tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14405473.post115449798339499285..comments2023-07-26T01:32:05.667+10:00Comments on Born Dancin': Riding WrongsBorn Dancin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/14526760383290674186noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14405473.post-1155026979327244142006-08-08T18:49:00.000+10:002006-08-08T18:49:00.000+10:00If you are going to hang around in Poland longer a...If you are going to hang around in Poland longer and you´re a history buff you could also try and get to Wolfschanze - although you´d probably need a car. It´s in the north-east near Ketryzn. Anyway that´s Hitler´s bunker complex, where he spent a few years and there was that little assasination attempt that went tragically wrong. You can camp on the grounds and have free reign to wander through everything, even in the middle of the night which freaked me out a little.Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883989564098450521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14405473.post-1154998322002899312006-08-08T10:52:00.000+10:002006-08-08T10:52:00.000+10:00Two things. First, before going to Prague last yea...Two things. First, before going to Prague last year I asked a friend who'd been working there for some tips. He told me to swallow my pride and go with the tourist hordes. It's a kind of Disneyland for people who read.<BR/>Second, if you're going through Poland, Krakow is worth a visit. (There are bars where you have to walk through a wardrobe to get in.) If you can spare some cash, you can get a special "Goodbye Lenin"-styled tour of a communist-era flat kept in pre-89 condition along with a tour of the Nova Huta communist steelworks district, which the communists planned and built as a workers' utopia just outside of Krakow with the intention of showing the dusty Krakow people just where the future lay. The failed modernism throws the old city into relief.<BR/>Anyway. I also hear Wroclaw is worth visiting.<BR/>If you're planning on going South, be warned: the "hot" new town is Dubrovnik in Europe this summer. Which means that it could end up just as crowded as Prague or Krakow...Ben Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16654820455368893078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14405473.post-1154839573679729172006-08-06T14:46:00.000+10:002006-08-06T14:46:00.000+10:00I have recently returned from peddling around Amst...I have recently returned from peddling around Amsterdam and understand your desire to amble across countries that way (if it is indeed possible to amble on a bicycle). I have a notion to one day weave along the canals from village to village down through the Netherlands and into Germany (which you can apparently do in the space of a week). <BR/>If you google 'bicycle paths' along with the country you are curious about I think you'll get a good idea of what is possible within X number of days. There are set paths that span countries all over Europe, such as you will find here:<BR/>www.germany-tourism.de/ENG/nature_active_recreation/cycling.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hopefully the weather will have cooled off a little for you... cycling is not so pleasant in temperatures over 30!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14405473.post-1154675695281723232006-08-04T17:14:00.000+10:002006-08-04T17:14:00.000+10:00Mmm, a car would be great but I don't think I'll h...Mmm, a car would be great but I don't think I'll have the time. Only really have a week post-Prague.<BR/><BR/>I've heard great things about Dublin too but this trip seems to have a solid eastward direction.Born Dancin'https://www.blogger.com/profile/04511582990120568825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14405473.post-1154665867894564672006-08-04T14:31:00.000+10:002006-08-04T14:31:00.000+10:00Go to Dublin! Or find out what Fringe festivals ar...Go to Dublin! Or find out what Fringe festivals are on where, and go to them!richardwattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950174268698168041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14405473.post-1154599323537205252006-08-03T20:02:00.000+10:002006-08-03T20:02:00.000+10:00well, if Berlin´s on the list then you have the be...well, if Berlin´s on the list then you have the best already :). We just did a big trip around the Baltic Sea so...<BR/>Of the Baltic countries capitals Tallinn is probably the best (just be wary of the extremely touritsy streets), Riga second and I probably wouldn´t bother with Vilnius.<BR/>Helsinki and Oslo are fairly small and kinda ordinary, Stickholm is absolutely fantastic. Copenhagen is also small but cute and in summer is a kinda cool place to hang.<BR/>I´m not sure how you´re travelling but if it´s through the baltics I would recommend a car, simply because then you can get to mad places like Stalin World or visit the home of Crocodile Dundee or steal through a bit of the Russian border.<BR/>Anyway, whatever you do, have fun with it.Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883989564098450521noreply@blogger.com