Jan 2016 | Views [411]
The town of Częstochowa is situated in southern Poland, in the Silesian region. Jasnogórski (Pol = "Bright Hill" or "Bright Mount") is a Pauline monastery, a shrine to the Virgin Mary which Catholic pilgrims flock to (the collective noun for ... Read more >
Tags: religious tourism
POLAND | Wednesday, 23 Dec 2015 | Views [350]
Rynek Starego Miasta, the Old Town Market Place, is the historic hub of the city. The square is over 700 years old, dating from more or less when Warsaw was first founded. It's a great spot to eat at the many restaurants in the open square (or ... Read more >
Tags: city wall, entertainment and youth culture
POLAND | Wednesday, 23 Dec 2015 | Photo Gallery
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POLAND | Wednesday, 23 Dec 2015 | Views [440]
If you walk east from Warsawa Centralna on Al. Jerozolimskie you will eventually reach Rondo Charles De Gaulle (monument to De Gaulle). The rondo is easy to spot, in the middle is the only (artificial) palm tree in the city! Turn left here and ... Read more >
Tags: city tour, museums
POLAND | Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015 | Views [448]
If you take a walking tour of Warsaw with friendly local legend Pse, it's just like being there ... and feeling like you are a local, such is the insight into the city he energetically imparts! More than a vicarious experience! I did three 'Psexceptional' ... Read more >
Tags: jewish quarter, new town, old town
LITHUANIA | Tuesday, 17 Nov 2015 | Views [214]
Pilies Gatve is the street that bisects Vilnius' Old Town. This old cobblestone road is full of footpath cafés and restaurants. Running off Pilies are numerous old alleyways and lanes, some of which lead to flower-filled courtyards. Also on ... Read more >
Tags: old town & church architecture
LITHUANIA | Monday, 9 Nov 2015 | Views [371]
Gediminas is a name that crops up quite a bit in Vilnius - the main street, the central castle and tower, restaurants, etc. Gediminas was the powerful ruler who consolidated the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the early 14th century. Gediminas Prospektas, ... Read more >
Tags: old town & castle district
LITHUANIA | Thursday, 5 Nov 2015 | Views [633]
At the Town Hall in Vilnius we met up with Martina, a local student who was our guide for the walking tour. Martina's tour took us down back alleys and lanes to lots of little out-of-the-way places, cafés and dilapidated churches with ... Read more >
Tags: old town & artists enclave
LITHUANIA | Friday, 30 Oct 2015 | Views [298]
Although Lithuania is a small country, even by European standards, its a fair old drive from Vilnius in the south to Šiauliai, a distance of some 213km. Šiauliai (pronounced 'shoo-láy') is an industrial area in the north with the ... Read more >
Tags: countryside
LATVIA | Sunday, 25 Oct 2015 | Photo Gallery
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LATVIA | Friday, 23 Oct 2015 | Views [239]
We decided to spend our final day in Riga staying close to Centrs and the Old Town, leisurely checking out one or two of the places Martīns had suggested we investigate. One thing Riga has no in short measure is churches, so we decided to ... Read more >
Tags: old & new town
LATVIA | Sunday, 18 Oct 2015 | Views [262]
An attraction of Riga that no visitor should miss is Centrāltirgus (the Central Markets), the absolutely pulsating hub of the city. To get there from Ratslaukums you head south-east in the direction of Centrālā stacija (the central railway station).... Read more >
LATVIA | Friday, 16 Oct 2015 | Photo Gallery
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LATVIA | Thursday, 15 Oct 2015 | Views [493]
First full day in Latvia, we left our (Radisson Blu) Hotel on the unfashionable side of Riga and crossed the broad Daugava River on a windswept and ominously overcast morning for our guided city tour. We met our local guide, 27-year-old Mārtinš... Read more >
Tags: old town walking tour
ESTONIA | Sunday, 11 Oct 2015 | Views [657]
If you ever find yourself in Tallinn, feeling a bit jaded after traipsing round Vanalinn, Toompea, Kesklinn and all the other tourist traps in the central part of town, try looking a little further afield. For instance, there's Kadriorg! Do ... Read more >
Tags: day visit
ESTONIA | Thursday, 8 Oct 2015 | Photo Gallery
Patarei Estonian SSR Prison
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ESTONIA | Thursday, 8 Oct 2015 | Views [362]
Most Tallinn visitors tend to flock to the Old Town and Toompea for the sum of their experiences of the Estonian capital. There are nonetheless other areas around the outskirts of this central section that are also worth a visit, if only to satisfy ... Read more >
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