Pictures from Travel-Stained Life
We are a Midwestern-American couple who decided to take a chance at a life less ordinary and travel round the world for a bit. We quit our jobs, bid farewell to our homeland, and are on a journey to meet new people and see extraordinary things. Welcome to our page!Things we learned: Currency: Złoty(3.3 złoty=$1 USD) Places Visited: Lublin, Warsaw, Kraków, Oświęcim, Biecz, Jasło, Krosno If you notice the platform is full of people waiting to get on the train, make sure you are the first to jump on as this is the only way to guarantee a seat. Bus/Metro/Tram tickets are purchased at [...]
One of the reasons we were excited to spend time in Poland was for its food, of course! We are foodies to the core and Polish food has a special place in our hearts (or stomachs) due to Ben’s ancestry. His childhood is full of excursions to a Polish buffet restaurant in Chicago of which [...]
One of our curiosities in coming to Poland was my ancestry. My great-grandparents (mother’s mother) both immigrated to Chicago from Poland met each other there and married. Sadly, much of our link to the past is now gone. My grandmother and her siblings have all passed away with the exception of one sister. Unfortunately, stricken [...]
It is achingly beautiful here. Birch trees loom over meadows of tall green grass and birds chirp somewhere above us. Apart from those birds and the sound of leaves stirred by a soft summer breeze, all is peaceful. We stand amongst these trees staring at a placard that contains a black and white photo of [...]