I realize I’ve never written about Gdansk. Right after my stained glass internship in Chartres, I flew to Gdansk in Poland. JB and I had planned to spend a winter month there, but we changed our plans (for better weather in Malta!). I took advantage of his absence (he was in Nepal in October 2023) to do a little solo trip around Europe. I wanted a much busier itinerary, but for various reasons, I only ended up doing Gdansk, Prague, and Nice. Gdansk is right next to the sea, so I thought it was a beach town, but it wasn’t. From the plane, you could see that the seaside was…

Being based in Krakow, what could be easier to spend a weekend in Warsaw, only 3 hours by train from there. JB also takes the opportunity to attend the Coldplay concert in Warsaw, which cost him an arm and two legs, but it’s important to make his dreams come true This is the 2nd time I go to Warsaw. The 1st time was when I was 5 years old. My mother was sent by the government to the USSR for a 6-month training in computer development and after this training, my mother and I took the train to France, where my father was also in training. To get to France,…

Everyone told us about the Wieliczka salt mine, as one of the best experiences in Poland. So, inevitably, it aroused our curiosity. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary 2 buses, 45 minutes for 5 zloty per person (1,2€) later we arrive in Wieliczka. We have lunch at the first restaurant found on our way (and about well rated on Google). It will be the first pierogi and the last of our life, it’s so inedible 😀 5 minutes walk later we arrive at the salt mine. We already like the outside, there are lawns everywhere, many people take a nap there, there is even…

It’s in Bangkok, Thailand that I first heard about fish pedicure when I saw tourists with their feet in an aquarium feasting on fish. Surprised and amused, we preferred a much more classic massage.The fish pedicure is a 100% natural process that consists of plunging your feet into an aquarium where small fish ( Garra rufa) will devour your dead skin. The result is supposed to be more effective than a manual or cream-based treatment.It’s far from Thailand, in Krakow (Poland) that I came across a store offering fish pedicure. Pique by curiosity, I decided to try it.Our interviewer explains to me that it is brand new and that it…

On my favorite note-taking software (Evernote), I have a note with a whole list of things I want to do in the long run On thisn’te, soberly called “My dreams”, one can find, for example: Going to the desert (done) Climbing Mont Blanc (tried, but the weather conditions were not good, I will come back) Running a marathon (still needs training) Traveling around the world (it’s done 🙂 ) Parachute jumping (it was my birthday present 3 years ago but still not done) … One of those “dreams” was to attend a Coldplay concert, it was a bit laborious, but it’s done! Last October, Coldplay announced 13 concerts for the…

We have just returned from a long visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau. I force myself to write this article right now, now, otherwise I will not have the courage to think about it and relive the emotions that this visit aroused in me. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary We left Krakow by train and 1h40 later we arrived at the Auschwitz train station (Oświęcim in Polish). The 20-minute walk from the station to the concentration camp (now a museum) made us realize that this camp was not in the middle of nowhere as we had imagined it to be. It was in the…