Poland travel stories
Visiting Auschwitz Poland, Part 2 For Visiting Auschwitz Poland, part 1 Mentality at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland The Nazis destroyed evidence of the gas mass killings by blowing up the buildings. Anya told us they liked to use gas because they didn't have...
Visiting Auschwitz Poland A memorial site at Auschwitz-Birkenau where prisoners lined up and were shot. A Visit to Auschwitz Poland When I had first seen the sign, it had been a black and white photograph against a background of snow. On a recent November day, the sun...
The fourth edition of the world festival of naive art will take place in the Katowice region of Poland. The owners of the gallery have won the bid to rehabilitate an old industrial coal mine and turn it into a large cultural space. Over the last three years the...
You don't have to go to Poland to learn how to make traditional Polish food. The Hamtramck area of Detroit is a great place to learn about the city's Polish heritage. There are Polish bakeries and food markets specializing in Polish foods. St. Florian Roman...
It is not for nothing that Gdansk, Poland has been labeled "Phoenix from the Ashes". The photographs that hang in the Golden Gate, the stone passageway that leads into the heart of this medieval city, show a desecrated area lying in smoldering ruins. Not...
New York- July 3, 2007:- The legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) is forging a new route this Sunday, July 8th as it departs Venice en route to Krakow. The Central European Grand Tour is an exciting and enriching seven-night tour taking the Venice...
New York- May 10, 2007:- Ever since its creation 125 years ago next year, the Orient-Express train has been a symbol both of luxury and of pioneering routes to distant parts. In 2007, it still is. This year, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express will make its first foray...
Los Angeles, April 2007 -- Continental Journeys introduces the off-the-beaten-track countries of Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia, combined with Croatia, in its 13-day "Grand Tour of the Balkans" for experienced travelers seeking affordable new destinations. Tour...
New York, April 7, 2006 "“ Peter Deilmann Cruises is offering Americans five cruises this summer to the Norwegian Fjords, Baltic Sea destinations and Greenland on the five-star MS Deutschland with free air and 10% reductions in cabin rates. The nine- to 21-night...
Waterbury, VT (March 28, 2006) - Forget about the sound of music - just north of Austria, where the Von Trapp family singers cemented their fame, the undulating hills of Slovakia and the Czech Republic are alive and well with exceptional beauty, storybook settings and...
AIR-INCLUSIVE PACKAGE FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNEYS, PRICED AT $899 TO $1,249 Los Angeles, January 2006 -- Continental Journeys' air-inclusive, eight-day/six-night package combines Warsaw, with its lovingly restored Old Town and dozens of cultural institutions,...
