
Today, I’m showing you the last picture of my country.
I hope, you like some of them, and maybe you’ll visit Poland one day. 🙂
I wanted to list here a few famous Polish people.
The first name that came to my mind was Maria Curie-Skłodowska,
the pope, Copernicus and Chopin.
But some people may be known because of current situation (e.g., Robert Lewandowski),
and others may be more or less known depending where you are from or what is your profession.
I’ll just write here a few names,
and please let me know, have you heard about any of them.
Marie Skłodowska Curie
Pope John Paul II
Nicolaus Copernicus
Frederic Chopin
Lech Wałęsa
Roman Polański
Stanisław Lem
Toruń is a lovely small, old town,
that I always recommend to visit in Poland.
Why? – Because of its diverse architecture, Teutonic Castle, gingerbread, Nicolaus Copernicus, and many more. 🙂
The only drawback – in summer months Toruń may be quite crowded.
You may meet jellyfish in the Baltic sea.
Mostly, they are completely not harmful to people.
But there is also a kind of sea jellies in the Baltic Sea that you should avoid, however it’s very unlikely to see it.
When I was a child, everyone was saying, thet “our” jellyfish are not harmful; it’s almost always the case; but it doesn’t mean 100%.
There are three kinds of seals living in Baltic sea:
-the harbor seal (or common seal),
-the grey seal,
-the ringed seal.
Actually, the most common is the grey seal, seen in today’s picture.
If you’d like to learn more about seals, visit the seal sanctuary in Hel, Poland.
I think, we were going relatively often to the coast, when I was a child.
Somehow, I always have this image in the front of my head – sand and pink roses.
I’m sure, you can still see in Poland, many bushes with roses close to beaches.
Vodka apparently seems to be a Polish or Russian traditional alcohol;
well, there is some truth in it…
But there are other alcoholic drinks also popular in Poland,
of course variety of beers,
and mead (Polish: miód pitny what literally means a “drinkable honey”).
I think, mead should have a position number one, it’s a Polish traditional alcoholic beverage, introduced already in Middle Ages.
When your’e in Poland, try mead!
Check maybe the wikipedia website for suggestions which one to choose.
Cracow (in Polish: Kraków) is one of the most beautiful cities in Poland,
and I highly recommend you to go there!
Just be aware, that since some years, Cracow is a very popular tourist destination, it maybe overcrowded, so maybe it lost some of its charm (?).
Anyway, if you’re bored with Cracow, go to nearby Oświęcim (very importnat place, known for known for being the site of the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp) and Wieliczka Salt Mine;
or a bit farther – go to mountains.
Winter can be magical,
but often is also “dirty and muddy”.
People usually joke in Poland, that winter surprised people who clean the streets,
i.e., roads are not prepared, because who expects to have snow in January = in the middle of winter… 😉