Tommo
11 Feb 2012
Tommo
16 Mar 2012
Travel / "Cool Katowice" - a viable alternative to Kraków? [18]
Don't know how much to read into this but popular UK flight comparison website Skyscanner are recommending Katowice as an alternative to Kraków, which it says has been over-run by stag weekends... (can't post the address, you'd have to search for it)
I think Katowice definitely has a long way to go yet but it's unfair to label it as "grim, industrial, etc." Look at how Manchester has re-invented itself as the Lonely Planet/Rough Guide city of choice in the UK. Katowice Train Station has been knocked down and is being rebuilt, they've started work on a new Rynek, there's a lot going on in the city (the new museum/concert hall for example). Give it time and I think we could see more and more people visiting Kato as tourists (things can only get better).
Don't know how much to read into this but popular UK flight comparison website Skyscanner are recommending Katowice as an alternative to Kraków, which it says has been over-run by stag weekends... (can't post the address, you'd have to search for it)
I think Katowice definitely has a long way to go yet but it's unfair to label it as "grim, industrial, etc." Look at how Manchester has re-invented itself as the Lonely Planet/Rough Guide city of choice in the UK. Katowice Train Station has been knocked down and is being rebuilt, they've started work on a new Rynek, there's a lot going on in the city (the new museum/concert hall for example). Give it time and I think we could see more and more people visiting Kato as tourists (things can only get better).
Tommo
8 Apr 2012
Language / Does 'Pimsleur Method' work? [4]
I tried Pimsleur lesson 1, didn't like it. Would recommend Michel Thomas Polish.
I tried Pimsleur lesson 1, didn't like it. Would recommend Michel Thomas Polish.
Tommo
8 Feb 2015
History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]
I've just started working on a translation of Walenty Rozdzienski's Officina Ferraria (1612). The source version is available here.
pbi.edu.pl/book_reader.php?p=50174 broken link?
An English translation was published in 1976 but is not available online, which is a shame as such a significant poem really deserves a wider audience. I'm planning to do 8 lines a day and I figure that at this rate it'll take me about six months to complete. Any feedback would be more than welcome. Here's the link:
rozdzienskiproject.blogspot.com
I've just started working on a translation of Walenty Rozdzienski's Officina Ferraria (1612). The source version is available here.
pbi.edu.pl/book_reader.php?p=50174 broken link?
An English translation was published in 1976 but is not available online, which is a shame as such a significant poem really deserves a wider audience. I'm planning to do 8 lines a day and I figure that at this rate it'll take me about six months to complete. Any feedback would be more than welcome. Here's the link:
rozdzienskiproject.blogspot.com