Hometown / Vacation pictures Poland

Yes. Amazing!!! I've never seen anything like it. To think that all of the salt sculptures were crafted by the workers out of free will w/ no pay is amazing in itself.

Yes - you won`t find a second place like this in the whole world.

I`ve got tons of photos from Krakow and the sorrounding areas.. castles ect.

I`m going to post everything when I`m going to have more time.

Dzieki! I'm happy to finally see some pictures in this forum.

Do you know if there are any pyramids near Posen?

No - but you shouldn`t use the name "Posen" cose you might get a ver negative reaction.

The city is being called Poznan.

You know the Germans when they occupy something - they give the place a german name and

using those names can bring you into troubble.

Didn't know that. I usually call it Poznan but sometimes I see Posen next to it.

The Germans are calling it Posen.

During the 1500s Poznan had looked this way:

Poznan isn't so beautiful anymore. How come there have been no progress for the last 5 centuries?

? - I have no idea what do you mean. The city is courently more than 20 times bigger compared to its size during the XIV-XVI century.

When it comes to the old town - in most part it is being restored to its former look.

i.e. right now - beside what you see there are courently c.a. 50 historic houses undergoing renovation in the old town area and there are also plans to reconstruct the old castle - as well as perhaps in the future - the defensive walls.

What makes the beauty of Poznan is also the new post-industrial architecture introduced by the Kulczyk family:





as you know or perhaps not this is only the first phase of what Mrs. Kulczyk is building in that city.

I got the tour in the town hall that this picture came from. It's amazing that everything is still standing after being on fire so many times.



I don't agree with this. When I was there this past october they were doing restoration work on and around the Parish Church. They were also doing a bit of restoration on the Town hall. The city is definitely still beautiful.

Yes.

LOL you're killin me. Don't get me wrong....I love the pics but the page takes too long to open.

On cable internet the page loads only up to a few sec

I work for a company where tons of people are using tons of bandwith

At least they have public restrooms Try finding one in NYC.

It`s not always that way - those who are away from train/bus stations subways ect. are free..
ie. in Warsaw there are free public toilets in the undergroung below the Palace of Culture and Science.. if you`re getting out of the train at the central station.. and if you`re an extreamly fast runner.. and you have enough inner strenght.. you have a slight chance of reaching them before it`s too late..

Yes, I know. It made for an interesting first though. Can't wait ...I'll be back in poznan in 3 weeks

I was raised in Pastuchow (Lower Silesia) then moved to Swidnica - about 20 km from Pastuchow. Below is an old great catholic church in Swidnica (reconstructed after the World War II):

Poznan International Fair center:

Poznan street racing

Are you going to Poznan or something? I'm leaving next friday for 2.5 weeks in Poznan

When is this? Something that I can participate in? Looks like fun.

Also, I'll be driving up to Sopot in a few weeks and wanted to know if there were any cities I might want to visit on the way...something worth seeing anyway ...The Pyramids for example.

Dzienki

An interesting picture from Leba - looks like Sahara, doesn't it ?

Leba wydmy

Anyone have any recent holiday pics thy'd like to contribute?

Does going to Sweden count?

So where are they?

I just saw one of them somewhere around here....

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Lost somewhere in Poland

Thank you for the contribution

is that you and your PL man?

Yes. That's My One and Only.
He proposed to me here:

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wait...that was weird. Nevermind

Whats going on w/ your pics?