I went to Poland, it was awesome.

[Tony Hardy]

I might have to organise a trip out there to be honest. I don't think they do flights from Newcastle anymore though.

Definitely think I want to experience it once.

[squeezee]

Wow, that's heavy... :(

He was great, the Krakow brigade had started to march to Warsaw when the Germans invaded, got about 60 miles before being overrun. They spent the rest of the war moving between camps, the Germans didn't get their hands dirty.
I also visited Czestochowa, we drove across Poland in a Fiat Polski 500, there were horse-drawn haycarts on the motorways, cows grazing on the verges, the place was wall-to-wall pilgrims, difficult to walk down the avenues. Our friend disappeared and reappeared driving the Fiat through the crowd, a priest came and blessed the car, splashed it with holy water, pocketed 10,000 zloty (~50p), splashed us with holy water and disappeared. They're mad.

[taklamakan]

I am from Poland. Regards!

[ARRIVALS]

Those pictures look amazing, Paul. I've been to the battlefields in France/Belgium, now I want to go to Poland.

[Paul Murray]

Cheers, it's a great place, though when you head out of the touristy areas you really see just how poor some people are.

How were the battlefields?

[ARRIVALS]

They were cool. I visited The Sommes, and all the war memorials. The Sommes was unreal. All the trenches and tunnels were still there, just covered in trees and things now.

[printbar]

Poland is a beautiful country. Personally I couldn't deal with any of the camps when I visited (my uncle was in Dachau, which obviously has no impact on me personally at all, but which does make it a bit freaky), but the rest of the country was gorgeous.