Hotel Review: Staying at Noclegi Rekord Hotel by Stadion Miejski in Starogard Gdański

Staying in a Hotel Within A Football Stadium, On An Island: Noclegi Rekord Hotel by Stadion Miejski in Starogard Gdański

Posted on January 13, 2017August 9, 2020 by Jonny Blair

Imagine sleeping in a hotel room on an island in a city, and overlooking a football stadium!? Crazy and amazing!! When you travel to the more obscure places, finding budget accommodation can be a problem sometimes and part of my backpacker’s dream is to end up every so often in cities or towns that don’t Read more about Staying in a Hotel Within A Football Stadium, On An Island: Noclegi Rekord Hotel by Stadion Miejski in Starogard Gdański[…]

Hotel Review: The Trendy Link Hotel, Sleeping in the Best Hotel in Tczew

Posted on January 12, 2017April 27, 2017 by Jonny Blair

In summer 2016, I stayed in Poland for a prolonged period and this was a special time in my life. It was the first time I had spent longer than a month in Eastern Europe in the same country. I spent my first month in Pomerania exclusively and loved it there, I used Gdansk as Read more about Hotel Review: The Trendy Link Hotel, Sleeping in the Best Hotel in Tczew[…]

Smaczne Środy: “Tygodnia – Burger of the Week” at Krowarzywa, Warszawa

Posted on January 11, 2017January 12, 2017 by Jonny Blair

My latest “tasty Wednesday” was a trip to the trendy Krowarzywa restaurant in Warszawa, Poland’s capital city. This restaurant was recommended to me by Magdalena from Oki Doki Hostel and off I went. As a meat eater, you might be surprised that I would decide to randomly try vegan food but I did. Krowarzywa is Read more about Smaczne Środy: “Tygodnia – Burger of the Week” at Krowarzywa, Warszawa[…]

Magiczne Miasta: Poised for Pretty Poznań

Posted on January 9, 2017September 6, 2022 by Jonny Blair

You’ll probably know that when I travel to a city or town in a country, I like nothing better than banging out a top 5 hit parade on backpacking sights. In most cases, we only visit these cities once in our life, so make the most of it and enjoy the highlights as a tourist. Read more about Magiczne Miasta: Poised for Pretty Poznań[…]

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[…]