In my series Mieszka W Polsce (Living in Poland), I give detailed and personal experiences from things I do in Poland as a foreigner or immigrant to become part of the culture. I’m not here to change Poland – I love it how it is – I’m here because life took me here and it Read more about Mieszka W Polsce: Living in Poland – How to Buy tickets for Lechia Gdańsk as a Foreigner[…]
“Belaruskie, Belaruskie way oh way!” – Tourists. In my Series “Porady Wizowe“, I aim to inspire more Polish-based people to travel the world by highlighting ways to get visas. I have over 14 years of visa experience, which I detailed thoroughly on the visa section of my now defunct travel blog, Don’t Stop Living. Having Read more about Porady Wizowe: How to Get a Belarus🇧🇾Visa in Warszawa, Poland🇵🇱[…]
Welcome to my latest Poland Poll, where YOU control my destiny and my life each month! This time instead of a where should I go, it’s a what should I do! I am still catching up with myself ahead of my trips to Toruń and Zamość, these polls come thick and fast and I can’t Read more about Poland Poll: What Should Jonny Do in March 2018?[…]
Today in my Dlaczego Kochamy Polskę (Why Do We Love Poland?) series I feature Anna Sycz who writes a cultural blog called “ I LOVE PIEROGIes” where you can find not only recipes but also a lot of meaningful tips on Poland and Seattle, WA where she now lives. She decided to call her blog Read more about Dlaczego Kochamy Polskę: Anna Sycz From I Love Pierogies[…]
“I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me. Pepper, pepperoni.” – Lady Gaga orders a pizza. While I continue to write about Poland and work hard here promoting it, I once had a love for global travel and wrote daily on a different website called “Don’t Stop Living“. This project seems so Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Follow Northern Irishman in Poland Through 200 Countries[…]
“Smacznego” – Polish for enjoy yer grub. This will hopefully be the first of many of these food posts in my much neglected Smaczne Środy series. I’ve had the ideas on paper for about two years but as you might have read recently I have been madly busy lately. So I haven’t written all the Read more about Smaczne Środy: Top 10 Polish Foods You Need to Try[…]
The latest lady to feature in my Dlaczego Kochamy Polskę (Why Do We Love Poland?) series is Anna Mashevskaya, who is a Gdańsk based photographer. Anna and I have connected on Social media over the last two years since we share a love for Poland and especially Gdańsk. I was also intrigued that Anna was born in a country Read more about Dlaczego Kochamy Polskę: Anna Mashevskaya Photographer[…]
How do you “go backpacking” in a country that doesn’t exist? And anyway who, what, where, why, how is San Escobar? Is it a country? I mean it has a flag, an Embassy, a Bar, a Wikipedia Page and a Facebook Page for starters…and this week on the 10th January 2018, the country SAN ESCOBAR Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Backpacking in San Escobar, Another Country That Doesn’t Really Exist, But is Recognised By Witold Waszczykowski[…]
In my monthly “Poland Poll” series it is YOU who controls my destiny. You dictate where I go with your votes. In the past this has led to sky diving, nude beaches, holy pilgrimages, the horrors of Hitler’s hideout and the floral village of Zalipie. It has all been incredible so thanks for your votes Read more about Poland Poll: Control My Destiny – Where Should Jonny Go in February 2018?[…]
It was an absolute delight to be invited to the town of Koscian for a charity football tournament in December 2017. Sometimes I pinched myself to check if this was really happening. But it was, it was game on, perhaps my series “Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce” had some kind of purpose in Read more about Magiczne Miasta: Backpacking in Kościan by Night[…]