What are Saturday afternoons for if not a good pub crawl? Well, I say afternoon; in Prague many bars (the good ones at least) don’t open until early evening on the weekend. While shops and cafes tend to open until midday it seems everyone then goes home for a few hours before venturing out again …
We got into the Czech Republic’s second-largest city early Saturday afternoon, expecting to see plenty of people milling about or sitting in the pub enjoying a beer. However, it turns out that weekend is actually the quietest time in Ostrava as everyone heads to the mountains. Many shops and restaurants even close completely between Friday …
Four weeks after arriving from Lithuania, our Polish adventure was coming to an end. We arrived in Wrocław, our last city, excited but sad that our time was almost up. However, we were hoping to go out on a high as Wrocław has a reputation around Poland for being one of the country’s best craft …
After a week spent in a couple of smaller cities, arriving in Katowice was like entering a metropolis. The capital of Poland’s Upper Silesia region, it’s a former mining city with a definite industrial ambience. While this does mean it’s not the most touristy place in the world, there’s definitely enough to keep visitors occupied …
I don’t think many backpackers or tourists make it to Bielsko-Biała; it wasn’t in any of our guide books, and everyone we met seemed surprised to find us in Poland’s 22nd-largest city. Admittedly, we only really stayed there to visit the nearby Żywiec Brewery. However, what we found was a lively, pretty place with plenty …
I think the mountain air may have got to me as for the first time this trip I have decided to write the beer article! Zakopane is a resort town in the south of Poland, famed for its spectacular landscapes of the Tatra Mountains which surround it. As well as these over two million tourists …