Poland: What should I look forward to or avoid? Is it fun to visit?

My husband and I visited Poland 2 summers ago for 2 weeks and loved it.

Look forward to the food, be adventuresome! Dinner (evening meal) starts with a bowl of soup, an entree with some kind of cabbage dish and potato dish, and then dessert, sometimes ice cream or a fresh fruit tart -- delicious! (Try bigos, like a hunter stew with meat, sweet/sour cabbage and stewed plums, yummy!)

We walked the streets of Warsaw and Krakow after dinner in the evenings and had no troubles. I'm sure safety is a matter of being aware of who and what is around you, just like in the states. We did not get robbed. (We were a family of 3, my husband and I, 43 years old, and our 20 year old daughter.)

If you can get to the Tatra Mountains (Zakopane), go. It's the "Swiss Alps" of Poland, breathtaking. We were told it is the winter-time destination for many families who go there for a couple of weeks to ski, considered very good for your family to get out in the fresh air and have some fun.

Something we found very enjoyable is the fresh fruit stands in the large cities, instead of a McDonalds every block, there would be a fruit stand every block with fresh peaches, apples, plums, grapes, etc. A pint basket of fresh raspberries with a little plastic fork will run you 3 PLN (about $1), delicious. (Wonder why we saw very few fat people in Poland?!?)

And when you're in the rurals, be sure to try the farmers wives' homemade cheese. Cheap and delicious!

Be sure to visit Krakow. Unharmed by Hitler (he got headed off by the Red Army and had to retreat at the end of the 2nd World War), it is original to the 14th century. The street performers are good, and fun!

Hope that helps! We enjoyed Poland so much in 2006 that we are going back for a month this summer :)

Dear temporary (powers of deduction?)

"nearly all young polish people speak more then 3 languages! very polite ,very well educated country.
Krakow, Tatry, Zakopane, Gdansk are a must, Great food there is no such thing as organic food as basally everything is fresh with out preservatives .

adam9999 from your response i take it ur over 50 and still have your mind set of the communist russian era that effected poland."

You are wrong, about everything. I am nowhere near 50, and will not be for many years.

From your post I must deduct that you have not been born yet. Maybe in the future all young Poles will speak three different languages, and there will be no pesticide use. For now, reality is slightly different.

I was only naked once...give us a break!

A nice place to visit in Summer is the Baltic coast (e.g. Swinoujscie or Międzyzdroje or Kolobrzeg or Gdansk). A lot of tourists (e.g. Germans) and Polish people go there during the Summer break. So, lots of things to do.