The Hill of Crosses
SSCN0049Originally uploaded by eva_p In Lithuania, close to a small city called Siauliai, is the Hill of Crosses. It’s basically a small hill covered in all kinds of crosses, of all kinds and all sizes (and also little Jesus figures, angels and other sacred beings like the one on the photo). When we were there […]
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Bogdan knew I was computer scientist and that we wanted to use internet. In the evening he told we could use and we went to the private part of the house – his kitchen, living and sleeping room, all-in-one. “The cable does not arrive further away”. “No problem”, we said. For 10 minutes we checked […]
Read MoreBattle of Storks
Battle of StorksOriginally uploaded by eva_p For someone like me, having grown up in a part of the world where a lot of animals do not exist any more (or are getting very rare), this was a wonderful sight. A storks nest, and 2 storks quarreling inside, a third one watching (my theory is that […]
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Kayaking in PolandOriginally uploaded by eva_p Today we went kayaking near Stary Folwark in Northeastern Poland. Not on the lake, which is open only from the 1st of May (coinciding with the national long holiday weekend) but on a river. Some 15 km paddling, sometimes zigzagging because of the stream, wind and our little knowledge […]
Read MoreGrattements de l’oeil
L’oeil gratte. Beaucoup. Trop. Sera l’allergie au beau Printemps? Apres Olsztyn on est venu a Suwalki (avec le L avec un trait dessus, je l’appelle le L bresilien, car on le lit comme les bresilliens le lisent), precisement a Stary Folwark, recommande par Anna de Gdansk. Semble le paradis, surtout car le tour des jolis […]
Read MoreSoviet movie
“Here in Olsztyn the Germans did not destroy the city. But after, the Soviets needed some burnt houses for their movie (propaganda, newspapers), so they put fire to half of it.”Our host, Arek, tells us the story of this town in the Masurian lakes region which we will start visiting tomorrow. Concern of the day: […]
Read MoreA bike ride to remember…
SSCN0008Originally uploaded by eva_p We stayed around 5 days in the region of Gdansk. One day we decided to take a bike ride on the Hel peninsula, which is a very narrow peninsula in northern Poland, about 35 km long, in the Baltic Sea. We went to rent bikes at the one and only place […]
Read MoreSem ideas
Nao tenho ideias de que escrever.Terceira noite em Gdansk. Depois de duas no hostel quisemos cortar no budget e procuramos couchsurf. Pela primeira vez na Polonia nao foi facil mas finalmente conseguimos. Hoje andamos de bicicleta ao longo da costa. Bicicletas do hostel, fraquissimas se juntarmos os passeios em mau estado. Nem sei como nao […]
Read MoreGdansk
Gdansk e aquela cidade que sera bonita enquanto nao houver demasiados turistas. Tal como Varsovia tambem foi totalmente refeita nos anos 50. Aqui e a terra do Lech Walesa – o que trouxe a Polonia para fora do comunismo. Local do Solidarnosc, movimento que diria de esquerda embora na mesma ligado a igreja.
Read MoreWarszawa
We spent the weekend in Warszaw – here are a few impressions.A bit city…. a lot of time spent travelling in buses and trams.Walking around in the “old” town… nice but too many tourists.There was an outdoor exhibition with aerial photos taken by the SS during their air raids over the city. Very impressive. You […]
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