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Pierogi Coma 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
When a couple of locals asked us why we decided to visit their country, I answered quickly: “For the Polish pierogi!” To which they laughed. To which I told them that I wasn’t kidding. Havin...
I Just Love It 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Dalene is crazy. How can you not JUST love this? No hate. Just love. (Despite slight instances of her complaining, I like having Dalene along on hikes. At the very least I never have to worry...
I Love It but I Hate It 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
I always get very excited about heading into the mountains. I long for the fresh air, the spectacular views, and all that jazz. I boast of being an avid hiker, and I have the expensive boots to do th...
Green Cars and Red Guitars 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
From the backseat of the neon green Trabant, I could barely hear the conversation up front over the sound of the motor. All 26 horses that powered the little fiberglass car roared as Goshka flipped t...
Wieliczka Salt Mine in Photos 12 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Poland’s largest tourist attraction (although completely unknown to us until we began researching our visit), sits 100 meters below the ground. And it’s huge. Beyond the tourist route, its actual dep...
Scenes From Poland, Part Three 8 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
There is a big rivalry between Warsaw and Krakow, the two largest cities in Poland, which we heard about almost immediately upon visiting. And we heard it so often that we became nervous when locals a...
Death Camp 5 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The words “Death Camp” rolled off her tongue like any other, and were said frequently during our introduction to Auschwitz. Kasia spoke in a very even tone and met my eyes every time she said it. I wo...
Weird Poland 2 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
It’s official: Poland is wonderfully weird. At first, we discovered a few little oddities and thought nothing of it. And then, after a bit of research, we realized that it is actually an epidemic. ....
Liveable Warsaw 31 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
It is not often, during this nomadic journey of ours, where we both 100% agree on places we could see ourselves settling in for awhile. This may not be obvious to our regular readers as we often spou...
A Splash of Colour in Communism 29 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
I must admit that I have become completely fascinated with learning about all-things communist: the popular restaurants, the long battle to enable change in the ideology, and more. I’m also enthralled...
