Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]


Why not ask them. There have been several suggestions, including some good ones, and some very sound advice from people who know (rather than claim to be sitting next to someone). A long coach journey from Warsaw to Mazury isn't among them.

All I see here is a troll trying to pick an argument with his betters.

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]


I'm sure he and his family will see plenty in and around Mragowo and have a great holiday (he's chosen a nice hotel, certainly), 'countingeagles', whatever his choice of transport. He's asked for information, and received it, by and large from people, regular posters rather than 'guest posters', Europeans who have lived in PL for a long time and who know that area very well.


If that made sense...

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]

The advice from several posters that he uses the train etc, is good advice.


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There was actually a huge online campaign in PL to get it in that (voluntary) ranking. You knew that...


I've driven probably far more over the decades - and I dislike driving, especially in Poland. With good reason. Remember some of us "foreign people" have lived in PL far longer than some people who were born and bred there. And certainly driven far more and for far longer.

There is a reason people - not just "foreign people" - avoid driving in certain places at the weekend (the roads from Warsaw to Mazury being high on the list).

And yes, Poland does have very poor driving standards - this is a matter of official record, with one of the highest recorded accident levels in Europe.

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]


Others actually suggested that. I gave him a link to a car hire site. Nice try 'countingcrows'...


You think the the bus has blacked out windows? It's pleasant scenery, though not particularly among the best in Europe..


The risk of having a road accident in Poland is far higher than being caught up in an incident in London.

Looks like you're trying to pick an argument, 'countingcrows'...

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]


No reason to say:


In fact Nidzica is ok - I was at the castle too recently. Worth a visit, though not necessarily a detour.


Driving standards are among the worst in Europe. As shown by the exceptionally high number of road fatalities and other accidents in Poland.

On holiday, it makes sense to avoid stress and sit back and let others drive. Especially if you come from somewhere like Germany with a high quality road system and high standards of driving. The contrast btween that and driving in Mazury during the weekend is just a hassle.

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]


What a surprise.


A nice if ordinary little place to stop off - There's a pleasant cafe in the centre.

News / Poland's Public TV News Propaganda "Wiadomości" hated by viewers [31]

Here's a typical example. No wonder nobody respects what it's become:

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Neither of these are difficult for the many people who fit the straightforward criteria. Basically, you can get it quite easily, if not through one method, then through the other. Permanent residence isn't hard for Americans to get either.

If he doesn't fit that criteria, it begs the question why he wants it in the first place - another passport to which he isn't entitled? They still swipe the same passport going into PL, and if there are any issues with the state, his other American one won't help at all.


Very much so.

News / Poland's Public TV News Propaganda "Wiadomości" hated by viewers [31]


It was actually quite respected before, not as much as TVN or Polsat, but still reputable.

Evidently you're out of touch with such matters.

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]


Ratuszowa is good, as is Stara Chata (very traditional). Neither are very near your hotel, however if you go out in the evening, they're both central.


The buses all go to the bus station. As I mentioned, it's on the other side of the lake to the Mercure (which is a little off the beaten track), and you'll need to get a cab. They don't cost much at all.

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Both are beautiful in their own way. In Poland it's the forests that are exceptional. I hope they remain unspoilt.

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It's on a par with the woman from PL who went on holiday with her teenage daughter, the daughter came back pregnant and she tried to sue the holiday company, since she blamed the pregnancy on gobbets of jism floating in the hotel pool!

News / Poland's Public TV News Propaganda "Wiadomości" hated by viewers [31]


It certainly has no standards now. It's become a hilarious joke.

About as objective as Pravda or Volkische Beobachter.

News / Poland's Public TV News Propaganda "Wiadomości" hated by viewers [31]


Yes, that and to further JK's darker, more authoritarian agenda. Basically by whipping up hatred where none existed.


No it wasn't. It actually used to have some standards.

Did you watch it often, being in a different country?

News / Poland's Public TV News Propaganda "Wiadomości" hated by viewers [31]


Par for the course, given their own political slant and predilection for nationalism.

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Given the volume coming out of Bialowieza, it may as well be.

Polonia / Reckless Polish Man starts wildfire in Montenegro [48]

As long as he doesn't light it...

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]


The Hotel Mercure is on the 'other' side of Mragowo. You'll probably need a taxi (should be a taxi rank by the bus station). Due to the hotel's location, you'll probably use taxis a few times during your visit - they aren't expensive.

You'll be pleasantly surprised at some of the restaurants in Mragowo. Don't just eat at the hotel (which will be more expensive than most places). there are some nice places to eat there, by the lake, and around town.

Polonia / Reckless Polish Man starts wildfire in Montenegro [48]

This is entirely possible, if a little less probable.

I expect it will all come out in court.

Polonia / Reckless Polish Man starts wildfire in Montenegro [48]


I doubt he used venom. Probably matches or a lighter.

Polonia / Reckless Polish Man starts wildfire in Montenegro [48]


I suspect he'll get more publicity if there's a trial.

Polonia / Reckless Polish Man starts wildfire in Montenegro [48]


I wonder if there's something yet to emerge. Hard to believe that someone from PL would think that starting a fire in a forest in summer would be a good way to signal his location.

Travel / Travel Within Poland - from Warsaw airport to Mragowo [49]

Starts at 7 zl, and the dearest was 64 zl. Most around 7 zl. (According to the link to e-podroznik posted last night).

The longer you leave it, the dearer it can get. On a Sunday, I'd say it would tend towards the dearer price if the time of the bus is popular. That's still nly 15 quid, and in reality the price will probably be half that at the most.

Flights and trains are rarely delayed in Poland.

News / Poland's Public TV News Propaganda "Wiadomości" hated by viewers [31]

A memo has been leaked. It says that (plenty of reference to the outbreak of WWII with today being the anniversary), their 'journalists' are not to talk about Nazis or 'Hitlerowcy' but Germans.

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Polonia / Reckless Polish Man starts wildfire in Montenegro [48]

That's fortunate. The report linked to above was concerned it could spread to nearby towns. Doubtless the firefighters are doing their best.

Presumably there'll be a prosecution over this.

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So in fact there's a thread for this already.

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Most of the crime is by other holidaymakers and locals.

Polonia / Reckless Polish Man starts wildfire in Montenegro [48]

Which is why he should have known not to start one - he was actually within sight of the town.

The locals know not to do it, and a holidaymaker from Poland (where forest fire issues are drummed into people from a young age) should also have known better.

Off-Topic / Help my Cygan Warszawski series take off [4]

I saw your videos - they're good. The man in the 'cygan' ones is sometimes called 'Czarny Roman' by students and hipsters (they photograph him for projects), and something else by townies like me. He has quite a sad history. There are a lot of legends that have sprung up around him, most of them nonsense - the reality is still that he had a tragedy in his life.

He just walks and walks, tracing a route around the town. Sometimes he stops in fromt of people he recognises and gives a spiel about the dead rising from Wilanow Cemetary.

The authorities do monitor him, and provide some support.

News / Tragedy of Polish couple; Polish woman repeatedly raped in Italy, her partner almost killed [101]


Anywhere, really. The balearics have long had problems.