Krakow in the Time of Corona (Part 2)
Easter's Damp Squib Easter in Poland, as in all deeply Christian countries, is an incredibly important time of coming together and...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 22, 2020
- 6 min
Kraków in the Time of Corona (Part 1)
Adoptive City I have never written a post about my adoptive home city of Kraków on this blog, and indeed I have generally overlooked it...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 11, 2020
- 4 min
Trenčín: A Town in Ten Pictures
Overlooked City Slovakia is a country justifiably famed for its beautiful mountain scenery, stunning national parks, lakes and forests,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 16, 2019
- 11 min
Tunisia in a Month (Part 1): Overview & Tunis
Is it Safe? The idea of going to Tunisia is one that I had been mulling over for a while - in fact probably more than a decade. The...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 9, 2019
- 10 min
A Short Guide to Sandomierz
Sando where? Small town Poland is, by and large, a fairly unremarkable affair. Unlike neighbouring Czech Republic, say, Poland's...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 29, 2019
- 11 min
A Short Guide to Tbilisi
Faded Charm Flying in, the first thing you see is the TV mast: a huge, flashing monument which is lit up like Blackpool tower with garish...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 26, 2019
- 11 min
A Short Guide to Yerevan
Welcome to the Cognac Capital In the shadow of the fabled Mount Ararat, Yerevan stands at a crossroads between Asian and European...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 16, 2019
- 12 min
A Short Guide to Gdańsk
Tumultuous History 'Gdansk' is, by Polish standards, an easy city to pronounce for foreigners. In many other ways though, it is perhaps...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 11, 2019
- 8 min
A Short Guide to Lublin
Coming out of the Shadows Long in the shadows of hipper, more well-known destinations in Poland such as Kraków, Wrocław and Warsaw,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 6, 2019
- 7 min
A Short Guide to Olomouc
The Hipster's Choice For many years now, Prague has completely dominated tourism in the Czech Republic, so much so that most other towns...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 4, 2019
- 9 min
A Short Guide to Lviv
A Lion-hearted city There are some cities in Eastern Europe which defy logic. Lviv to Ukrainians, Lwów to Poles, Lvov to Russians,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 23, 2019
- 11 min
A Short Guide to Budapest
Elegantly wasted Centre of Europe, grand old dame of the Habsburg Empire, inventor of ‘goulash communism’ and now emerging in the 21st...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 22, 2019
- 11 min
A Short Guide to Baku
Will There Be Blood? Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the most populous of the three Caucasian capitals with around two million inhabitants,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 20, 2019
- 9 min
A Short Guide to Eger
Baroque Beauty Hungary, similar to nearby Czech Republic, is a country which is known chiefly for its capital, which dwarfs all other...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 12, 2019
- 7 min
Still Crazy: Communist Tours of Nowa Huta
Out of the box tourism Krakow: a city of dreaming spires, ancient castles, dragons, myths, cobbled streets, cosy bars and coffee shops;...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 9, 2019
- 9 min
Dipping Into Budapest's Thermal Baths
Feeling the therms “This is the place where Budapest comes to chill out,” Laszlo, a banker in Pest, tells me. “many people come here to...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Aug 28, 2018
- 3 min
A Short Guide to Wroclaw's River Odra and Islands
What? Why? Where? Wroclaw's island area is the soul to the Market Square's heart in Wrocław. Home to a growing number of cafes, bars and...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Jul 21, 2018
- 10 min
Northern India in a Month (Part 2/5) - Cities of Rajasthan: Jaipur, Pushkar, Chittorghar & Bundhi
Bus logistics We took a bus from Agra to Jaipur, this one 'deluxe' and about twice the price of the regular one - but still very...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Jul 11, 2018
- 15 min
Northern India in a Month (Part 1/5) - Delhi and Agra
Foreword This trip took place in August and September 2007. It was at the tail end of the rainy season and there were still occasional...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Jul 2, 2018
- 2 min
Łódź - A City in Ten Pictures
Łódź (pronounced 'Woodge') is a city for which the words 'gritty', 'down-to-earth' and 'unpretentious' barely do justice. It's Poland's...
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