Posts by james

james_warszawa

4 Jan 2011

Life / Charity Shops in Poland - where are they? I've got some old clothes [13]

Perfect. Cheers, Trevek.

I'll try the Sue Ryder shop. I didn't realise the Sue Ryder foundation stretched this far outside of England. I found some more information on "Warsaw's Only Charity Shop" if anyone else is interested:

00-585 Warszawa, ul. Bagatela 15
tel. (022) 646 58 55
Open on work days from 10:00 to 18:00

sueryder.pl/en/Sklep/index.php

james_warszawa

4 Jan 2011

Life / Charity Shops in Poland - where are they? I've got some old clothes [13]

I've got some old clothes that I would like to donate to some charity shop(s) in Warsaw. The trouble is, where are they? I've looked high and low for such places and found none.

All I can find is shops that accept your clothes, and then sell them off, pocketing the whole profit. Yes, these are second hand shops, not charity shops, cos no money is actually going to any charity other than the shopkeepers pocket.

I would like to find the Polish version of Oxfam or something like it. Or even where I know that the clothes are going to less privileged people than myself.

Do Poles believe in charity or giving things away for free? (Don't answer that. I already know the answer).

james_warszawa

8 May 2010

Travel / Train Routes - from Poland to Slovakia [12]

Hi £ukasz.

Thank you for your reply. I checked the PKP.pl web site for trains and the results are somewhat ambigous. There are 3 stops apparently in Muszyna. "Muszyna", "Muszyna Zdroj" and "Muszyna Poprad". I don't know which is the correct one to choose.

Also, a bus sounds like a great alternative. Would that be a bus going from Muszyna or Nowy Sącz?

How long is it likely to take, and how much does it roughly cost? Oh, and do you have some bus companies and their contact numbers, as I would like to pre-book if possible.

Dzięki bardzo.

james_warszawa

30 Apr 2010

Travel / Train Routes - from Poland to Slovakia [12]

Hey all,

I'm wanting to set off travelling again next week and I have been looking into getting a train to Slovakia. However, the routes are somewhat cumbersome.

To get into Slovakia, the train routes (according to PKP) go all the way around the country into either Czech or Ukraine, just to get back into Slovakia.

Most trains divert west to Bohumin first, and then come into Slovakia from there. Stupid Tatry!

Does anyone know of other less well-known stops that I can go to, to get through to Slovakia a shorter and quicker way?

I heard about travelling to Muszyna, then getting transport through from there.

Which is the best way to do it?

Are there some buses that I can take to Slovakia, that are more favourable than the train?

Thanks.