Quirky Encounters: Irish Dancing in Gdańsk, Poland with Animus Saltandi and Dziewczyna w żółtych Spodniach

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Irish Dancing in Gdańsk, Poland with Animus Saltandi and Dziewczyna w żółtych Spodniach

Posted on January 8, 2017August 12, 2017 by Jonny Blair

“Tell me ma when I go home, the boys won’t leave the girls alone” – my favourite Irish Folk Song. Welcome to my Quirky Encounters series, Dziwaczne Odkrycia and this time believe it or not, I went Irish Dancing in Gdańsk, Poland with Animus Saltandi and Dziewczyna w żółtych Spodniach. The series will cover my Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Irish Dancing in Gdańsk, Poland with Animus Saltandi and Dziewczyna w żółtych Spodniach[…]

Piątkowe Picie: My First Time Trying Hot Polish Beer (Grzane Piwo) in Poznań

Posted on January 6, 2017June 11, 2022 by Jonny Blair

** I own all these images, however some images were blurred slightly not because of me but because of an un-named individual who requested to be omitted from them. As with all my blogs, all of this really happened and it’s a shame that some nasty people intervened. On my third visit to Poland in Read more about Piątkowe Picie: My First Time Trying Hot Polish Beer (Grzane Piwo) in Poznań[…]

Magiczne Miasta: Exploring Peaceful, Pleasant, Holy Pelplin

Posted on January 5, 2017April 16, 2017 by Jonny Blair

“In my hour of darkness, there is still a light that shines on me” – Paul McCartney. My “Magiczne Miasta” (Magic towns) series takes me all over Poland to cities, towns and villages to write first hand accounts of them. Pelplin is gorgeous and was one of my holy summer adventures here in Poland, I visited Read more about Magiczne Miasta: Exploring Peaceful, Pleasant, Holy Pelplin[…]

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Touring the Artistic Wall Murals in the District of Zaspa, Gdańsk

Posted on January 5, 2017June 13, 2022 by Jonny Blair

“Museums are dead, take a new art stance; Paint mass suicide on the aspiration diktat” – Manic Street Preachers. When you live in a city, you procrastinate a lot about seeing parts of that city, as you can do it anytime since it is on your doorstep. Gdańsk became my base in July 2016 and Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Touring the Artistic Wall Murals in the District of Zaspa, Gdańsk[…]

Smaczne Środy: Food Tour in Gdynia with Eat Polska

Posted on January 4, 2017June 15, 2020 by Jonny Blair

In the series called “Smaczne Środy” (Delicious/Tasty Wednesdays), I deliver stories on my food experiences in Poland alongside my “Piatkowe Picie” (Thirsty Fridays) series. My fourth visit to Poland took me on an exciting new adventure that I concocted in my mind during a history lesson at Ards Tech in Northern Ireland. You see, I Read more about Smaczne Środy: Food Tour in Gdynia with Eat Polska[…]

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Cycling in Gdańsk with the Sexy Mika on The Road

Posted on January 3, 2017May 28, 2017 by Jonny Blair

When I arrived in Gdańsk in Poland in July 2016, I booked into the hostel Cycle On. Immediately from the title you get the idea that the guys that run the hostel, Piotr and Pawel are big cyclists. In my dorm room, by chance I met the lovely and damn sexy, Mika. Mika is a Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Cycling in Gdańsk with the Sexy Mika on The Road[…]

Magic Miasto: Top Twenty Three in Untouristic Tczew

Magiczne Miasta: My Time Touring Historic Tczew

Posted on January 2, 2017June 1, 2020 by Jonny Blair

On this website, I review my trips to “Magiczne Miasta” (magic towns) in Poland, stretching my travel dream to cities, towns, villages and remote settlements to benefit and boost my Northern Irish smile, to hopefully endear you also to this country – Poland. When you tour cities you have never heard of, your journey Read more about Magiczne Miasta: My Time Touring Historic Tczew[…]

Hotel Review: My Winter Stay at The Hotel Ibis Warszawa Centrum

Posted on January 1, 2017April 16, 2017 by Jonny Blair

My return to the gaping Polish capital city of Warsaw in December 2016 saw me reunited with one of my most visited cities (visit number 6 and counting) and with a stay in one of my favourite hotel brands from recent years – Ibis. I booked into the Ibis Warszawa Centrum. I know what to Read more about Hotel Review: My Winter Stay at The Hotel Ibis Warszawa Centrum[…]

Piątkowe Picie: A Night Out at Browar Kociewski, Starogard Gdański

Posted on December 31, 2016September 10, 2018 by Jonny Blair

On selected Fridays, I will be running a feature called “Piątkowe Picie” which means “Drinking/Thirsty Fridays”. The first installment on this series, I thought should fall upon the incredible Browar Kociewski in Starogard Gdański. I headed here in November 2016 finally, although I initially was expecting I would visit in July or August but I ended up Read more about Piątkowe Picie: A Night Out at Browar Kociewski, Starogard Gdański[…]

Magiczne Miasta: One Night in Tiny Rywałd in Pomerania

Posted on December 30, 2016October 15, 2021 by Jonny Blair

When I was touring Pomerania in Summer 2016, I ended up in some truly obscure spots that other tourists simply were not going to. Life was up and down and I was settling into Poland with some confusion. I was let down by some friends initially in this region but it didn’t really affect my normal Read more about Magiczne Miasta: One Night in Tiny Rywałd in Pomerania[…]