This is one of the countries that Susann once has called her home. She lived a year in the town of Lublin. It is also a country that we are happy to visit from time to time and luckily there are good flight connections from Sweden.
The country probably has one of the most turbulent histories in Europe and is filled with scars of conflicts and authoritarian regimes. It is, however, a country of fast development and there is so much more in Poland than Auschwitz.
In recent years we have visited the cities of Warsaw, Cracow, and Gdansk, but the list of places we want to visit is long.
Visited: 2013, 2014, 2018
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Enjoy our stories from Poland!
After four solo visits to Gdańsk during the year I had finally convinced Little A to join me. With the daughter onboard, it didn’t take long before Susann also decided to join. Our father-daughter trip to Poland became a family trip. A family day trip. Yes, we left Sweden and Stockholm at Skavsta Airport in…
I really took the opportunity this summer to explore Gdansk. Not only during one visit, there were actually several of them. The first visit of the year was during a cold winter weekend. That was about to change during the summer and I discovered the possibility of going on day trips. That meant a morning…
I have taken the opportunity this summer to go abroad for some day trips. Well, from where we live I have only identified one destination that is reachable for a day trip and that is Gdańsk in northern Poland. The Wizz Air flight from Stockholm Skavsta Airport leaves in the morning and returns in the…
There is one destination from Stockholm Skavsta Airport that gives you the option for a day trip. That is Gdańsk, a city in northern Poland along the coast of the Baltic Sea. I visited Gdańsk in February and was greeted by a snowstorm. It was now time for some revenge. It was time to see…
Our winter plans for 2023 included five trips. The travel bonanza started with Susann and me spending a weekend in Budapest, which soon afterward was followed by a solo trip to Kraków. Shortly thereafter we were supposed to go on a family trip to Tirana, but again, I ended up going on my own. Then…
Traveling in January has its perks. There are fewer tourists around and the flights are a lot cheaper. This is part of the reason for my three weekends abroad during the past month. Budapest and Tirana were eventually followed up with Kraków. This city in southern Poland was a nice return visit. It is almost…
Are you planning on going somewhere during the darkest months of the year? Why not go to wintry Warsaw, the fascinating capital of Poland? It is time for us to dream back to a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, when traveling was less complicated. In 2018, we planned our Christmas for several months. Well, maybe…
It’s Tuesday and time to share some travel stories. Today I write about the time that I decided it’d be a good idea to move to Poland. As it turned out, that sudden impulse resulted in a lot of great memories and eventful trips in this fantastic country. I have touched upon the topic here…
While visiting Kraków in 2013 we also took the opportunity to see the site of one of the world’s worst crimes. Susann and I visited Kraków together with my two siblings and it was my sister who wanted to see Auschwitz. Susann had previously been to the concentration camp Majdanek outside of Lublin. For her, the thought…
Kraków is probably one of the most fascinating cities in Europe. We visited the second city and the cultural capital of Poland in September 2013. I do have a soft spot for Poland and considering the fact that I actually lived in the country for many months in 2003-04, it’s quite a surprise that it…
Eventually, everything comes to an end and so did our stay in the Slovak capital Bratislava. Our last day at work was March 31. We had decided that we wanted to go for one more trip before leaving Slovakia for the cold north. In the evening of that very same day, a bus would take…
I have always admired people who are well-versed and well-traveled, people who suddenly charm a tired group of souls with their travel stories. Travelling, I think, is partly popular because it gives people to chance to collect these stories, it gives them the opportunity to shine. Travel Stories: The Time I Slept Under a Tree…