Home cooked dinner at my schools' directors' place - Karl, Raj (guest), Asia, Roger and me. I find that Poles usually celebrate special occasions not by going out for meals but home cooked meals.
Weekend at Poznan! The Poznan Market Square - they love their pigeons here
At cafe called Cacao Republika - hot chocolate heaven!
Whiter, Johnny, Lukarz
Poznan Museum of Musical Instruments!
Lake Malta
Artificial Malta Slope
“Flea market” at Park Drweskich in Poznan. Reminds me of Paddys' Market in Sydney.
The famous Poznan town hall clock tower with goats coming out and head butting at noon. It's because once, the attention caused by a fight between two goats saved the town from a fire spreading.
Me, Johnny, Stretch, Virginia outside bookstore
Proudly showing off my Polska wrist band!
May long weekend! Royal Castle of Warsaw
Luck from touching the old pillar (destroyed in WWII) Warsaw
Checking out Warsaw nightlife - with Virginia, me, Miles and Johnny
Love the beautiful parks in Warsaw
Castle in the lake
Inside the Jewish Museum in Warsaw - this was really interesting musem - highly recommended. Very interactive and modern.
Visited Czestochowa - we happened to catch an open air mass
Inside the chapel in Czestochowa
Canes
The famous Black Madonna!
Krakow - Jewish Cemetery
Pork knuckle!! It's actually pretty delicious ;)
Shisha night in Krakow- with Johnny, me, Mohamad and Robert
At Shisha place with other Poles we met there
Krakow Street
Cute teddy shop
Auschwitz Gates - a sombre day....
Wall where they shot the Jews
The end of the railway tracks where they were loaded off to be killed or otherwise...
Day trip to Zakopane - lots of pretty wooden houses there
Snow at Zakopane!
Beautiful Wawel Castle in Krakow
Weekend trip to Prague! We passed through a town called Kudowa - a surprisingly pretty town
3km walk to the border to get to Czech! or we can walk 149km to Praha :P
Um... accident prone roads ahead??
Poland-Czech border!
I loooove Czech food!! Johnny, Ashish, Monica, Mihaela, Vendula and me :)
Famous Czech fried cheese!!!
Prague streets by night
The guards outside Royal Castle
Gothic style church in Royal Castle
Vendula telling us stories and legends
Inside the Royal Castle
Golden Lane
Ermm.... don't get this!
Torture device!
Nice music!
Up on Royal Castle
View of Prague from up Royal Castle
View of Prague :)
Czech NON-alcoholic beer!!
Czech lunch!
loooong escalator down to Metro
Notice the clock in the foreground with Hebrew numbers
Astronomical Clock
Waiting for the clock show
The apostles coming out the astronomical clock show
The streets of Prague
Brunch at Marketa's with Vendula as well - so nice to see them!
hehe bye bye from Sandy and Tomek :)
A cute nun on bike crossing border from Czech to Poland
Juwenania Pyjamas Party! (in Wroclaw)
Kasia, Olga (my student), me and Virginia in our PJs
On train reading up on Berlin
Weekend trip to Berlin! Outside the Berlin super train station!
Love the predictable German transport schedules
Ta dah.... the famous Brandensburg Gate
See the double tiled lines on the road? that used to be the Berlin Wall!
Street Performers
Berlin is so big, they have a slot just for mails within Berlin!
Berliners enjoying on grass outside Berliner Dom
Flea markets
Fake beach-side
Us at the fake beach
Posing with 1euro-soldier at Charlie Checkpoint :P
Charlie Checkpoint view from Museum
Bier - beer available in McDonalds!!
Berlin Curry Sausages ;P
I love the bottle recycling machines in supermarkets!!
Johnny, me, Jens, Virginia, Robert
Peeking through to the death mine strip
The Wall
The Jewish Monument
Drive back home... See the trucks all lined up? they're not allowed to drive through Germany on Sundays!
