OT/Bandwith Warning:I'm returning to the Motherland! A vacation thread by: El Ardillo

okay, here's my vacation update:

(no pictures because photobucket and my digital camera were being gay)

anyway, first, we went to visit gniezno, poland's first capital. we visited the cathedral of st, wojczek, poland's patron saint(who is portugal's patron?). the diocease of gniezno was the seat of the christened polish kingdom under king miesko I. he then moved the capital to poznan after incursions from the czechs and pagan prussians.

in poznan we visited the old city and the square. great pictures, a shame i cant get the deal to work. anyway, poznan, was the seat of power in the fertile and rich viovodship of wielka polska (the province my family comes from). it also served as the launch point of the counter reformation and saved poland from the raving lunacy of lutherans and calvinists. the city hosts a great deal of baroque palaces and churches, mostly funded by the local szlachta(nobility) such as the gorka family.

after poznan we visited the ruins of biskupin. it dates the first slavs in poland, cerca 350 bc. although pagan and culturatively similar to monguls, they were poles nonetheless. its was cool.

we then came back to leszno and chilled. drank some whith the family, went to a dyskoteka and whatever. fun stuff, great beer, good girls, and family! i love it!

we visited our cousins alina, asia, jakuba, wojtas, mateusz, anja, paulina, domenika, pawel, and malgozata. (of various ages from 39 to 12)...not to mention my loads of aunts.

my uncle, the priest, was over to celebrate his 40th anniversary of the priesthood in leszno. so i got to see my uncle jerzy and the good uncle reverend doctor.

having fun, see you later. (i'm in a neeto internet cafe!!)

(bump this thread to keep it on the front page!)

 

final (probably) vacation update.

after chilling in leszno we were off to visit my ciocia hanka (aunt hanna) in slupsk. from there we went to the beautiful beachs of ustka and rowy. we got tanned etc. after that we went for a historical tour of Gdansk and Gdinia. it was fun. we then hit the beaches for the last time by going to Hel. its that little peninsula thats at the top of poland.

we saw the president's vacation retreat house, its like polish camp david.

this was a crappy update i know, but it would be better if i had pictures.

 

think of poland as slavic portugal. it has the major similarities; Catholicism, formerly oppressive governments, hot girls, and good alcohol.

the only difference is that Poland's summer temperature caps at around 35 c. where as portugal burns in the summer sun.