Tag: Poland

It rained yesterday and more was expected today so an activity out of the weather was preferable. Of the standard tourist attractions in this region Majella had long ago decided that Auschwitz was off her list. It is a standard inclusion on most package tours to this region and one reason we preferred to do our own thing. Encouraged by...

Our luck with the weather improved a little today. We did not see any sunshine but neither did we have to deal with very much rain. There was a little but it mostly held off when we were out and about.

Our expectations of Poland had been conditioned by images of our youth. For me that included monochrome news footage from the Soviet era with everything in shades of grey. For Majella that impression had been reinforced because some of her school friends had parents who had emigrated from Poland which must therefore have been a grim place. We really hoped...