Poland is good for you because.. (Poland)

Member Name: Zraciok

Product:	Poland
Date:	04/02/04 (89 review reads)
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Advantages: Great country and cheap

Disadvantages: Local language

Poland will join Europe on may 2004, although it is still not very clear how
will Polish citizens be treated in UK in terms of access to the job market.

For the British tourist, Poland may not be the most obvious destination. It is
the aim of this review to offer an overview of the attractions of Poland.

For the tourist, Krakow is probably the most interesting destination. With his
castle and its well preserved historic old town, Krakow is a city rich in
history and with a vibrant night life too, given the large student population
there. A tip if you stay for few days, in terms of accommodation, is to rent a
flat. They still cost relatively little. Polorbis, in London, tel 0207 636 2217
can arrange flats for as little as 25 pounds per day for 2 people sharing. I
stayed in Krakow twice, the first time with a friend in a student hostel, and
the second time in a flat she booked for us, through a local agent.

You can fly to Krakow with Ba and Lot, although the schedule is not very good
and the 7.50 am flight to come back to London is a bit punishing, expecially if
the night before you were partying hard until 2 am!

Not far from Krakow are the mountains, The Tatra mountains, of which Zakopane is
the most visited village, with its typical houses in wood, and more far,
towards Ukraine, mountains where there is little sight of European tourists and
many great walking trials.

Warsaw is the capital. During WWII it was totally destroyed, its historic part
is fake, totally reconstructed. It is the business center of Poland and in my
experience, a safe place to visit. The Marriot Hotel is the place to stay, and
there is a nice view form its top. I would not recommend visiting Warsaw as a
tourist before you have been to Krakow and Gdansk, but it is the easiest city to
fly into.

Gdansk is in the north, near the city. It has a compact old center and pl
enty of
stalls selling amber. It is often swept by wind, and in May I had snow there.

Polish food has got a lot of meat. It is normally accompanied by beers. It is
still cheap, and in itself enough a god reason to visit Poland.

Polish language is of the Slavic group, and has many sounds like rz sch that are
hard to pronounce. If you thought that French was hard, give it a miss! In
tourist place people speak English, old people still get by with Russian and
young educated Polish all have a good command of English. However, on a bus, you
may find that the conductor does not speak a word of English.

ALL IN ALL, Poland is surely a country worth visiting at least once, if you have
not done it yet.

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