Category Archives: Polska – Poland

Kraków – A Tale of Two Piwo & A Scottish £5 Note

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Hector

Yes, it is exactly one month since Hector left Polska, that was for the Riverside tour, this weekend we see the reformed Porcupine Tree perform in Katowice. It is far easier to secure tickets for such concerts abroad than it … Continue reading →

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Two Nights in Gdansk-Sopot-Gdynia

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Hector

Friday, September 25th Today was Hector’s third visit to Gdansk and technically Marg’s second, however, her first was a matter of heading straight to the airport whilst yours truly got on with retirement. The trip up from Poznan passed in … Continue reading →

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A Much Happier Return To Poznan

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Hector

Wednesday, September 23rd Hector’s last visit to Poznan in March of this year has been well documented and oft referenced – Escape from Polska! Four hours sitting on Poznan’s bus station floor is not recommended. When the Berlin bound bus … Continue reading →

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Escape from Polska! – Lodz – Poznan – Slubice – Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Hector

The pre-booked taxi was waiting for me at 00.10, the Bus Station is located on the ground floor of the Fabryczna complex which includes the new main train station, as yet unused…something to do with an incomplete tunnel linking Widzew … Continue reading →

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Lodz – Day #3 of how many in Polska?

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Hector

The Ibis Hotel has a contemporary design, a central atrium around which some rooms have their windows, those on the opposite side of the corridor have an external window. This is where Hector spent twenty one of today’s twenty four … Continue reading →

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Lodz – Day #2 of how many in Polska?

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Hector

Today was meant to be the day for – Pendragon – alas, I knew before I left Scotland that the gig was cancelled, Friday 13th. A lunchtime train to Lodz (“Woodge”) was chosen to occupy the gap between check-out and … Continue reading →

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Katowice – Day #1 of how many in Polska?

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Hector

This trip to Polska was conceived a year ago in Haarlem. Bieres Sans Frontieres, the staff who work in the – Foreign Bar(s) – at the Great British Beer Festival have their own society. Having staffed the Paisley then Glasgow … Continue reading →

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Katowice – An Evening at Browariat, Plus

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Hector

Direct trains are possible from Kraków to Katowice, in the evening. Steve and Hector needed to pass two hours between checkout in Kraków and check-in at the Katowice Hotel. This necessitated an hour’s travel north on an Inter City train, … Continue reading →

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A February Day in Kraków – Because We Can!

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Hector

Kraków, it has been a while. Since the end of 2015, Hector’s Trips have been concentrated in the west of Polska: Wroclaw, Poznan, Bydgoszcz, Torun, Gdansk and Gdynia. Steve was given the challenge of finding a four day Trip to … Continue reading →

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Poznan – Day 4

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Hector

There was talk of hiring a car and driving to the site of Stalag Luft III, pity The Rickmeister did not look at a map before he suggested this, plan abandoned. Instead, there would be a rendezvuous at Van Gogh … Continue reading →

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