July 04, 2004
Szymborska, Sight-free Day
Spent the day in Krakow determined NOT to see any sights, but just to relax and enjoy myself! The biggest highlight of my day was finding a bilingual volume of Szymborska's poetry in a kind of twilight-zone moment. More on...Read this update
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July 03, 2004
Krakow Check-In
Arrived in Krakow yesterday. In an internet cafe and about to head off and do a bit of sightseeing. Have been warned off taking the night train from here to Praha...evidently there have been quite a number of people (one...Read this update
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July 01, 2004
Warsawa, Marie Curie, English Teachers
Hello from Warsawa, where I received the wonderful gift of 2 hours back into my life thanks to the time difference. How nice! Flew out of St. Pete's just fine, although my flight was delayed a little bit....Read this update
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June 09, 2004
Signing Off...
from Gdansk, that is. Have scheduled a taxi for 3:30 in the morning to take me to the airport so I can catch the 5:30 plane to Warsaw, and from there, I fly to Saint Petersburg....Read this update
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June 08, 2004
Polski Encounters & Troya
Whew! Full, fun day. Had some great encounters with people today. Did a lot of sightseeing, but I can tell you about all of that later. The encounters with people were the best...I'll try to recap......Read this update
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June 07, 2004
Vision Express & Westerplatte
Just a quick post today to let you know I got my eyeglasses successfully replaced at a store called 'Vision Express' in the major shopping mall in Gdansk. Long story short, they replaced both lenses in my existing frame, which...Read this update
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June 06, 2004
Train Trauma, Pirate Ship & Eyeglasses
Had a wonderful day today with Abi (the English girl I met in the hostel) in Sopot, a lovely beachside town. We wanted to take the boat, but it wasn't running since it was Sunday. So we took the train....Read this update
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June 05, 2004
Solidarity & Splurging
Visited the Solidarity museum today, which I successfully found thanks to a German couple at the hostel where I'm staying. Ha! It was actually very moving. I didn't really know very much about Lech Welsa and the fact that they...Read this update
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June 04, 2004
Ritter Kleidung
Dressed up as a Teutonic knight today and had my picture taken by some Polish guy. The sword and the helmet were really heavy, but the little dress/cloak thing was pretty cool. Hope the pictures turn out okay (just used...Read this update
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June 03, 2004
Father Jan Twardowski
Set out this morning to visit the Solidarity Musuem and walked around for what felt like an ETERNITY unable to find it. The English girl (Abi) had told me that it was a great museum and easy to find, which...Read this update
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June 02, 2004
Found Oma & Opa's Street!
Think that I was able to find the street on which Oma and Opa's shops were located. Haven't got the courage up yet, though, to ask a 'local' and find out for sure. I spent the day just wandering around...Read this update
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June 01, 2004
Train Travels & Polski Peron
I knew that Berlin would spoil me for the polski life, and I was right! Got myself a little bit turned around with the train because I was engrossed in a book......Read this update
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