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Experience more in Poland than any other Country [10]
i have been to both places. you forget you have nature's playground in the ocean. poles have mtns. it was an amazing trip 2 both places. in poland i noticed women do not travel alone so much. i felt isolated not knowing polish. In OZ people are very independent. In Poland the scenery was beautiful. i did not get to party so much . hikiing in the tatras wore me out. i literally passed out each night. i had family i had never met before. the hospitality was incredible. of course the food rocks too. I stayed most of my time with family who had children. I stayed with 1 single cousin who did not like to go out and party. we did hit the jazz fest in kazmiersz. rooftop concerts was nice.
I was very glad to see where my grandmas people came from and learn about those circumstances when poland did not exist. our papers say ostreich. It was an emotional experience lighting a candle in a polish church for my dead grandmother.
I met a holocaust survivor on the train from krakow to praha.
OZ was more amazing because of the diversity of geography was greater - bigger country. blue mtns, great ocean road, penguin parade, darwin's walk, great barrier reef, ayers rock. Talking to aboriginal people and seeing their art.
poland is a beautiful country. I hit the tatras, biescady, pienneys......Even with the fattening food, I lost 2 pant sizes!!!!! I hope to visit there again.
I loved krakow but i loved prague more. Prague has the largest eastern europe disco there. More people speak English so I think they seemed friendlier. I could live in Krakow or Prague for a summer. (I hate cold) Tourin was a great city to visit. I did not go to warsaw othere than for train connection.
on the city bus I got dropped off at the wrong place. I ended up hiking into slovakia by misstake. 1st place i come across is a liquor store. so i go in. There's nothing but old people in there but i figured - what the hell? Does anyone one speak english? 4 old folks turn around and ask me what i need! hey were all from the south side of chicago where my family is from and they were staying in poland!? Can u believe that!!!?????
