As Poland increasingly becomes a travel destination, chances are stops will include the capital, Warsaw plus the ancient city of...
My guide, Renata and I reach the historic, over 700 year old town of Swidnica. As with most Polish cities...
It’s never easy to see memorials and Lodz (pronounced Wootch) pays homage to its more than 223,000 (34 percent) Jews...
Krakow In Krakow, Poland’s third largest city located on the Wisla River, Chris, my non- Jewish knowledgeable guide, took...
“A native of Warsaw, a Pole at heart, with the talent of a world citizen” Cyprian Kamil Norwid. It’s the...
For years amber, also known as succinite, the stone that dates back at least to 12,000BC, was seen in street...
Entrance to the salt mine Chandelier of salt in the Krakow mine About 10 km from Krakow’s city centre is...
In the seventies when my husband and I decided to ‘discover’ both our families’ roots in Poland, the first question...
Warsaw is scarred with horrendous history, which shouldn’t be forgotten. But the “new city” is filled with contemporary surprises. You...
Over 30 years ago when my husband and I visited Poland. Even the immigration officer at the airport wondered why...