The journey from Poznan to Wroclaw (pronounced something like 'rots-wav') with PKP Polish State Railways took a little over two hours and travelling in First Class was a bargain at around £10.00. Our hotel, the 3* Piast Wroclaw Centrum, was just opposite the recently refurbished main railway station. The hotel was around a fifteen minute walk into the historical central area of Wroclaw. Like Poznan, the main square in Wroclaw is stunning and beautifully re...

The start of a quick weekend in Poland meant an early start from Derby to travel via London to reach Stansted Airport for around 0930. The advantage of an early start was however the opportunity to enjoy a full English breakfast on the train served at the seat - fabulous it was too! Meeting up with Tim and his son Tom at the airport there was just enough time for a 'cheeky one' before heading to the gate for our our fast flight to Poznan. Our Ryanair flight...

After the leisurely journey from Warsaw on board the PKP (Polish National Railways) service we had a ten minute walk from the main station (Gdansk Glowny) to our hotel in the old city area. Again we were in a three star hotel, the Wolne Miasto Hotel, and it was a really good clean place for the price and included a decent buffet breakfast too - our rooms were on the third floor so you did need to be a little bit careful of the sloping roof! Prior to dinner there ...

For some time my mum had mentioned that she would like to visit Poland having seen some of the photographs from our previous visits. Having found some well timed (and keenly priced) flights from Birmingham to Warsaw on a Thursday morning and back from Gdansk to Birmingham on a Sunday afternoon the trip was on! Flying from Birmingham to Warsaw (Modlin) with Ryanair we had a delayed departure of about thirty minutes due to air traffic restrictions. This delay in tu...

This is my fourth (or maybe even fifth) trip to Gdansk in northern Poland. I am pretty sure most people have an image of the city that includes shipyards and the striking workers from the late 1980s. It is true that the shipyards make up part of the city. There is now a huge museum that is dedicated to the birth of 'Solidarity', the union that effectively ended communism in Poland and eastern Europe, which was led by Lech Walesa who also become the president of ...