Going to Poland in May, looking for Filipinos to talk to
Photo from Simply Cracow
I’ll be in Cracow, Warsaw and Gdansk in May to write additional essays for my travel book. Are you a Filipino living in Poland? I have questions for my never-ending world domination research. Let’s meet.
Since I like to read novels set in the places I’m visiting, these are my current assignments: an Alan Furst WWII spy novel, and a 19th century Polish novel. Plus some Andrzej Wajda and Kieslowski movies, and The Saragossa Manuscript, and I’m all set.
Have you been to Poland? Any recommendations?
Update: Meeting up with greeneggsnham, who is doing Central Europe. (“Sana masarap ang hopia sa Poland.” Haha)
P.S. Ngayon lang nila na-gets.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
April 19th, 2018 at 08:26
Amber jewelry is inexpensive in Poland. Read up beforehand how to tell if it’s authentic.
There is a pilgrimage town called Czestochowa outside Krakow which is famous for its Black Madonna image (not the singer kind but the religious one). There is a jolly old Polish priest there who knows a smattering of Tagalog who you could probably engage to tour you around the monastery and church.
April 19th, 2018 at 17:17
So exciting! I’ve been meaning to go to Krakow and Warsaw for a long time now, coz my friends are raving about the inexpensive Michelin-starred restaurants, guys my type (bearded, furry, and fit), and affordable but great, minor medical services (some Danes travel to Poland to get eyeglasses or root canals, to save money), but somehow I always get sidetracked. Enjoy your travels.
Let me know if you’re visiting Copenhagen (or Malmö). I can show you around :)