Krakow – Culture v. Cruelty
Kraków , the beautiful capital of Poland until 1596 and one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life, also lives in the shadow of one of the worst atrocities known to mankind Growing from a Stone Age settlement Krakow became Poland’s second-most-important city and a busy trading centre for Central Europe. With new universities and cultural venues with the creation of the Second Polish...
Gdansk – from glowing embers and glowing amber
Gdansk in Poland has been the flash-point for so many tumultuous events but its light still shines bright! Whether you’ve learned of ‘Danzig’ or the Hanseatic League, its obliteration in the 2nd WW, fishing for amber in the Baltic, or ‘Solidarity’ whilst at school, Gdansk has inevitably, however unwittingly, featured in your consciousness at some time in your life. Isn’t it time to visit? Gdinya, Gdansk and Sopot are triplets; the...
