So, how’s your summer vacation coming along? Are you having fun? Visiting interesting places and meeting interesting people?
And if you don’t have any wakacje this year, how are you spending your time?
Wakacje is a sacred tradition in Poland. The break might not be as long or as intense as in some other European countries, but still, it’s a serious business.
And from what I’m seeing, most Poles choose to spend their free time and hard earned money abroad. Tunezja (Tunisia), Egipt (Egypt), Turcja (Turkey) or Hiszpania (Spain) and Grecja (Greece). Last minute package trips rule! They’re cheap, so cheap in fact that even a poorly paid pani nauczycielka (Ms. Teacher) can afford a week in the sun in a semi-exotic land.
Why do Poles flock abroad instead of discovering their own country? Many reasons, but again, it all boils down to money. It’s simply cheaper to go on a last minute package trip where everything is included in the price than to try and figure out how to travel to some of the more beautiful corners of our own lovely country. Not to mention the weather – it tends to be better in those “exotic” lands.
Somebody has told me recently that for a family of four going to Tunisia makes more sense budget-wise than traveling around Poland. And oh yeah, they also mentioned the weather.
So here comes a question for my Polish readers (yes, I know you’re out there): tell us how you are spending this summer vacation. Are you staying in Poland or going abroad? And what influenced your choice?
Comments:
L:
I am staying in POland this summer , i have lived here since the end of April , i am in the Lubelski region, about 30 min via car from Lublin…finding it difficult to find out information about tourist attraction stuff…i know there out there but i cant find them..and when i do find SOME..they seem gimmicky and too expensive…im here 4 onths and havnt seen ONE building/historical tour nothing…and i know thereis soooooooooo much out there! please tell me..what is available to me here in lubelski!??….(p.s. i thouroughly enjoyed the strawberry season!!! my good god ..they are like big juicey apples, bursting with flavour and sooo amazingly cheap…unreal…my diet consisited of about 2 kg strawb every 2nd day!!..)
Michael:
Spędziałem wakacja w Polsce, byłem w Poznaniu, Gdańskiu, Wrocławiu i Warszawie. Miałem szcęśliwy czas rozmawiać po polsku, spotkałem się z miły ludzie.
Jeśli chcesz sprawdz moja zdanie.
Dziękuję 🙂
Michael:
Wybierałem Polska dlaczego chciałbym mówić po polsku.
russ:
I’m not Polish, but my fiancee is. We just got back from a week in Slovakia at an Esperanto event. Then on Friday we’ll be going to the world Esperanto congress, which is happening this year in Bialystok.
I suspect our vacations do not reflect the typical Polish holiday. 🙂
russ:
I’m not Polish, but my fiancee is. We just got back from a week in Slovakia at an Esperanto event. Then on Friday we’ll be going to the world Esperanto congress, which is happening this year in Bialystok.
I suspect our vacations do not reflect the typical Polish holiday. 🙂
Forgot to mention excellent post. Can’t wait to seeing your next post!
L:
as for michals comment.. i do speak polish and understand how to read it also…but my comment wasnt aimed at language as such..more like eventing and activities available to me in my region/district. ..
relax pal
🙂
Maria Clara Soares Correia:
I wish I could go to Poland again… But a friend from Poland came here (yes, there are direct flights from Warsaw to Lisbon, now!) and I loved to meet her again!
In the past, I’ve travelled a few times to Poland and I loved going to small villages. Oh, God, how I miss that!
I’ll go back there again when I have a couple of euros to spend.
best wishes
Clara
russ:
Please feel free to delete that 2nd comment supposedly by me (“Forgot to mention excellent post. Can’t wait to seeing your next post!”) – I didn’t make that comment, and it seems to be by a spammer or spambot, since the “russ” has a link to a fishing pole company… Stupid spammers…
– the real russ 🙂
Lúcio:
Hi, Pawel, I wish you wrote something about Lech Walesa.
I wrote something about him in other blog of mine, penetralia, comparing him and our president, Lula, based on a interview of Walesa that I saw, where he used a aquarium as a metaphor of Poland…if you´re interested, I can translate and send it to you.
PS: existem falantes de português aqui? Espero vocês no meu blog.
Abraços do Lúcio Jr.
Bye, best wishes