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Public transport in Krakow |
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6/03/2007 This is a handfull of hopefully useful info. Public transport in Krakow is not expensive, reliable and efficient. Ticket valid on trams and buses can be purchaser in kiosks and MPK (Public Transport Company) ticket centres and, with a surcharge, from the driver. |
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History of Poland in brief - Jagiellons and Electors |
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6/03/2007
 After a relatively short period of the last two Piasts, a new dynasty inherited the throne of Poland - the Jagiellons. Their ancestors had been the princes of Lithuania, the last non-Christian country in Europe. The last pagan prince, Wladyslaw Jagiello, was in a dire need of securing his country from the Teutonic knights' attacks, which - as it was claimed - were meant to fight the heathens. In 1385, the Act of Union between Poland and the Lithuania was agreed upon. A short time after that, Wladyslaw was baptized, married Jadwiga and sat on the throne of the Polish king. |
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Reviews of Goodbye Polsko |
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4/03/2007 'The first pages of 'Goodbye Polsko' led me to believe the contents would be mainly black humour. I was wrong. A discontented grandma, who viewed her past life as one of grandeur, and her present life with her hardworking daughter and son-in-law, also three typical children of today in a small cramped house in a dreary location, as "below her station". |
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4/03/2007
 We would like to introduce 'Goodbye Polsko', a novel which we think a lot of you will find very interesting. At the moment it has only been published in Polish, but the English version should be available soon.
The novel
'Goodbye Polsko' intertwines the histories of postwar Britain and Poland as seen through the lives of one family - ordinary people whose world has been turned upside down by accidents of fate and war.
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25/02/2007  A Tale of War, Passion and Loss by Andrew Tarnowski
‘This is the best way into history – real flesh and blood struggling to live and to love in their collapsing world of war and exile … written with exquisite precision’ – Norman Davies, Historian
This extraordinary memoir reads like the greatest of family sagas. A once-powerful family is torn apart by war, mirroring the fate of their homeland.
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History of Poland in brief - Piasts Dynasty |
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19/02/2007
The history of Poland from its beginning, slightly more than a thousand years ago, until now is full of dramatic, sometimes tragic events and outstanding personalities.
In the second half of the 10th century, the territory on which our country is situated now was inhabited by several Slavonic tribes like the Polanie, Wislanie and Ledzianie. Among them, the Polanie were to be the most successful soon. |
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Wawel Kanonicza, the street usually taken to access the famous Wawel Hill, is short and fairly narrow. Yet it is one of the most important and ancient streets of the city; a street whose look has hardly changed over the centuries - authentic and very much alive. Moreover, Kanonicza provides an example of favourable changes that have continued in Krakow in recent years: the complex restoration of city's heritage and preservation projects which unveil the city's true beauty layer by layer. |
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18/02/2007  While staying in Krakow, why not try someting more exciting than just having a drink on the main square. Below you will find some ideas how to spend time in more active way - castles, caves, rocks...
Pieskowa Skala - approx. distance: 20 km, The Gothic Royal Castle, erected on a rock promontory in the Pradnik Valley by King Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir The Great) later became privsate property.
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