POLAND

Arie and I spent a few days in Krakow and absolutely loved it. The people were friendly and the city is beautiful. There is plenty to see and do and the main square is considered one of the best in Europe. A survey also revealed that Krakowans rank amo...

 

European Trips - 2004-2006

Before my trip to Barca, I had heard so much about it. About how it one of the best cities in the world to visit, and how beautiful it is etc. So my expectations were very high for my first visit to the place, which is rarely a good thing. But I have ...

 

Krakow

Our home town...

 

Eastern Europe

The final stop on my first journey through Europe find me in the "Paris of Eastern Europe", Budapest. Again I only really had a day to look around so with my trusty Lonely Planet in hand I headed off for a day exploring. I soon found o...

 

Europe 2005

my fellow nadir and me wandering in europe...

 

Life In Poland

Our whirlwind tour of Berlin started in Alexanderplatz and ended with severe back, knee and foot pain. You see, this was a walking tour, and our tour guide/friend, Marta, refused to let any sight go unseen. We "did" the Reichstag, Brandenb...

 

Eastern Europe 2007

在二次世界大戰時，華沙近八成的區域被破壞殆盡，隨後靠市民的努力重建，以舊市區廣場為中心，將整個城市恢復原貌。華沙的舊城區相當的漂亮，特別是皇家城堡(Royal Castle)旁的廣場，廣場旁色彩鮮麗的中世紀房舍，加上房舍後方數個教堂的尖塔，從遠方望去沒有人不被這美麗的組合所吸。 ...

 

Europe 2006

At night, I lay in my bed and wondered why I hadn’t contacted any other farms while I was in town and had a chance? I’d been lulled into a false sense of well-being. I’d even taken out library books. I told myself that I’d give myself until next Thursd...

 

Europe Photo Album 2005 -2007

Various shots of tourist sites around London taken in the year and a bit I lived there. I really got to know London well after I bought my bike. London is surprisingly bicycle friendly (better than Auckland) and I would ride from home to work basic...

 

RTW with Steph and Dion

Written by Dion August 11-12, 2006 We decided to spend a couple of days in Uruguay, so we boarded the 9:00AM Buquebus ferry from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on Friday morning. The ferry itself was quite nice and the rid...

 

Krakow, December 2005

Sara and I set off on yet another random trip curtisy of cheap flights and cheap accomodation. Only this time I got my way and shunned the hostel for the far more plush Chopin Hotel, much to the grumps of young Miss Kassam. Anyhoo, what followed was 3 ...

 

Europe Gap Year 2005-2006

Have really enjoyed our time in London. Still feel like we're on holiday even though we have to work. London Weather: Not that bad! Even winter was bearable and the summer days are long and (mostly) sunny. Maybe we struck a good year? Londo...

 

Europe trip Oct 2006

Slovakia was my favourite country. I loved the quieter pace after the Prague rush. Bratislava had some beautiful architecture, good food and a Tesco supermarket. Though a little harder to get around, it was more compact and different again from it's mo...

 

Krakow, Poland

Time for another weekend adventure. Nae and i packed our day packs full of winter woolies and headed to Poland for the weekend. Yep thats right over here the countries are that close together that we can zip off to a completely different country in the...

 

Krakow

As the heading alludes to, Krakow was an amazing city. We were surprised as my only experience of Pols was the Polish street drinkers that we're trying to deal with where I work. As it turns out, my image was so wrong - the people are friendly and th...

 

Our 'European Vacation' 2006

Phew! Finally made it to Paris after a gargantuan effort packing up our lives in London. We were working 16-18 hour days just trying to sort through all the crap we've accumulated over the past 4 years. But we managed to get the boxes packed and sent o...

 

Eastern Europe 2002

In our typical fashion, we spent our first day in town wandering the streets... Budapest has a big city feel, smog and all... it's also a bit on the seedy side... there seems to be a fascination with lingerie shops here... someone should let Vicky ...

 

Krakow, Poland

A great weekend away with Megan (less Regan, wish he came too!) and Anton, Daves cousin. It was lovely to meet the Sekula family in Poland. If you head there - be warned, the cocktails are really cheap! Needless to say we all took advantage of that ...

 

Krakow - Poland

Krakow...

 

Poland...erghhh

I think Paul summarised it perfectly when he wrote: "Imagine a dirty, poor, run down place where the only colour you see is grey. Where the people are unhappy, never smile, never speak to you or want to help if you're lost. Where transport neve...

 

My Semester Abroad

Our weekend in Paris was full of interesting sites and people. Communicating in another language is always fun, especially when you don't know it. And as most of you all know I have a hard enough time communicating my thoughts in English let alone in...

 

2006 Summer Holiday in Europe

Finally, we reached Liverpool in the afternoon. Our friend, Siew Lee came to fetch us at the Liverpool airport. We had a good chat in the car. It normally took 2 hours’ drive from Liverpool to Birmingham, but due to car accident in motorway, we took 4 ...

 

Europe Summer 2005

My friend Anna and I decided that we needed to get away straight after the exams and so we headed for Europe. The plan was to see as much as possible whilst spending as little money as possible. We didn't get to see everything we would have liked to bu...

 

Interrailing 2005

Arrived in Berlin at 5 am!...

 

Poland and Austria Easter '05

From Krakow we took an extremely uncomfortable night bus to Vienna. Arriving at 5 in the morning after having no sleep... luckily the people at the hostel took pity on us and let us crash on the living room sofas for a few hours until our rooms were re...

 

Krakow, Poland_Winter Holiday in 2006

On 15th Jan 2006, Sunday, we went for skiing at Nepebal, Simferopol, but was disappointed because there was no snow on that day. We took our lunch at the McDonald and then we met some of the CSMU friends. They told us about their plan to Poland. Withou...