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Welcome to ... Scotland! #2 and Merry Christmas!

Well, scottish trip was just crazy :)  Today I want to present other beautiful places that we were able to visit :)  *Museum of Scoltand* Formed in 2006, with free entrance, definitely one of my favourite museums! It contains history of Scotland, but also a lot of important artefacts. I enjoyed a lot a part with cultures of the world (engaging!). *Calton Hill* Another hill in Edinburg, much more turistic than Arthur's Peak and not so impressive. However, it has one big advantage, it is situated just in the center of Edinburgh, so it took as 10 minutes to climb it :) It is location of the observatory and some other monuments.  *Christmas Market* Full of joy, laughts and hot chocolate. I've never seen so crowded Christmas market. We've had a really wonderful time and we dare to a big and veeeeeeeeeeery high carousel, views were awsome, but fear was a big stronger so I really wanted it to finish. Now, when I think about Christmas Market in Berlin and w

Welcome to... Scotland!

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This idea was so spontaneous and awsome! My friend called me that she had found a cheap flight to Edinburgh so why not to travel there...  The idea was diffrent than always. And our squad was diffrent then usually. We travelled in 6: me, my sister Agata, my mummy, Zosia - my friend, Tosia (her sister and friend of my sister) and aunt Bożena (mother of Zosia and Tosia).  The biggest surprise was absolutely our house. My mother had found an offer in Airbnb in the center of Edinburgh (in St James Squere), so we decided that it was the best option. And you know what.... In spite of not so beautiful photos on the website, this small flat was more than awsome. It was breathtaking. I think it was the best I've ever lived in during my travels. All 3  bedrooms where in the scottish style and comfortably furnished. We enjoyed a lot the welcome bottle of wine and fresh flowers in all bedrooms. Well, our host James really knows how to take care of his guests.  Scottish weeke

Antonio Gaudi. Architectural genius.

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A.Gaudi The best thing in Barcelona is definitely ... architecture. I really love nature, beautiful views, culture of Spain. Generally speaking, I have never EVER seen a place with so many marvelous buildings. I think it's all because of modernisme and one of the most illustious architects of Barcelona is Antonio Gaudi. Gaudí devoted his life entirely to his profession, so as a consequence we can now admire his buildings which are artworks.  Sagrada Família Apparently, the first artwork we wanted to see was Sagrada Familia. Despite the fact that Sagrada is incomplete it's UNESCO World Heritage. Well, I am not surprised why. the basilica is just awsome. You look at it's facade and you go into raptures. We decided not to enter inside because of a huge queue.(Next time maybe we will enter :)) Park Guell The next stop was also worth seeing. We decided to go there by foot so it took us a lot of time, but I really appreciate strolling throught new citi

Te quiero Barcelona. /Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site/

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Barcelona is always a good idea. Even in November. After holidays (I was working as a tour leader in Italy) and after September (I was writing my thesis) I was utterly exhausted. I definitely needed holidays. We were looking for some cheap flights and finally we got some. Firstly, I have to admit that Barcelona is absolutely gorgeous. I was in Barceona 10 years ago, but I didn't remember anything. The biggest suprise was spanish modernism. Of course, I had that consiousness about Antonio Gaudi, but I didn't expect that he was such a big genius! My first post from Barcelona I would like to dedicate specially to Sant Pau Art Nouveau. I've seen a lot of places but I think that it was my favourtie one. (The second place goes tooooo.......... Casa Batllo - I hope I will write about it in another post), So why did Sant Pau Art Noveau inspire me so much? Because it was empty! All tourists visit Sagrada Familia and Park Guell but only few of them know this hospital. 

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Owl Mountains!

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Oh yeah! I definitely needed a break from this autumnal, overwhelming atmosphere. With my lovely family we spent a nice weekend in Góry Sowie (Owl Mountains) in the Central Sudetes. Well, I've never been there before so I was rather curious about this trip. I have to admit that I really enjoyed time with my brothers, my sis and my parents.  What interesting did we do? Frankly speaking, we played board games, we watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we ate a lot of piergoi ruskie and kluski śląskie and of course we did a lot of walks in the forests. We visited grodno Castle and the complexes of Project Reise (it is an underground structure which was an project of Nazi Germany).  And on Sunday we went to the top-most peak of the Owl Mountains called Great Owl. The landscape was breathtaking because of hoar frost which is not so common. I was feeling like in that movie "Frozen" or like in the kingdom of The Snow Queen (from the fairytale of Andersen).  On

Why November is not so bad?

I really hate autumn. It rains all the time, trees don't have their beautiful colorful leaves anymore, puddles are becoming bigger and bigger. Every year when November comes I start counting days, hours, minutes until December. This year I resolved that November will be a funny and sunny mounth. And you know what, I think it's very good for me. Even though I have many things to do I also try to find a little bit more time for my travels. People usually travel in June, in July, in August. But is there any reason to leave Poland in August when sun is shining and you can sunbath even in your garden? I have to admitt that I also travel in July and in August but this year I was working as a tour leader so almost every week I was in Italy. (But remember that it was a hard work!) So I decided that November will be the month when I will do a city-break to a lovely city where sun is shining even in winter. Moreover, my parents decided that it would be great if we could spend some time t

3 facts you didn't know about... Zambia!

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1) In Zambia they speak ... more or less 72 languages and dialects!  Even thouh English is the official langage of Zambia, a lot of people do not know it. In the families and in the schools they use their local language for example Nyanja (in the capital of Zambia - Lusaka) or Bemba (in the Northen Province of Zambia). I can teach you only a few words in Bemba! Mulishani? - How are you? Cishinka - The truth Ciapla - the end Frankly speaking, children (and sometimes also adults) don't know English at all and they can communicate only in Bemba. 2) The most popular zambian dish is... NSHIMA! When you will go to Zambia (or Malawi) you will probably eat nshima every day :) It is a dish made from cassava and maize flour. I don't really know how to prepare nshima correctly so I will not give you any recipe but I have to admit that proces of preparing nshima is quite complicated.  I can only explain you how to eat nshima because it seems quite easy. It is a tradition to sit on

Let's escape!

Last weekend my friend Artur had birthday so we decided to have fun in escape room! Do you know what is that? Well, in Poznań escape rooms are becoming more and more popular. Nowadays there are 57 escape rooms only in my city! It's so marvelous that everytime I go there I'am very excited. So what is it? Escape room is a logical game, where you have to use your shrewdness, maths skills and be very observant. You are locked in a small room and you have only one hour to escape. You have to find hidden clues, objects, resolve some riddles. Every room has its own story: you can be locked in prison, in psychiatric hospital, in Hogwarts or in the spooky house and you have to do your best to set yourself free. So on Saturday we went to ... the house of vampire. I was so so anxious and panicked because I prefer escape rooms which are not so eerie! Even though the female part of the team was schreeching a lot (I was the first one to scream) I found this game very funny and entertaining!

World Mission Sunday

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Do you know that today is World Mission Sunday? I think it is the best time to reflect on our mission :) So, what is your #mission?

Dąbrowa

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Hello! So many things are happening that I really do not have time to write this blog. Two weeks ago I was with my friends in Dąbrowa. It's a small village near to Poznań. This place is so magic!  So what were we doing there? Chilling, of course!   This place is so amazing! We played billiard games, table tennis and table football. Girls who didn't want to play at all could stay in front of the fireplace and warm themselves up. It was time full of joy and laughter.  What's more in Dąbrowa is a house of hobbits! Don't you think so? Unfortunately I didn't meet and of them. Maybe next time... :D Of course, I was lost in the forest. I don't know how it could happen but we were talking and suddenly we noticed that the others had gone. We were in th middle of nowhere.... And aroud as were only trees and an endless forest. Finally, global positioning system has worked and we came back to our place. At night we organised a campfire so we had time to ta

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Well, it's always hard to begin. But as Walt Disney said "the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing". So let's start! In my blog I would like to write about my adventures and my travels. Frankly speaking, travelling is my biggest passion. I love to meet new people, to learn new languages and learn about new cultures. So in this blog I will focus on my travels and places where I would like to go. As far as I'am concerned travelling is not so difficult as many people think. So, let's pack our backpacks and let's start together a new, fascinating adventure!