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Poland – Final impression

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. 🙂

Poland – Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city located by the Baltic Sea.
Maybe, one of the most interesting Polish cities, because of history, culture, and nearby nature.

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

Poland – Malbork Castle

Malbork Castle is a large 13th-century Teutonic castle,
one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
It’s a very popular tourist attraction for Polish people as well as for foreigners.

Poland – Wroclaw

Wrocław is one of the largest Polish cities.
It’s an old, historical city with interesting architecture
and museums e.g., Racławice Panorama;
many, many, many bridges and a similar big number of dwarfs.

Poland – Torun

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.

Poland – Mushrooms

Many Polish people (including me) love to pick up (edible) mushrooms in forest.
The mushrooms from today’s picture should stay where they are,
there are many other eatable (more than once 😉 ) mushrooms.

Poland – Forest

Poland has lots of forest,
however, these days, forest may not be treated well… 🙁

Poland – Giewont

Giewont is not the highest mountain in Poland, it’s only 1895 m above sea level.
However, it’s very well known in Poland, because it looks like a sleeping knight.

p.s. the legend says he will wake up when Poland is in danger.

Poland – Mountains

To simplify, the central part of Poland is flat,
sea is in the north, mountains are in the south part of Poland.
There are two main mountain ranges: the Sudetes and Carpathian mountains; all beautiful. 🙂

Poland – Jellyfish

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%.

Poland – Seals

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.

Poland – Sand Dunes

Nearby the town of Łeba, you can visit the nation park with sand dunes.
It’s a very nice and unique place in Poland.

Poland – Sand and Roses

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.

Poland – Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea (called by a few countries as “East Sea”) is a sea enclosed by 9 European countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Sweden.

Poland – Mead & Vodka

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.

Poland – Cracow

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.

Poland – Storks

Poland has (in the season) the largest white stork population in Europe.
Whenever I was spending summer close to nature, or even driving somewhere, I’ve always seen a stork, or at least a few a day. 🙂

Poland – Winter

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… 😉

Poland – Autumn

I love autumn in Poland when the weather is still nice, and all trees look so colourful.
Of course, autumn has also other side – cold, rainy, windy, depressing.

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