Tag: poland

  • Poland and Ukraine: The Homelands

    Poland and Ukraine: The Homelands

    Canada: Winnipeg, The Great Canadian Shield bus trip, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto Poland: Warsaw, Łódż, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Sopot, Toruń, Poznań, Wrocław, Kraków, Auschwitz, Rzeszow, Lubaczow, Stare Brusno, Przemyśl Ukraine: L’viv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Yeompil, Sokolivka Although my trip to Poland and Ukraine was not as epic in terms of breadth as my Asian adventures, it was…

  • Coffee and Coffee Shops in Poland and Ukraine

    Coffee and Coffee Shops in Poland and Ukraine

    Below I review of some of the coffee and coffee shops I tried and visited in Poland and Ukraine. Poland First is Sowa, a small chain of stores started in Bydgoszcz and spread around Poland. Depending on the store you go to, the ambiance and decor will be different, though the prices are similar in…

  • Przemyśl and Warsaw, Poland: A Return to… Civilization(?!)

    Przemyśl and Warsaw, Poland: A Return to… Civilization(?!)

    And so after four months in Ukraine, I wanted to make my way back home for a cousin’s wedding to happen in July. After enduring yet another 23-hour train ride from Kharkiv to Lviv to visit my Ukrainian family, I took the bus from Lviv to Sheheni, on the Ukrainian-Poland border. I had overstayed my…

  • Przemyśl and Warsaw, Poland: A Return to… Civilization(?!)

    Przemyśl and Warsaw, Poland: A Return to… Civilization(?!)

    And so after four months in Ukraine, I wanted to make my way back home for a cousin’s wedding to happen in July. After enduring yet another 23-hour train ride from Kharkiv to Lviv to visit my Ukrainian family, I took the bus from Lviv to Sheheni, on the Ukrainian-Poland border. I had overstayed my…

  • Polish Reggae, Jazz, Traditional and Classical Muzyka

    Polish Reggae, Jazz, Traditional and Classical Muzyka

    Finally here’s my second post on Polish music. You can read the first part on rock and metal here. Reggae(muffin??) Artist: Maleo Reggae Rockers and Goście Album: XVI Przystanek Woodstock 2010 For some reason, reggae seems to be huge in Poland. Maybe it’s cuz the European Union to freely move all sorts of things, such as…

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