Travel / Is 1stopJamboree the real deal! [5]

Andrew, they're new on the scene but they're well worth checking out and the website is actually:

1stopjamboree.info

radedude121, i guess you're Amreican... :D

Travel / Need a quiet escape in Poland (walking, romantic) - recommendations? [15]

I don't know so much about the south of the country(although i'm planning to get further south than Warsaw some day!) but Gdansk and the surrounding area has loads of stuff for historians:

Mariacka church, Westerplatte, Oliwa Cathedral, Maritime Museum, Malbork castle etc etc.

There are also plenty of nice places to go walking where you won't get savaged by mosquitoes!!!

Travel / My Next Visit.....Gdansk [8]

Hey Mark.

As far as hotels go in Gdansk, I would recommend the Aureus- it's a newly renovated hotel with VERY comfortable rooms situated in a quiet area but just 5-10mins from all the main attractions. The Hanza & Heveliusz are way over-priced in comparison.

I think it was also mentioned in another thread but there's a very highly-rated itinerary building company called 1stopJamboree now operating in Gdansk & they may be worth checking out too.

Hope this is of some use to you & enjoy your visit to the Trojmiasto,

Rob :)

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


Would it make you feel a bit more important if you were lumped into some equally ridiculous group known as "White-Polish"???

Polish people and culture ARE recognised, at least in Scotland & Ireland(I can't speak for England although I would be surprised if it was any different), and increasingly form an integral part of local communities. You obviously won't notice it in big cities but is that so surprising?

UK, Ireland / Father's Day cards banned in Scottish schools [64]

Biology requires 2 people to create a child. Is it not logical then that a child requires 2 parents? Obviously, that isn't always possible but it is the ideal situation and therefore anything else falls short, resulting in a detrimental effect on the child.

Parents are responsible for teaching their child EVERYTHING (how to read, write, count, work, show self-discipline, brush teeth, treat others...) and that is simply too much work for one person. I defy anyone to disagree with this.

The increase of single parent households, the increasing delegation of parental responsibilities to schools and the increasing censorship of discipline in schools is not good for children and not good for society.

UK, Ireland / Father's Day cards banned in Scottish schools [64]


To be honest, i'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say here. I was pointing out that the ideal situation, the one nature planned for, was for a child to have 2 parents.


Well, I defy you then :D and if one parent doesn't contribute to parenting then my case still stands - one parent works to provide, one devotes more time to the children. In a single-parent household this isn't possible unless that one parent scrounges off the state. Both situations are common but the first one is surely far more preferable than the second.


I agree that the father figure can be filled more than adequately by another person and I also agree that some children are better off without their biological fathers BUT you're not considering other scenarios which are just as, if not more, common. There are plenty of mothers who choose to be single, not for their child's sake but for their own, in order to take advantage of free housing, extra benefits etc. and i'm sure there are plenty of fathers out there who don't even know that they're fathers! In these situations the child loses out.

Travel / Best connecting airports to Poland from the UK? [9]

At the moment, although it changes accordingly with the whims of Mr. Mike O'Leary, the best connecting airport between UK/Ireland and Poland is probably Stockholm Skavsta.

With regards to the reliability of the low-cost airlines, I always try to get early flights where possible because they haven't had the chance to fluck everything up by 07.30. :D

Admittedly, I do get a little nervous when I have a late late flight...

Travel / Help with travel to Gdansk [30]

Hey tatt2dmoon. I live very close to Ul. Lelewela so I went and took a few pics over the weekend. I can't upload them here for some reason but I can email them if you like? Hope they are of some use to you and your dad & enjoy your visit to Poland.

Travel / Gdansk - need some information about it [21]


:D :D :D

Always remember: if you don't understand something in Polish just ask someone to repeat it like this:

"Tea. Who you? Banana."