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The beach at Orlowo near Gdynia, June 2012

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'Horse and Carriage' at Krakow Rynek

Last year we spent several days in Krakow, Poland, the visit was to top up our image library of Poland.
We had managed to book an apartment near the Rynek through a company called ApartmentsApart
For the period of our visit the weather was superb, Krakow was even more beautiful bathed in glorious sunshine.
At the moment the we are editing the photographs in our office in the UK and should be publishing them to our website Imagine Poland in the near future.
A small selection of the Rynek  'horse and carriage' photographs can be viewed here.

Horse and Carriage for a Wedding, the Rynek, Krakow

Horse and carriage in front of the Church of St Mary, Krakow

Horses looking splendid, the Rynek, Krakow

A little love and attention

Quick lunch break in between passengers

We have many more photographs and useful information for travel and holidays in Poland to view on our website Imagine Poland
In summer we plan to tour the Baltic coast area of Poland so a lot of thought is going into the detail and organisation.

Useful Links

Hotels in Poland
Apartments in Poland
Poland Travel Information

Tumski Bridge, Wroclaw, Poland

Hope you enjoy our photographs of the Love Locks on Tumski Bridge in Wroclaw, Poland.
You can see more at our website Imagine Poland

Vanilla Apartments, Krakow, Poland

The beginning of September in Krakow proved to be a truly special time. Weather wise with the unceasing blue sky and lovely sunshine every day from early morning hours and the temperature between 24 and 27 C degrees, we could not fault it.

Rynek with new fountain and St Mary's Church, Krakow

 Destination wise – well, we knew Krakow already from our previous visits – so we knew it would not disappoint and it was such a pleasure to see the city getting more and more beautiful with the restoration work going on in the Old Town, the new Underground Museum below the Sukiennice and the refreshing fountain in the Main Market Square.

Finally accommodation wise – spot on!

It was the first time that we had booked a holiday apartment from the ‘ApartmentsApart’ website and it certainly won’t be the last.

Our Vanilla apartment located in the very heart of the Old Town, on the Royal Route proved an ideal little place for staying in Krakow. It ticked all the boxes, a great setting off point being only a nice fifteen minutes stroll away from the Railway Station. Situated on the first floor with several other tasty named apartments (Cinnamon, Ginger etc) just off the Grodzka Street, it was equally close to the busy Rynek Main Square with all its attractions on one side and on the other it was a short walk to to the stunning Wawel Castle and Wisla river with all its pleasure craft.

Lounge Area, Vanilla Apartment

Huge  fridge/freezer, washing machine, iron and board for the style slaves (we weren't) – everything was there.

Kitchen, Vanilla Apartment

Main Bedroom, Vanilla Apartment

Within three minutes walk was the ‘ApartmentsApart’ office with courteous staff speaking fluent English and willingly going an extra mile (or should we rather say a kilometre) to help at ANY time.

The combination of Krakow & ApartmentsApart was a brilliant experience.

We will be back!

Cecile and Peter

To see all our photographs of Krakow please visit our website Imagine Poland

Useful Travel Guides and Maps

Imagine Poland, The Solidarity Monument to Fallen Shipyard Workers, Gdansk

Photographing the Solidarity Monument to Fallen Shipyard Workers was one of our major projects while visiting Gdansk. Our apartment was in the centre of Gdansk and only a twenty minute walk from the monument.

The monument which was unveiled December 16th 1980 honours the people who died when the shipyard workers strike in 1970 was suppressed by the government. Its location is next to gate 2 of the Gdansk Shipyards.

Solidarity Monument to Fallen Shipyard Workers 

Plaques in front of the Monument

In front of the monument  are five plaques, each in a different language, the one in English reads

Memorial of the Fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 A token of the everlasting remembrance of the slaughter victims. A warning to rulers that no social conflict in our country can be resolved by force a sign of hope for fellow-citizens that evil need not prevail.

Father Jerzy Popieluszco

Around the perimeter can be found further memorials and plaques  amongst them one dedicated to Father Jerzy Popieluszco, Roman Catholic Priest, a champion of the banned trade union Solidarity, kidnapped and murdered 1984 and beautified in 2010. 

All our photographs of  The Solidarity Monument to Shipyard workers can be viewed at 

www.imaginepoland.com in the Exhibitions menu

Useful links about Solidarity and Gdansk

http://www.gdansk-life.com/poland/solidarity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Solidarity

catholicinsight.com/online/features/Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko

http://www.polandyourway.co.uk/gdansk_city_break.php

Imagine Poland now on Facebook

At last we have a Facebook page, had to read the instructions several times but finally managed to produce it.
We hope it will keep everyone up to date with Imagine Poland plans and progress plus travel news related to Poland.

Please have a look and 'Like' to keep up to date.

'Facebook' Imagine Poland

On our main website have also added three more informative pages, 'Travel Info', 'Image Sales' and 'Travel Guides'

www.imaginepoland.com

Tatra Mountains, Poland

Peter and Cecile, Imagine Poland

Imagine Poland, 'The Frozen Motlawa River' Gdansk

The unusually cold winter this year provided us with an amazing view of the entirely frozen Motlawa River. Running through the heart of the Gdansk, the Motlawa river is bursting with life during the summer months, yet even in the early March it still managed to draw our attention as we strolled on its banks. 

On the Old Motlawa, the all white water trams, the massive ship Soldek – now part of the maritime museum and the smaller colourful boats, they were all there but very still this time, frozen.

The local marina on the New Motlawa bank was somewhat reduced. As if the luxurious yachts that were all summer grounded there, have now emigrated to the warmer countries with the wandering birds. The empty rows filled with thick shiny ice reflected the different moods of the sky above. 

Between the marina and the Old Town - full of character lies the Granary Island – reminiscence of Gdansk’s busy trading city of the Hanza Union past. The Old Granaries, partially ruined during the Second World War are not haunting any more. These ruins seems to be a part of the City now though one don’t know for how long they will stay like this.

What proved to be a thrilling attraction to both polish and international tourists wandering on the river bank was watching the old fashioned style of fishing.

On the frozen Motlawa River there were not only clumsy walking ducks and seagulls. Since early morning hours in the middle of the river there were also present a variety of fishermen – of different ages, in different outfits, with different skills and techniques yet all with one aim – to get the fish out from beneath the ice that they were sitting on. They were all looking very cold yet determined to fool their victims with some tasty bait and draw it forth in triumph out of the carefully dug hole in the ice.

It was scary to see these men gathered in little community or as the individuals walking and sitting on the ice covering very deep and oh! – so very cold water! For some of them it might have been a necessity, for majority it looked like a bit of an extreme hobby. Both must have been pushed into it by recollecting the winter fireplace stories by grandfathers: ‘of the old good times, when the winters were proper cold winters and they would catch such a  huge fish while hole fishing on the ice.’

Inspiring, foolish maybe, certainly risky in the strong March sun – these scenes caught in pictures will stay in our memory. 

Hopefully in yours as well!


Usefull links


Gdansk, Wikipedia information
http://www.gdansk-online.eu/
Polish Cuisine


To view all our photographs see our exhibition at  www.imaginepoland.com