A travel blog is supposed to show you all of the places beyond the borders of your country. However, this blog is based in France (we are both living in France) and we cannot lose the opportunity of showing you the treasures of this country, well known in the whole world for its history. These …
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Warsaw: a last day full of surprises
If this day taught us something, it is the fact that you need to check and pay attention to bank holidays: maybe it was a beginner’s mistake or just a careless one, but our program was disrupted because museums were closed during Easter Sunday. But this lesson reminds us that travelling is learning, evolving so …
Varsovia: un pasado muy visible
Las raíces de la historia de Polonia son muy profundas, historia que los sucesos del siglo XX casi acabaron por enterrar. Sin embargo, las marcas del duro pasado que carga el país son visibles por toda la ciudad de Varsovia. Basta con caminar por sus calles y sus barrios para encontrar las cicatrices dejadas por …
Auschwitz-Birkenau: memories of a crime
By reading our previous articles, you have certainly understood that, for us, visiting a country also means diving into its history, even if it can be painful and hard to assimilate. How can you go to Poland with this perspective in mind without going to the memory space of Auschwitz-Birkenau? The story that took place …
Varsovia: Papeles robados, más un viaje no arruinado
Apenas unas horas después de nuestra llegada a Varsovia, nos enfrentamos a una situación un tanto inesperada. Luego de dejar nuestro equipaje en el alojamiento, decimos ir al centro histórico para hacernos una primera impresión, para ubicar puntos de referencia y para cambiar dinero. Cambiamos una gran cantidad del efectivo que teníamos, algo que hubiéramos …
Lire la suite de Varsovia: Papeles robados, más un viaje no arruinado
Krakow : walking in the Florence of the North
Krakow is also named the Florence of the North thanks to its architecture, especially with the colorful houses. Walking along the streets and the places confirms it. Our next steps in the former capital of Poland were marked by wonderful discoveries. After we visited Wawel’s site as we mentioned in our last article, we went …
Lire la suite de Krakow : walking in the Florence of the North
Varsovia: el centro histórico, su castillo y sus monumentos
El centro histórico es el lugar que más visitamos en Varsovia: ubicado a 15-20 minutos en tranvía des nuestro alojamiento, ¡en verdad es un lugar que no hay que perderse! Comenzamos con una pequeña anécdota: pasamos de largo la parada “Centro Histórico” y terminamos al otro lado del puente, ya que creímos que el centro …
Lire la suite de Varsovia: el centro histórico, su castillo y sus monumentos
Krakow: Wawel’s site
We did not limit ourselves to visit Poland’s capital city. How can you go to Poland and miss Krakow, the former capital, one of the most important cities for the country nowadays? We decided to spend one day there, and we took a train from Warsaw’s Station with the train company Intercity (we had booked …
Polonia: sombras del pasado, maravillas del presente
Puede que Polonia no sea el primer destino que tienen en mente los viajeros que planifican en sus vacaciones en Europa, pero este pequeño país de Europa central, cuya historia se asemeja a una verdadera odisea, tiene más de un tesoro que ofrecer a sus visitantes. La historia y la cultura polaca tienden a quedarse …
Lire la suite de Polonia: sombras del pasado, maravillas del presente
Warsaw: a story in museums
Museums in Poland aren’t just simple exhibitions of objects: the ones we saw were an authentic historical staging which immerses us in the country's heavy past, both in its moments of glory and its moments of sorrow. It was a real surprise to see the quality of museums, which really aims for telling and not …
2 Steps Abroad 