{"id":474,"date":"2009-02-07T14:32:41","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T18:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=474"},"modified":"2009-02-07T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T18:32:41","slug":"sknery-r-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/sknery-r-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Sknery R Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am what you might call \u201cdusigrosz<\/strong>\u201d or \u201csknera<\/strong>\u201d in Polish. In other words, I\u2019m cheap, as in \u201cI\u2019m a cheapskate.\u201d<\/p>\n

I travel on a budget, drive an old car (but I keep it running perfectly) and I don\u2019t like to spend money on things I don\u2019t need. If there are things I do need and I have to buy them, I tend to buy the high quality stuff, because it will last and I won\u2019t need to replace it for a long while.<\/p>\n

Even though I consider myself a tightwad, I don\u2019t mind spending money on food. Because eating right keeps you healthy and being healthy saves you money in the long run.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s my odd \u201csknera<\/strong>\u201d philosophy. I save where I can but within reason.<\/p>\n

I stuck to my budget principles when coming to Warszawa<\/strong> this weekend. PKP<\/strong> (Polish Railways) had a weekend deal to Warszawa<\/strong> – almost 50% off. And that\u2019s on InterCity, which is, supposedly, the fast train. Which had a 30-minute delay by the time we got to the capital.<\/p>\n

In Warszawa<\/strong> I chose to stay at Hostel Kanonia<\/a>. It\u2019s a lovely hostel located just a short walking distance from Zamek Kr\u00f3lewski<\/strong> (the Royal Castle). And because I\u2019m a cheapskate who likes her privacy, I decided to book prywatny pok\u00f3j z \u0142azienk\u0105<\/strong> (a private room with a bathroom). That room turned out to be a massive attic-like space on the top floor. It was spotless. The bathroom was squeaky-clean, too. The hostel kitchen, where I\u2019m sitting right now, has wireless internet access. And the whole thing set me back all of 140PLN. But a bed in a dorm room can be had for as little as 50PLN.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll definitely be staying here again.<\/p>\n

And this was the view from my room.<\/p>\n

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