These posts will cover experiential travel and our attempts to learn things.
We’d strolled Krakow’s historic centre so many times that it was time to get out of the old town and experience a different side of Krakow in the ‘new’ town, a district established during Poland’s socialist era called Nowa Huta or ‘New Steel Mill’. A Communist tour of Nowa Huta Kraków with Crazy Guides seemed … Read more
What’s so refreshing about a visit to The Tatra Museum in Zakopane, in the southern Tatra Mountains in Poland, is that the artefacts on display don’t belong to some long-past culture or dying traditions. Rather, the exhibits in this splendid building explain a rich local culture that is very much alive on the streets outside. An … Read more
The folk music in Zakopane, where music fills the streets night after night, was the main reason for including the charming mountain town in Southern Poland on our yearlong global grand tour. Snowboarding was also a motivation for returning for Terence, who is also a musician, but for both of us, the exuberant live folk … Read more
There are few activities more local than lingering over coffee while leisurely reading a book in a neighbourhood café. Yet too few travellers allow themselves the luxury of spending time doing nothing at all in a local café. There are always too many must-do sights on travellers’ lists to check out, so time hanging out … Read more
We don’t have children. And because we don’t have children I’m in no position to offer advice to our friends and relatives who do. Or so they keep telling me. One friend once said “never, ever question how people raise their children until you have your own”. The life-changing experience flicks a switch in some … Read more